# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 173
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3442 "2022-07-26T17:33:45Z")
Steve Bannon is calling on 4000 “shock troops” to dismantle the government brick by brick. > **[Steve Bannon Calls On '4,000 Shock Troops' To 'Deconstruct' Government 'Brick...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/steve-bannon-calls-4-000-001203809.html)** > > He's back with more incendiary rhetoric against the nation just days after his contempt of Congress conviction. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3443 "2022-07-26T17:36:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Texas legislators are threatening law firms outside of the state with disbarment if they help Texans to have abortions out of state. The blurb that shows up on the image starts > [@](#): > > The letter from the **Texas Freedom Caucus** was sent (emphasis mine) Am I the only one to see the irony in a group calling themselves a “Freedom Caucus” trying to stifle activities of someone else? Sigh, I know: Freedom for me, none for thee. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3444 "2022-07-26T17:52:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Steve Bannon is calling on 4000 “shock troops” to dismantle the government brick by brick. This is really going to help the judge when he decides Bannon’s prison sentence for contempt of congress… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3445 "2022-07-26T17:56:23Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Steve Bannon is calling on 4000 “shock troops” to dismantle the government brick by brick. > > This is really going to help the judge when he decides Bannon’s prison sentence for contempt of congress… - Here’s hoping that Bannon is a very helpful person. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3446 "2022-07-26T17:57:28Z")
I had that exact same thought in the Bannon specific thread: > [@Steve Bannon - odds he will show up on Monday for his trial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/106): > > I would expect the passport thing (actually, it seems like it should be standard requirement for bail (or even released on own recognizance)), but why a gag orde\<. Even if convicted of a felony (I believe he was facing misdemeanors?), once the trial is done, what reason is there to shut him up? Heck, let him yap, encourage it even - the prosecution could undoubtedly use it to show lack of remorse and push for the longest term available. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3447 "2022-07-26T18:05:07Z")
Because he would never be able to comply with a gag order, meaning a new violation of court orders for which he could be charged with an additional crime. The gasbagging he does on his podcast will only demonstrate a lack of remorse for his contempt charge, which can be noted as a factor in aggravation – but nothing more. Nothing he actually says during his podcasts will count as a basis to impose more time except for the lack of remorse. Freedom of speech and all that. It’s academic anyway, because as I pointed out in the P&E thread, gag orders are imposed to prevent prospective juror taint. I just thought it would be fun to watch him violate a court order. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3448 "2022-07-26T20:13:23Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I just thought it would be fun to watch him violate a court order. There’s that. Plus: > [@Aspenglow](#): > > …he would never be able to comply with a gag order, 'cause if he tried, his head would assplode. Either way, lots of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3449 "2022-07-26T20:18:42Z")
Would you like to read the speech he gave at the wedding? [Here’s The Speech A Republican Gave At His Son’s Wedding To A Man After Voting Against Marriage Equality (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/here-s-the-speech-a-republican-gave-at-his-son-s-wedding-to-a-man-after-voting-against-marriage-equality/ar-AAZZIp6?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8c3ba26246b1476f9d4be860949b8e6b) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3450 "2022-07-27T01:03:00Z")
Doug Mastiano’s Christian nationalist candidacy for Governor of Pennsylvania has announced that they don’t want the support of atheists and Jews like right wing commentator Josh Shapiro. [![](https://i.redd.it/xrdxyqa260e91.png) ](https://i.redd.it/xrdxyqa260e91.png) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3451 "2022-07-27T02:21:36Z")
Ben Shapiro: “Hey, what are those leopards doing? Ow ow ow! Get off my face!” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3452 "2022-07-27T02:28:03Z")
QOP congrssional candidate in IL tweets “There are no pronouns in the Bible.” [https://mobile.twitter.com/lavern\_spicer/status/1552073518606606337](https://mobile.twitter.com/lavern_spicer/status/1552073518606606337) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3453 "2022-07-27T02:34:32Z")
What is that supposed to mean?? Does he mean the Hebrew Scriptures, the Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, King James, later translations, or what? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3454 "2022-07-27T02:37:23Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Does he mean the Hebrew Scriptures, the Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, King James, later translations, or what? They all sound kinda foreign. Just the American Bible, please! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3455 "2022-07-27T02:37:35Z")
That’s the beauty of it. It doesn’t _mean_ anything! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3456 "2022-07-27T02:40:28Z")
The AMERICAN bible, written in ENGLISH by JESUS himself! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3457 "2022-07-27T02:42:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jews like right wing commentator Josh Shapiro. _cough_ Ben. Josh is the fellow he’s running against, in case people are confused. Ben’s the half-wit who’s finally seeing some racist chickens come home to roost. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3458 "2022-07-27T02:43:30Z")
What’s kinda funny, though, is that the thought they failed to express is that no one in the Bible gets too worked up about what pronouns get applied to them. Except for God, of course, who demands that you use capitalized He/His/Him. At least in some translations. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3459 "2022-07-27T02:44:23Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > QOP congrssional candidate in IL tweets “There are no pronouns in the Bible.” One of my favorite parts of the Bible is when God speaks from the burning bush, proclaiming, “AM THAT AM.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3460 "2022-07-27T02:46:38Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > One of my favorite parts of the Bible is when God speaks from the burning bush, proclaiming, “AM THAT AM.” Let’s see how articulate you are when engulfed in flames. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3461 "2022-07-27T02:48:58Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > What’s kinda funny, though, is that the thought they failed to express is that no one in the Bible gets too worked up about what pronouns get applied to them. “But they woulda! If they’d had trans people back then, I betcha Moses would have shouted about it all the time! Maybe Judas was trans and that’s why he betrayed Jesus!” Ugh, that felt too realistic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=172) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=174)