# 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:** 44
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/862 "2022-03-16T13:23:17Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > 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?” Or, “If I descended from my grandparents, then why do I have cousins?” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/863 "2022-03-16T16:11:43Z")
Dumbass Lauren Boebert invents the rank of Lieutenant Corporal, which I believe was Radar’s rank before he was promoted to Corporal Captain. > **[Lauren Boebert New Grift Backfires When She Invents Imaginary Rank Of...](https://www.politicususa.com/2022/03/15/lauren-boebert-new-grift-backfires-when-she-invents-imaginary-rank-of-lieutenant-corporal.html?fbclid=IwAR0Cn6fCZ6Sam7x9wwKF_kUAYBJ1LCzbZrfxEEkDM6k2yr2o8LjFC2zwNzo)** > > Rep. Lauren Boebert released a new video full of culture war buzz words that culminated with making up the rank of Lt. Corporal to thank herself for heckling Biden. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/864 "2022-03-16T16:15:10Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > which I believe was Radar’s rank Captain Corporal, I think. ---
**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 16, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/865 "2022-03-16T16:18:14Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Captain Corporal, I think. Found the guy who didn’t read to the end of the sentence 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/866 "2022-03-16T16:19:32Z")
Oops. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/867 "2022-03-16T16:22:45Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > I don’t think science ever said that “we came from apes”. Shared a common ancestor, sure. Came from? I don’t think so. Apes have evolved to their current form too. The common ancestor of humans and, say, orangutans, would, by any reasonable taxonomic standard, also itself be considered an ape (not any species of ape that still exists, but still an ape). So it is fully correct to say that “humans came from apes”. Or you can take the near view. I could quite truthfully say that I am descended from apes, because I’m descended from my mother and father, and from my grandparents, and so on, and all of them were apes. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/868 "2022-03-16T16:52:01Z")
I agree that your version represents a more legitimate (although still easily dismissed) criticism of evolution, and is probably the argument put forth by the more sophisticated creationism apologists like answers in genesis., but I highly doubt that that is the argument that Walker is making. Walker’s target audience has a postage stamp level of understanding of how evolution is supposed to work and would not be able to arrive at that level of understanding if they weren’t led there directly. They are just looking for a quick pithy gotcha statement that makes sense on a gut level and requires no actual thinking on their part. The other one they like to use is “Were you there?”. Amusingly nonsensical gotcha questions can also be used against them, as I have witnessed several creationists given pause by the question, “If Eve came from Adams rib, how come men and women have the same number of ribs?” without stopping to remember that an amputee usually has able bodied children. ---
**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, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/869 "2022-03-16T17:15:15Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Dumbass Lauren Boebert invents the rank of Lieutenant Corporal, which I believe was Radar’s rank before he was promoted to Corporal Captain. I read somewhere that there is an actual Marine she is referring to, and that he is in reality a Lance Corporal. That she muddled up “Lieutenant Colonel” and “Lance Corporal” is not remotely the worst of her sins, but it remains amusing. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/870 "2022-03-16T17:15:22Z")
Your link was actually a 2 for 1 sale on Republican stupidity. When I clicked it, not only did I get the story on Boebert’s stupidity, but I also got a google ad for [Tactical Traps](https://www3.tacticaltraps.com/) with the tag line “Hidin from Biden”. They sell furniture that you can use to hide your guns from the guvmint, unless of course the ATF has web access and has and so recognizes your unusually thick flag decoration from their ad. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/871 "2022-03-16T17:21:38Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > “If Eve came from Adams rib, how come men and women have the same number of ribs?” I had a teacher in high school who believed that women had more ribs than men. To her credit, she revised her view when presented with evidence. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/872 "2022-03-16T17:44:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I read somewhere that there is an actual Marine she is referring to, and that he is in reality a Lance Corporal. That she muddled up “Lieutenant Colonel” and “Lance Corporal” is not remotely the worst of her sins, but it remains amusing. Rather like Gazpacho Police it indicates someone who’s operating in a different reality than us, to put it kindly. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/873 "2022-03-16T17:48:23Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Rather like Gazpacho Police it indicates someone who’s operating in a different reality than us, **to put it kindly.** What did she do to deserve that? ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/874 "2022-03-16T17:51:18Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > They sell furniture that you can use to hide your guns from the guvmint, unless of course the ATF has web access and has and so recognizes your unusually thick flag decoration from their ad. I’m amused that the “Whiskey flag” hider, called that because it’s made from barrel staves, is called back to the [Whiskey Rebellion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion). That ended poorly for the insurrectionists. > The Whiskey Rebellion demonstrated that the new national government had the will and ability to suppress violent resistance to its laws… > [@running\_coach](#): > > What did she do to deserve that? It’s my version of, “bless her heart.” ---
**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, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/875 "2022-03-16T17:55:30Z")
HUAC will be bac? > ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/876 "2022-03-16T18:21:21Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > HUAC will be bac? > > [https://mobile.twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1503737569456050180](https://mobile.twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1503737569456050180) I can think of at least 50 people right off the bat who should be hauled before that committee, but they’re probably not whom this wingnut has in mind. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/877 "2022-03-16T18:22:28Z")
Aristotle believed men had more teeth than women, but never bothered to count 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:** [March 16, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/878 "2022-03-16T18:24:16Z")
I’ve got a [few](https://whyy.org/episodes/trump-the-insurrection-and-the-search-for-justice/) [ideas](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/19/lauren-boebert-tour-capitol-riots/) of [where](https://en.as.com/en/2022/03/04/latest_news/1646417764_751326.html) to [start](https://www.wral.com/us-rep-madison-cawthorn-calls-zelensky-thug/20180199/). ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/879 "2022-03-16T18:24:31Z")
Candace Owens thinks Ukraine was created by Russia, and didn’t exist till 1989. She also thinks Ukrainians speak Russian. Maybe she should pick up a book? Sorry, that’s not going to happen. > **[Candace Owens: "Ukraine wasn't a thing until 1989. Ukraine was created by the...](https://www.mediamatters.org/candace-owens/candace-owens-ukraine-wasnt-thing-until-1989-ukraine-was-created-russians)** ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/880 "2022-03-16T18:40:04Z")
The Republican National Committee has officially said that Congess should not be investigating the 1/6 attack. (It’s Newsweek, so consider the source.) > **[RNC Says Congress Should Not Be Investigating Jan. 6 Attack on Congress](https://www.newsweek.com/rnc-congress-january6-salesforce-subpoena-1688495)** > > The RNC made the claims while attempting to prevent GOP email vendor Salesforce from complying with a subpoena. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/881 "2022-03-16T18:42:57Z")
Peter Schiff: " I understand times are hard, but doesn’t the President of the Ukraine own a suit? I don’t have much respect for current members of the U.S. Congress either, but I still wouldn’t address them wearing a t-shirt. I wouldn’t want to disrespect the institution or the Unites States." > [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=45)