# 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:** 452
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9027 "2023-04-11T18:23:22Z")
> **[Florida bill to criminalize filming police actions is yet another anti-Black...](https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article274183360.html)** > > This proposal would make already tense situations worse and allow police to abuse their authority, Francesca Menes writes. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9028 "2023-04-11T20:11:49Z")
> This proposal would make already tense situations worse and allow police to abuse their authority, Francesca Menes writes. Well, yes. That’s rather the whole point, I expect. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9029 "2023-04-11T20:31:39Z")
Lets be honest here. Wasn’t everyone (or at least everyone who really mattered) happier before cell phones and youtube. Back then reports of police brutality were a rare thing, and the records show that all police shootings were totally justified. This bill is just trying bring back those days before all the bad apples started showing up, and everyone could rest assured that the police were all good and honest people serving an protecting. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9030 "2023-04-11T20:41:18Z")
If you want to watch the police in action, watch Cops. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9031 "2023-04-11T21:04:32Z")
Sorry, you assbackwards, stone-age morons. Cameras can be concealed in a shirt button these days, and wearable tech is already here. You’re gonna get filmed, so suck it. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9032 "2023-04-11T21:12:05Z")
Your Cousin’s On Cops [14 The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Your Cousin's On Cops - Live in Richmond, VA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pPtgIY6CbI) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9033 "2023-04-11T21:25:08Z")
> I’ll take “Things That Never Happened” for $1000, Ken. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9034 "2023-04-11T21:27:13Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’ll take “Things That Never Happened” for $1000, Ken. Or he left off the last sentence after the “I’m sorry”. “I’ve been dreaming of this day”. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9035 "2023-04-11T21:30:47Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Sorry, you assbackwards, stone-age morons. Cameras can be concealed in a shirt button these days, and wearable tech is already here. You’re gonna get filmed, so suck it. But if this bill becomes law, anyone who shared one of those videos could be charged with a crime, with the video itself as evidence. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9036 "2023-04-11T21:48:24Z")
The cop who let the door shut on Trump might have been crying, and trying very hard to stifle his laughter. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9037 "2023-04-11T21:56:49Z")
Yeah, in America’s permanently flaccid, dangling penis: Florida. Good luck to Karen DeSantis trying to contain a viral video. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9038 "2023-04-11T22:29:15Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > But if this bill becomes law, anyone who shared one of those videos could be charged with a crime, with the video itself as evidence. I think anonymous upload sites for these types of videos may get quite popular in certain states. I’d swear there was already one or two apps for doing exactly that. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9039 "2023-04-11T22:30:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’ll take “Things That Never Happened” for $1000, Ken. Wherever the man\* goes he leaves behind people in tears… * * * * * * * * * \*Using the word “man” generically. Not implying the Individual in question is actually a _man_ as the term is properly used. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9040 "2023-04-11T22:49:47Z")
Anyone in Florida, maybe. Pass it along to a friend in a free state. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9041 "2023-04-11T22:58:09Z")
> they were crying. They were actually crying. They said, ‘I’m sorry.’” Were they Big Strong Men? Did they call him “sir”? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9042 "2023-04-11T23:07:43Z")
They were laughing so hard, they cried? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9043 "2023-04-11T23:28:31Z")
Missouri don’t need them none of that thar book lernin. > **[Missouri House Republicans vote to defund public libraries: report](https://www.rawstory.com/missouri-house-republicans-defund-public-libraries-report-2659837053/)** > > Republicans in the Missouri State House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to strip all public libraries of their funding a week after lawmakers debated the budget proposal that Governor Mike Parson submitted to the legislature.The version that will... ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9044 "2023-04-12T00:43:41Z")
No filming police? I’m okay with that. After all, the police, troopers, SWAT all have body cams on filming from lots of angles. Should be sufficient. There’s no reason all of the body cams would go on the blink at a crttical moment. Or video evidence would be erased or withheld. You’re talking crazy conspiracy theories now. ////sssss ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9045 "2023-04-12T04:05:15Z")
A South Dakota Senate candidate, who notably is neither a teacher, librarian, or drag queen, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to incest. > **[South Dakota Republican sentenced to 10 years for incest](https://www.rawstory.com/joel-koskan/)** > > Former legislative candidate Joel Koskan was sentenced to 10 years in state prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to two felony counts of incest, according to the Attorney General’s Office. > > The charges stemmed from sexual activity with an adopted... ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9046 "2023-04-12T05:12:45Z")
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