# 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:** 487
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9727 "2023-06-08T14:53:24Z")
Heaven forfend anyone associate the Roman Catholic Church with a bunch of child-molesting groomers… ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9728 "2023-06-08T16:29:07Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Huh. I thought that George was Jew-ish. He’s whatever religion currently offers the greatest opportunity to take offense and claim persecution. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9729 "2023-06-08T17:40:13Z")
Schrodinger’s faith. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9730 "2023-06-08T19:19:34Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Yeah, Cruz strikes me as a man with absolutely no scruples or morals … Anything like the Zodiac Killer? ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9731 "2023-06-08T19:24:42Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Anything like the Zodiac Killer? Human Candidate for Human President Ted Cruz will not stand for such slander! As Humans are well-known to do, Fellow Human. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9732 "2023-06-08T21:18:07Z")
Newsmax says the choking orange smoke that has descended over the northeast is actually very pretty and smells quite nice. > ETA: Fox has also gone pro-smoke. > ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9733 "2023-06-08T21:19:09Z")
A fireman friend of mine once told me that one of the disturbing things about burning human flesh is how good it smells. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9734 "2023-06-08T21:31:22Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > A fireman friend of mine once told me that one of the disturbing things about burning human flesh is how good it smells. - That’s why “long pig” is another name for human flesh. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9735 "2023-06-08T21:51:31Z")
> [P]articulate matter is just very fine soot Well, duh. _That’s what makes it so dangerous_ ya putz. ETA: This is a reply to one of the ‘science experts’ **smapti** quoted. Not sure how **Horatius** got roped into it. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9736 "2023-06-08T22:13:36Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Huh. I thought that George was Jew-ish. You don’t have to be Jewish to be upset about the blood libel, and you don’t have to be Catholic to be upset about a perceived attack on the Church. Of course, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence actually seem to do a lot of the good work that Jesus explicitly calls for (like caring for the sick), so if I were still a practicing Catholic I don’t think I’d be offended. I like to think he’d find Santos’s (and others) performative outrage more worthy of condemnation then the Sisters’ performances. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9737 "2023-06-08T22:40:43Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > at least one scruple, when his own children are involved [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/phwwYDdtMr4/maxresdefault.jpg "Do You Know What Scruples Is?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phwwYDdtMr4) ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9738 "2023-06-09T01:04:36Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Of course, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence actually seem to do a lot of the good work that Jesus explicitly calls for (like caring for the sick), so if I were still a practicing Catholic I don’t think I’d be offended. And of course, “sexy nun” fetishes are disturbingly common among practicing Catholics, anyways, so it’s not like there’s no precedent for disturbing Catholic imagery out there. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9739 "2023-06-09T04:02:38Z")
James Bradley says the Canadian wildfires are WOKE. > A side note; every time I read one of these “I’m not a garbage human being BUT” chuds describe people as “females”, I read it the say the Ferengi always pronounce “FEEEEEEE-MALES” on Deep Space 9. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9740 "2023-06-09T04:51:22Z")
It would behoove him to watch a Chinese documentary entitled _Under the Dome_ about air quality in China. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > A fireman friend of mine once told me that one of the disturbing things about burning human flesh is how good it smells. Rememember [this _Straight Dope_ article](https://www.straightdope.com/21342304/what-s-really-in-spam)? ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9741 "2023-06-09T08:37:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > A side note; every time I read one of these “I’m not a garbage human being BUT” chuds describe people as “females”, I read it the say the Ferengi always pronounce “FEEEEEEE-MALES” on Deep Space 9. Yeah, me too. HYOO-MON FEEE-MALES. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9742 "2023-06-09T09:52:19Z")
CRACKER BARREL HAS FALLEN THIS IS NOT A DRILL > ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9743 "2023-06-09T11:13:34Z")
“They’re bringing a welcoming, respectful and inclusive culture! Get them ! Break their legs!” ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9744 "2023-06-09T12:16:32Z")
So which one is it? Not a health threat at all or a major health threat? > [@Smapti](#): > > ETA: Fox has also gone pro-smoke. > this doesn’t kill anybody, this doesn’t make anybody cough, this is not a health event… particulate matter is just very fine soot, they’re innocuous. > [@Smapti](#): > > James Bradley says the Canadian wildfires are WOKE. > Emergency rooms are filling up with asthma patients ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9745 "2023-06-09T12:23:27Z")
Also, as most people could guess, both Greta and AOC have tweeted (or retweeted) plenty about the wildfires. Greta: > > AOC: > > > Jeff Berardelli @WeatherProf > ---
**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:** [June 9, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/9746 "2023-06-09T13:38:58Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Also, as most people could guess, both Greta and AOC have tweeted (or retweeted) plenty about the wildfires. > Greta: Many years ago, when dealing with conspiracy theorists, someone came up with the notion of being “fractally wrong”. That is, no matter what level of detail you examine their claims at, they’re equally wrong on all levels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=486) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=488)