# 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:** 279
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5562 "2022-11-02T12:59:04Z")
Which was the style at the time. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5563 "2022-11-02T13:09:45Z")
I’ll pay you five bees for that onion. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5564 "2022-11-02T13:31:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It’s amusing the way this thread repeatedly wanders gently off-topic for a few posts and then it’s brought back when someone cites a new Republican Stupidity. It’s an endless supply and thus, a constant reminder. There are certain Pit threads about members of this very board that are the same way. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5565 "2022-11-02T13:37:42Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > “Gee, wouldn’t it have been neat if Anne Frank had finally realized the error of her Jewish Ways?!?” doesn’t _quite_ meet that standard, though. Especially when being hunted and killed for being Jewish is the big reason why any of us even know her name. > > Writing such a book would be more like making a movie, “Abraham Lincoln: Guy Who Never Really Did Anything Important”. I went with the Lincoln as Vampire Hunter had already been referenced, but I suppose the more apt analogy that I _should_ have used is, “_Harriet Tubman_: Slave Hunter”. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5566 "2022-11-02T13:39:06Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I went with the Lincoln as Vampire Hunter had already been referenced, but I suppose the more apt analogy that I _should_ have used is, “_Harriet Tubman_: Slave Hunter”. Yeah, that one would have been harder to pull off. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5567 "2022-11-02T13:40:40Z")
And yet, some right winger is probably writing it as “fanfic” right now. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5568 "2022-11-02T13:48:39Z")
The way I see it, “Proper” fanfic should be based on the idea of liking the original character, or actual person in such a case as this, and wanting to explore that person more thoroughly, even if it involves adding some counterfactuals to their life. But with the Anne Frank and Harriet Tubman examples, you have to ask: if Anne were not Jewish, and Harriet not a major force in the Underground Railroad, would we ever had heard of them? There were plenty of other slave catchers in the US prior to the Civil War, so why would this one slave catcher have stood out? If there is no such reason, then what’s the point of the counter-factual? What more would we learn of their character or circumstances by considering the counterfactual? As I said, with talent and knowledge, you might be able to find such a hook, but the typical lazy, ignorant, “Haw Haw HAW!” right wing types simply don’t have such talent or knowledge. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5569 "2022-11-02T15:40:02Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Where on that spectrum would you place the hypothetical and yet probably upcoming movie, “Abraham Lincoln: Slave Hunter”? It’s about a historical figure, and it’s set (presumably) in a distinct historical period, so I’d still call it historical fiction. Or, maybe something like “historical speculative fiction,” if I’m being fancy. It’s still not “fan fiction.” ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5570 "2022-11-02T15:46:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tim Michels, the Republican candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, says that if he’s elected, he’ll make sure that Republicans never lose another election. > > [Tim Michels Says GOP Will 'Never Lose Another Election' in Wisconsin If He Wins](https://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-will-never-lose-wisconsin-tim-michels-tony-evers2022-11) This is particularly scary because of the way Wisconsin Republicans have shamelessly gerrymandered the state’s legislative and congressional districts to retain permanent power in the face of a very slight Democratic majority. Michels is simply ramping up his party’s intentions to tighten the screws even more, with possible help coming from the Supreme Court to recognize a legislature’s powers to do just about anything it wants in the name of “regulating elections.” It’s their very own version of Jim Crow. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5571 "2022-11-02T16:52:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’ll pay you five bees for that onion. That’s like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so I decided to go to Morganville which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5572 "2022-11-02T17:00:41Z")
The hamburgers were better (and bigger, too) when they called it Morganville. Of course, the downside was that sometimes you felt queasy on the return ferry trip because of that big, greasy burger. I miss them anyway. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5573 "2022-11-02T23:20:27Z")
Ron DeSantis’ campaign sent out mailers to Florida voters that mocked LGBTQ people. The fliers included a stock image of a male student wearing makeup during his graduation ceremony saying: “Thank you, Joe Biden and Charlie Crist, for making Floridians pay off my student debt.” > **[Ron DeSantis Mocks LGBTQ People In Campaign Mailer To Florida Voters](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-desantis-mocks-lgbtq-people-in-campaign-mailer-to-florida-voters_n_63627ccfe4b046b39ca3a5d2)** > > The Republican governor claimed Biden’s student loan plan will force “hard working Floridians to pay back student loans for degrees like Gender Studies.” ---
**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:** [November 2, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5574 "2022-11-02T23:24:49Z")
Don Bolduc, who claimed that a school was letting kids dressed as cats use litter boxes, says it’s up to the school to prove that they aren’t. > ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5575 "2022-11-03T03:01:42Z")
Senator Mike Lee of Utah caught on video saying, “phase out Social Security, pull it up from the roots, get rid of it.” > ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5576 "2022-11-03T04:54:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Don Bolduc, who claimed that a school was letting kids dressed as cats use litter boxes, says it’s up to the school to prove that they aren’t. Hey, Duckie, _you_ made the extraordinary claim, _you_ have to supply the evidence. Oh, wait – my bad. I was using logic, clearly beyond your capabilities. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5577 "2022-11-03T05:26:24Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Senator Mike Lee of Utah caught on video saying, “phase out Social Security, pull it up from the roots, get rid of it.” - > > [https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1587997517639294976?t=EEYT3XQVCvDd3Z6Sj-toag&s=19](https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1587997517639294976?t=EEYT3XQVCvDd3Z6Sj-toag&s=19) Doesn’t seem to have made much progress in twelve years. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5578 "2022-11-03T05:48:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Don Bolduc, who claimed that a school was letting kids dressed as cats use litter boxes, says it’s up to the school to prove that they aren’t. Don Bolduc needs to _prove_ that he does not fuck grade school furries. I believe that he does until he can prove oherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5579 "2022-11-03T10:13:07Z")
Arizona candidate for governor Kari Lake wants to roll back high school graduation requirements for math, science and history. > “Who says we have to have this many hours of science, this many of math and history? We can change that up.” > ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5580 "2022-11-03T10:54:47Z")
Kari Lake also wants to repeal Obamacare. 🙄 > **[GOP’s Kari Lake takes a chance, pushes Affordable Care Act repeal](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gops-kari-lake-takes-chance-pushes-affordable-care-act-repeal-rcna55209)** > > As Kari Lake pushes ACA repeal, Arizonans concerned about health care suddenly have new reason to take a closer look at their gubernatorial race. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5581 "2022-11-03T11:55:18Z")
I think the left should run with that. Start making sure the entire world is aware she is going to finish what trump couldn’t do. That she’s going to deliver on a promise that trump broke. Enough of that and it might piss off trump so he stops backing her out of fear that she will actually deliver on some of the things he promised to do (and then spent his entire presidency saying he’d have it done in a few more weeks). Of course, that runs the risk of back firing and making him run again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=278) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=280)