# 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:** 477
**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:** [May 22, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9527 "2023-05-22T14:44:04Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > The question is what, if any, laws did the person that hired them break? Some type of fraud? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9528 "2023-05-22T16:53:23Z")
I’m in Spain right now and have overheard several conversations about choosing not to travel to the US due to gun violence and threats to minorities and foreign visitors. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9529 "2023-05-22T20:10:21Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Several civil rights groups have just issued a travel advisory on Florida. Time for an update and expansion of [The Green Book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Motorist_Green_Book)? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9530 "2023-05-22T20:11:55Z")
Thing is, I really genuinely don’t believe that tourists have anything physical to fear from gun violence in the United States. Yes, it’s a serious problem. Yes, it’s perfectly legit to make it a factor in travel planning for political reasons. Yes, places with more gun violence may be a reflection of larger issues worth considering. But I just don’t think that the fear of being actually physically shot is solid enough to warrant concern. Now, if you’re not white, that absolutely complicates this at least a little. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9531 "2023-05-22T20:26:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Time for an update and expansion of [The Green Book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Motorist_Green_Book)? Exactly what my sister said when I mentioned this issue to her! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9532 "2023-05-22T20:57:30Z")
I’d add stay away from crowds. Lots of targets for burst effects. Stay away from suburban neighborhoods. They believe in standing your ground. Also, avoid hot tourist cities. They attract the crazy and tall buildings are ideal for overseeing kill zones. Oh yes, avoid open fields. You might be walking on property owned by one of the Bundys. Other than that, everywhere else is safe. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9533 "2023-05-22T21:14:11Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Stay away from suburban neighborhoods. They believe in standing your ground. Also, small towns. Especially if you see lots of pickup trucks parked at the local diners and/or Walmart. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9534 "2023-05-22T21:37:45Z")
Stay off the roads. Road rage, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9535 "2023-05-22T22:32:43Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Now, if you’re not white, that absolutely complicates this at least a little. So, you don’t believe tourists have anything to fear… as long as they’re white tourists? Considering that white people don’t even make up a plurality of the global population, let alone a majority, that’s a… pretty anglo-centric way to think about it. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9536 "2023-05-22T23:01:35Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Now, if you’re not white, that absolutely complicates this at least a little. This young man looked pretty white… > **[Kiwi killed by Colorado police 'loved beyond measure', family demanding charges](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-world-is-just-so-cruel-christchurch-born-man-shot-dead-by-police-in-usa-family-calling-for-cops-to-be-charged/7HI2KE36I5YFAOPRZHPTWQNMJQ/)** > > Christchurch-born man shot dead by police in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9537 "2023-05-22T23:17:48Z")
Less to fear than darker-skinned tourists? Absolutely, examples like the following post notwithstanding. It’s like white privilege; people in general still have a lot to worry about, but some specific groups have more to worry about than others. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9538 "2023-05-23T00:03:45Z")
And stay away from public schools. The teachers aren’t properly trained to defend against gun violence. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9539 "2023-05-23T00:23:19Z")
She represents Northwest Omaha. You would think somebody might have clued her in. > **[Republican senator who supported anti-trans bill says she wasn’t paying...](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/nebraska-trans-abortion-bill-christy-armendariz-b2343548.html)** > > Political scientist says majority of Nebraska legislators ‘seem not to know or care what they’re doing as long as it feels right to them and they have the votes to do it’ > “I don’t watch the news or get the newspaper,” she told the magazine. “Is there anything going on I should be aware of?” ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9540 "2023-05-23T01:32:37Z")
\ _No, nothing to see here… just move along…_ 🙄 ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9541 "2023-05-23T02:41:31Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’m not digging into the law any deeper than this, but wiki says you have to be doing it with the " intention of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit by convincing another that he or she received the award. " I don’t think that applies here. They weren’t convincing the people who paid them (or at least, were supposed to pay them). Those people were the ones who set up the con in the first place. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9542 "2023-05-23T04:05:27Z")
Isn’t Walmart _the_ local diner? ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9543 "2023-05-23T05:15:42Z")
Tucker Carlson is suing a PAC that wants Tucker Carlson to run for president. > **[Tucker Carlson attacks pro-Tucker Carlson super PAC](https://www.rawstory.com/tucker-carlson-president-super-pac/)** > > An attorney representing Tucker Carlson on Monday filed a legal complaint against a pro-Tucker Carlson super PAC, The Daily Beast reports.Harmeet Dhillon, the far-right former Fox News host’s lawyer, filed a cease-and-decease letter against the... ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9544 "2023-05-23T05:23:56Z")
Catching up with the “Guns, Babies, Jesus” woman. [Right Wing Watch on Twitter: “Kandiss Taylor, who ran for governor in 2022 and recently became a Georgia GOP district chair, is a flat earther: “Everywhere there’s globes … and that’s what they do to brainwash.” https://t.co/PEz1sqOTvA” / Twitter](https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1660677910959730688?t=nxuFObvRRrAiDUpinSyV2Q&s=19) On the earth being round: If it’s not a conspiracy, if it is true, why are they pushing it so hard? Best line: If I was a normal person. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9545 "2023-05-23T07:04:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Tucker Carlson is suing a PAC that wants Tucker Carlson to run for president. In other words, they are running a scam and he’s not getting his cut. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9546 "2023-05-23T11:02:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t think that applies here. They weren’t convincing the people who paid them (or at least, were supposed to pay them). Those people were the ones who set up the con in the first place. Did you miss the rest of my post? > But something to keep in mind is that we’re not trying to prove the homeless men broke stolen valor laws. The question is **what, if any, laws did the person that hired them break?** Stolen Valor by proxy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=476) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=478)