# 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:** 43
**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:** [March 15, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/842 "2022-03-15T20:58:14Z")
But if you flip one of them, they push apart. Explain that! Especially since if you flip both of them, they still stick together. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/843 "2022-03-15T21:01:12Z")
Prolly something to do with Apes. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/844 "2022-03-15T21:02:25Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > But if you flip one of them, they push apart. Explain that! Especially since if you flip both of them, they still stick together. Well… Magnets have opposite ends. If two of the same ends come together, they push each other apart. If you have different ends – say a ‘male’ end and a ‘female’ end – they come together. _PROOF_ that God hates homosexuals! (Lord have mercy on my wicked soul. I sounded like a Republican there! 😲 ) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/845 "2022-03-15T21:50:53Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > Shared a common ancestor, sure. I learned that in like fourth grade. It wasn’t that hard. I guess jocks really are fucking stupid. Science (and my birth certificate) says I used to come from Wisconsin. If that’s true, why is there still a Wisconsin? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/846 "2022-03-15T22:14:49Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Science says that birds are not real. Well, science says man came from apes, and we still have apes. So if birds came from dinosaurs, why don’t we still have dinosaurs? Checkmate! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/847 "2022-03-15T22:26:48Z")
Jehovah’s Witnesses have the real proof, that I saw in one of the booklets once. Evolution claims that fish can turn into birds or birds can turn into fish! Have you ever seen such a thing? Nobody ever saw a fish turn into a bird or a bird turn into a fish! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/848 "2022-03-15T22:28:32Z")
Two apes in the zoo, having this conversation: Ape#1, having just read Darwin’s book, attempts to explain it to his cage-mate. Ape#2, in astonishment: You mean to say I’m my keeper’s brother? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/849 "2022-03-15T23:45:24Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Jehovah’s Witnesses have the real proof, that I saw in one of the booklets once. > > Evolution claims that fish can turn into birds or birds can turn into fish! Have you ever seen such a thing? Nobody ever saw a fish turn into a bird or a bird turn into a fish! I had one that tried to argue that a BWV can’t spontaneously turn into a Volkswagen. When I started with “First of all, cars don’t reproduce…” the look of sheer panic in her eyes about not really understanding her own argument was both amusing and pitiful. I settled for a very brief and high level explanation of evolution and let it go at that, because I’m a nice person. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/850 "2022-03-16T00:18:18Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > “Evolution claims that fish can turn into birds or birds can turn into fish! Have you ever seen such a thing? Nobody ever saw a fish turn into a bird or a bird turn into a fish!” Tell them “Well, I never saw your great-great-grandfather’s great-great-grandfather turn into you, but nonetheless I’m still pretty sure that you’re descended from him.” ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/851 "2022-03-16T00:36:21Z")
I think the “logic” is that evolution involves survival of the fittest, so the not-fittest shouldn’t be around anymore at all. Like, if black moths started to thrive because the Industrial Revolution coated trees nearby with coal dust, then the white moths shouldn’t be around anymore, because they were all eaten by birds who saw them easily against the black. (Of course, in that particular case, the white moths _came back_, but that only matters to people who actually care about the truth.) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/852 "2022-03-16T00:38:20Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I think the “logic” is that evolution involves survival of the fittest, so the not-fittest shouldn’t be around anymore at all. Ah, I see. Of course that’s still an ill-informed and dumb argument, but at least it’s less completely nonsensical than it initially seemed to me. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/853 "2022-03-16T00:43:38Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Tell them “Well, I never saw your great-great-grandfather’s great-great-grandfather turn into you, but nonetheless I’m still pretty sure that you’re descended from him.” I would not jump to that conclusion. Maybe great grand mother… ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/854 "2022-03-16T00:44:34Z")
It’s a wise child that knows his own great-great-grandfather’s great-great-grandfather. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/855 "2022-03-16T00:48:08Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Herschel Walker: If men descended from apes, why are there still apes? > > I have never understood why or how creationists think this is in any way a persuasive argument. To me, that’s exactly like saying “If the US used to be a colony of Britain, then why is there still a Britain?” Or “If Diet Pepsi is a variation on regular Pepsi, then why is there still regular Pepsi?” > > Uh, **because a thing doesn’t automatically stop existing just because it gave rise to a somewhat different thing? Why would you even expect that it would?** If you confront one of them that last (bolded by me) point, they’d probably just change the subject. They wouldn’t engage with it. It’s the '_I joined this cult so I’d never have to endure the pain of thinking again–give me my talking points; that’s all I want’_ mentality at work. One amusing counter (which, again, those who NEED to think this through would ignore, because they refuse to think) I saw today: > [@](#): > > _The Bible said man came from dust, did it not? If that is true, why do I need to clean my house? Think about it!_ ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/856 "2022-03-16T00:56:53Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The Bible said man came from dust, did it not? If that is true, why do I need to clean my house? Think about it! Therefore, dusting = abortion!!! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/857 "2022-03-16T02:30:58Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The Bible said man came from dust, did it not? If that is true, why do I need to clean my house? Think about it! To forestall the rise of any competition? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/858 "2022-03-16T04:16:52Z")
Someone should tell Walker that @Cecil_Adams (and company) addressed that very question in [1999](https://www.straightdope.com/21342829/if-man-is-descended-from-monkeys-and-apes-why-do-we-still-have-monkeys-and-apes). ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/859 "2022-03-16T04:59:41Z")
What’s a BWV? ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/860 "2022-03-16T05:31:05Z")
A BMW that has flipped onto its roof? ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/861 "2022-03-16T09:12:21Z")
I plead fatigue. Or maybe the JW was a Bach scholar, I dunno… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=44)