# 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:** 396
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7907 "2023-02-16T13:48:44Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Montana House has passed the bill legalizing bullying trans kids, with one legislator arguing that children have no obligation to be kind to each other. I bet he shows up to church every Sunday, so he can shout “God!” and show off just how pious he is. It’s almost like Jesus warned us about people like this. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7908 "2023-02-16T13:52:35Z")
Valentine’s day is all about romance and not being tolerant of others beyond your significant other. And no helping others…that’s not what it’s all about either. It’s basically a holiday of hating everyone except for your wife. It’s a holiday of hate with a side of sexy time. Don’t make it political. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7909 "2023-02-16T14:02:31Z")
Right?! These fucking christians are finally going to convince me Jesus was real. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7910 "2023-02-16T14:03:16Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > It’s basically a holiday of hating everyone except for your wife. Can I pretend to have a wife I hate just to fit in? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7911 "2023-02-16T15:45:47Z")
More clearly Val’s Day is about **strictly cisheterosexual** sexytimes with a good Christian woman who _Knows Her Place_ and will wear something smexy for her man. Thus no need for toleration since it’s all about submission. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7912 "2023-02-16T15:57:59Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Wow, it’s almost like they’ve never heard of the teachings of Jesus the Christ. > > Oh, my mistake. > > It’s EXACTLY like that Ah, but you see, they are smugly assured that “Jesus **gets** us” by which they mean in the same sense as DJT “gets” them IOW he gives us a pass to be this way. I have always been amused by how many of our Fundamentalist Evangelicals are the biggest **Social** Darwinists ever. Almost like they have no fear of the Judgement upon themselves. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7913 "2023-02-16T16:03:03Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Almost like they have no fear of the Judgement upon themselves. That won’t be judged, they’ve been talking to jesus and he knows they’re right. [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGFhNjlhNWEtOWE4Yi00NzNiLWIyYjQtODdkNDQ1YmEwMGIyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDMxMTc5OTE@._V1_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGFhNjlhNWEtOWE4Yi00NzNiLWIyYjQtODdkNDQ1YmEwMGIyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDMxMTc5OTE@._V1_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7914 "2023-02-16T16:31:53Z")
Ron DeKlantis wants to strip the media of libel protections. The moment this passes I’m going to Florida and suing the shit out of FOX News. > **[Opinion | Ron DeSantis’s latest culture-war target: Media libel laws](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/15/desantis-sullivan-new-york-times-media-protections-libel/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6Ijg0MzMxNTYiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjc2NTIzNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjc3ODE5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2NzY1MjM2MDAsImp0aSI6Ijg0NWU5N2MzLTIzODItNDhkOC04M2QyLWEzMzg2ZjM4MDQyNiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDIzLzAyLzE1L2Rlc2FudGlzLXN1bGxpdmFuLW5ldy15b3JrLXRpbWVzLW1lZGlhLXByb3RlY3Rpb25zLWxpYmVsLyJ9.pKYSWNqmiJ8V-ci4kzikQkeh2DuQsRj2mLq0YWDN3MY&itid=gfta)** > > The Florida governor is taking aim at New York Times v. Sullivan, a staple of media freedom in the United States. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7915 "2023-02-16T18:16:32Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > I have always been amused by how many of our Fundamentalist Evangelicals are the biggest **Social** Darwinists ever. Almost like they have no fear of the Judgement upon themselves. The Holy Leopard will never eat _their_ faces! ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7916 "2023-02-16T18:18:18Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Ron DeKlantis wants to strip the media of libel protections. The moment this passes I’m going to Florida and suing the shit out of FOX News. So you think the law would be applied equally on both sides? _In Florida?_ ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7917 "2023-02-16T20:29:49Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Ron DeKlantis wants to strip the media of libel protections. It only applies to LIBRUL media, of course. I guess you can’t call _ninja’d_ when it’s two hours later… ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7918 "2023-02-16T20:51:10Z")
The holy leopard! Love it. Now for a tee shirt. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7919 "2023-02-16T21:25:07Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > one legislator arguing that children have no obligation to be kind to each other. Just shows he knows his base voters: Cowardly, bullying assholes, who don’t want anyone to tell them to be kind. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7920 "2023-02-16T21:26:04Z")
> **[Virginia governor blocks bill banning police from seeking menstrual histories](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/virginia-governor-clears-path-for-extreme-bill-allowing-police-to-seek-menstrual-histories/ar-AA17xP8j?cvid=a2f589e8d7ce4df7aa4ab51d6814127f)** > > Glenn Youngkin essentially kills bill passed in Democratic-led state senate to ban search warrants for menstrual data on tracking apps The fuck??? How is this not Big Government run amuck??? ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7921 "2023-02-16T21:28:38Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > The fuck??? > > How is this not Big Government run amuck??? If it’s not about guns, then the government gets to control women any way they like. It’s in the New Republican Constitution. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7922 "2023-02-16T22:02:20Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Just shows he knows his base voters: Cowardly, bullying assholes, who don’t want anyone to tell them to be kind. Yet they loudly and publicly proclaim themselves “Christians.” ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7923 "2023-02-16T22:10:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Yet they loudly and publicly proclaim themselves “Christians.” They’ve got to. You certainly can’t tell from their actions. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7924 "2023-02-16T22:33:06Z")
Wondering how on earth 'pub-voting women can possibly spin Youngkin’s (evil - I would’ve put in different thread) move. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7925 "2023-02-16T22:39:32Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > It’s basically a holiday of hating everyone except for your wife. It’s a holiday of hate with a side of sexy time. Nick “notice me please daddy Trump” Adams has a, well, different idea. > ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7926 "2023-02-16T22:50:48Z")
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