# 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:** 346
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6906 "2023-01-11T22:10:45Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > If little Suzie comes home and asks “why are there no black people in our neighborhood,” I can’t imagine what a teacher might teach that would be the cause of such a question, but if a child asks that question then the parents, be they good parents, can just answer the question. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6907 "2023-01-11T22:22:13Z")
Right. Actual CRT isn’t being taught in elementary schools, but that’s irrelevant, because what Republicans think CRT means is just acknowledging that racism exists, and that is taught in every civilized school on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6908 "2023-01-11T22:26:45Z")
Seriously? I want what hes tripping on. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6909 "2023-01-11T23:15:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > … what Republicans think CRT means is just acknowledging that racism exists … … which conflicts with their iron-clad belief that America is the Greatest Country the World Has Ever Seen. Can’t have that. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2023, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6910 "2023-01-11T23:54:18Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > which conflicts with their iron-clad belief that America is the Greatest Country the World Has Ever Seen I strongly suspect there are preachers who do not really believe the shit they spew, but it brings in the dough, so they put on the act. Republiopathic belief in the unassailable greatness of America (which we need to restore to her) is at least in large part a marketing tool. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6911 "2023-01-12T00:03:33Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > > [@Eonwe](#): > > > > If little Suzie comes home and asks “why are there no black people in our neighborhood,” > > I can’t imagine what a teacher might teach that would be the cause of such a question I guess a teacher in an American History course might factually describe the common practices of “redlining” and other forms of residential segregation in the US, such as racially restricted housing development policies? And they might even mention the former use of such policies in the school’s own area. That kind of connecting history lessons to local specific practices is an excellent pedagogical strategy for getting students interested in and retentive of the material being taught. Then, I suppose, little Suzie on her way home from school might be struck by the fact that there still aren’t any black people in her neighborhood, and wonder if it has anything to do with the racial segregation policies she just learned about, and ask her parents about it. And as you note, they in turn can just answer the question. Sounds to me like a very positive educational outcome all around. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6912 "2023-01-12T00:57:58Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Republiopathic Hadn’t seen that before. Looks like a very useful term for a lot of phenomena we’ve been seeing–and, sadly, will continue to see. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6913 "2023-01-12T02:13:50Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Then, I suppose, little Suzie on her way home from school might be struck by the fact that there still aren’t any black people in her neighborhood, and wonder if it has anything to do with the racial segregation policies she just learned about, and ask her parents about it. And as you note, they in turn can just answer the question. > > Sounds to me like a very positive educational outcome all around. Well, sure, but then the parents have to confront reality, and that would make them uncomfortable, so it’s obviously much better for them to have the child remain ignorant. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6914 "2023-01-12T02:14:00Z")
And they just keep going: > **[House Republicans to vote on bill abolishing IRS, eliminating income tax](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-vote-bill-abolishing-irs-eliminating-income-tax)** > > Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., is reintroducing a bill with several colleagues that aims to repeal the national income tax, implement a national consumption tax and abolish the IRS. How much more evidence that these people should never, ever, be given control of government do we need? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6915 "2023-01-12T02:36:16Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Hadn’t seen that before. I seem to have coined it, and been excoriated for using it (actually on a SRIotD thread, IIRC, as well as one or two other places). Some people draw the impression that the term applies to _all_ Rs, rather than a specific subset. (_I cannot decide whether that last sentence calls for winkage_) ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6916 "2023-01-12T03:37:21Z")
They don’t want to defund the police, and say that if you didn’t do anything wrong, you shouldn’t be afraid of the cops. But they want to defund the IRS. Did they do something wrong to fear the tax man? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6917 "2023-01-12T03:56:43Z")
QAnon Trumpista who was interviewed in an HBO documentary saying Democrats are pedophiles, exposed as a pedophile… > **[QAnon ‘decoder’ who thinks Democrats are pedophiles is exposed as an actual...](https://deadstate.org/qanon-decoder-who-think-democrats-are-pedophiles-is-exposed-as-an-actual-pedophile-on-camera/)** > > A Trump supporter wh0 was interviewed for an HBO documentary and said that liberal politicians and celebrities are pedophiles was exposed for his own pedophile past during the interview. Dave Todeschini, a YouTuber and self-proclaimed QAnon... ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6918 "2023-01-12T04:23:12Z")
Ronna Romney is attacking her opponent for Chair of the Republican Party over her religion. > **[Whisper campaign about RNC chair candidate’s Sikh faith roils campaign](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/11/harmeet-dhillon-rnc-00077583)** > > Harmeet Dhillon called some fellow Republicans' comments "hurtful." ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6919 "2023-01-12T04:52:26Z")
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t income tax and the IRS itself established by constitutional amendment? ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6920 "2023-01-12T05:17:08Z")
I don’t know, but you know, “Pft, details”. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6921 "2023-01-12T05:36:50Z")
I am not sure about the IRS. The 16th amendment allows for a federal income tax. But that just says that the feds can do it, not that they have to. The IRS is a government agency. And such agencies make sense. Congress realized they cannot be involved in the minutiae of the day-to-day operation of the government. So, they made agencies to deal with it within some parameters that congress decided. Republicans seek to hobble some of those agencies…the IRS being one. I do not think there is anything to stop them (constitution-wise). There is no way this will pass the senate or the president’s desk (with the current government) so it won’t happen but it shows you where their head is at. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6922 "2023-01-12T06:11:33Z")
I guess my school lied to me when I lived in Virginia. They told me the state’s mott was _Sic sember tyrannis_. Evidently it’s actually _Tyrannis semper_. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6923 "2023-01-12T06:37:37Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > There is no way this will pass the senate or the president’s desk (with the current government) so it won’t happen but it shows you where their head is at. However, > [@Article I §7](#): > > All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills. the House, led by a hostile Speaker, has the power to hold the government, yes, the entire country, hostage. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6924 "2023-01-12T09:39:53Z")
“ Some members who were disturbed by reports that Dhillon’s faith was being scrutinized were worried that the surfacing of the whisper campaign would portray the Republican Party as bigoted.” Inconceivable! ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6925 "2023-01-12T10:26:03Z")
Guys, I’m concerned that this racist thing we’re doing is going to make people think we’re racists. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=345) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=347)