# 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:** 248
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4942 "2022-10-03T15:12:04Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > That’s what they get for hanging out with a bunch of _them._ Probably a _them-lover_, I know you know what I’m talking about… [Giant ants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them!)? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4943 "2022-10-03T15:12:44Z")
Overall there are slightly more minorities in the [armed forces](https://www.statista.com/statistics/214869/share-of-active-duty-enlisted-women-and-men-in-the-us-military/) than in the [general population](https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045221), Interestingly black women in particular are over represented. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4944 "2022-10-03T15:12:55Z")
We’ll have to ask Kent Brockman his opinion. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4945 "2022-10-03T15:28:33Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > OK, but that’s always been _my_ impression of your military - mostly white, mostly Southern, mostly Republican. That’s more or less how it’s depicted in American media. Even if true, when did Republican stalwarts care anything about white Southerners, except for their votes? Nothing new here. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4946 "2022-10-03T17:27:10Z")
More noxious than stupid, considering that the dogwhistle will probably resonate well within the empty skulls of its target audience: [https://thehill.com/homenews/3671759-gop-senators-ad-if-you-hate-cops-next-time-youre-in-trouble-call-a-crackhead/](https://thehill.com/homenews/3671759-gop-senators-ad-if-you-hate-cops-next-time-youre-in-trouble-call-a-crackhead/) > Sen. John [Neely] Kennedy released a new campaign ad over the weekend accusing “woke leaders” of blaming police for “surging” violent crime in his home state. > “Look, if you hate cops just because they’re cops, the next time you get in trouble, call a crackhead,” Kennedy said at the end of the ad. (Or maybe it is stupid, since the strategy of calling a crackhead is unlikely to work out very well given that 1)as I noted earlier, the FBI [confiscated his phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers/925537/7142) and 2)even if he gets the call, he’s unlikely to defend you very effectively by attacking the mugger with a pillow.) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4947 "2022-10-03T18:45:36Z")
Brett Favre has hired a former Trump attorney to defend him against fraud charges related to his misuse of welfare funds. > **[Brett Favre hires former White House lawyer to handle welfare-fund fiasco -...](https://sports.yahoo.com/brett-favre-hires-former-white-150250407.html)** > > Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre has yet to be accused of criminal misconduct in connection with the diversion of federal welfare funds for pet projects — and Favre’s own pocket. But he’s apparently concerned about the manner in which the... ---
**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:** [October 3, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4948 "2022-10-03T21:10:23Z")
Ron Johnson, without a sense of irony: “We really are the live-and-let-live party. I really don’t care what you do … You go live your life, and that’s fine. I’m not gonna impose the way I live my life on somebody else.” > ---
**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:** [October 3, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4949 "2022-10-03T21:14:30Z")
The “nuns” that keep showing up at MAGAt rallies are not real nuns. They come from a non-profit organization that is not related to the Church, and in fact are sedevancatists (people who don’t think there has been a real Pope since they started allowing non-Latin languages in church services. > **[For the record: Michigan nuns at Trump rally aren't really nuns](https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/religious-life/record-michigan-nuns-trump-rally-are-not-really-nuns)** > > For many Americans, Donald Trump will be remembered as the "fake news" president for his constant lambasting of the media. Among those who supported him with vigor: fake nuns. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4950 "2022-10-03T21:20:53Z")
Elon Musk has decided to grace us all with his peace plan for Ukraine, which, unsurprisingly, is “give the Russians everything they want in exchange for nothing”. > It’s a very good thing that this clown can never run for president. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4951 "2022-10-03T21:51:09Z")
The right is horrified abut the new purple M&M. > ---
**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:** [October 3, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4952 "2022-10-03T21:52:21Z")
Wait til the rainbow M&Ms come out. And the ones that say “Black M&Ms Matter!” ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4953 "2022-10-03T21:53:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The “nuns” that keep showing up at MAGAt rallies are not real nuns. They come from a non-profit organization that is not related to the Church, and in fact are sedevancatists (people who don’t think there has been a real Pope since they started allowing non-Latin languages in church services. Meh. The Roman Catholic Church doesn’t have any special power to say who’s a nun or not. But good on the RCC for calling out that they’re not RCC. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4954 "2022-10-03T21:58:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > “We really are the live-and-let-live party. I really don’t care what you do … You go live your life, and that’s fine. I’m not gonna impose the way I live my life on somebody else.” Unless you want to: - Get an abortion - Smoke pot - Check out certain books from the library - Marry someone that is your own gender - Define gender differently than what I do - Pick your own gender pronouns But beyond those things, we don’t care what you do. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4955 "2022-10-03T22:01:22Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Marry someone that is your own gender Or get a civil union with someone your own gender. Unless same sex marriage is legal, then suddenly it turns out you were all for civil unions the whole time and you can’t believe how the homosexual agenda is shoving gay marriage down your throat when they should just be satisfied with civil unions. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4956 "2022-10-03T22:08:42Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Meh. The Roman Catholic Church doesn’t have any special power to say who’s a nun or not. Um, they kind of do? Being Roman Catholic is part of the definition of being a nun. Other religions include female monastic traditions, but none of the members of those are called “nuns”. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4957 "2022-10-03T22:10:41Z")
Buddhist sisters are called nuns. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4958 "2022-10-03T22:17:43Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > > [@Pleonast](#): > > > > Meh. The Roman Catholic Church doesn’t have any special power to say who’s a nun or not. > > Um, they kind of do? Being Roman Catholic is part of the definition of being a nun. Other religions include female monastic traditions, but none of the members of those are called “nuns”. Not just Roman Catholic: > In Christianity, nuns are found in the Roman Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, and Anglican traditions, as well as other Christian denominations. > **[Nun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nun)** > > A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service and contemplation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent. The term is often used interchangeably with religious sisters who do take simple vows but live an active vocation of prayer and charitable work. > In Christianity, nuns are found in the Roman Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, and Anglican and some Presbyterian traditions, as well as... ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4959 "2022-10-03T22:35:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The “nuns” that keep showing up at MAGAt rallies are not real nuns. I wonder how they got into the habit. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4960 "2022-10-03T22:47:30Z")
Go. To. Your. Room. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4961 "2022-10-03T22:52:25Z")
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