# 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:** 49
**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 21, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/962 "2022-03-21T10:52:23Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I see, a bad germ rising, - > I see, delta on the way, > I see, antibodies failing, > I see, more cases today, 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 to infinity… and beyond! ---
**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 21, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/963 "2022-03-21T13:05:18Z")
Am I missing something here or did you leave something out? ---
**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 21, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/964 "2022-03-21T13:09:54Z")
Never mind ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/965 "2022-03-21T13:18:12Z")
The flag implies that the scum-sucking insurrectionists of January 6 are equivalent to our military POWs and MIAs. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/966 "2022-03-21T13:23:20Z")
Giuliani claims that Trump threatened to blow up 'those big gold bubbles" if Putin invaded Ukraine > [@](#): > > Trump “says, ‘Vladimir, you shouldn’t, like, attack Ukraine. I never liked those big, what are those things you got in Moscow, those big bubbles? Those big gold bubbles, I never liked those things, so I’m gonna have to blow them up,’” Giuliani said. It looks as if Giuliani is releasing this story to prove that Trump was playing hardball with Russia. I’ll admit that Trump calling Moscow’s _cebula_ -domed Cathedral of the Assumption “Big Gold Bubbles” sounds like the famously _nyekulturny_ Trump. He might even have actually said it. But I don’t believe for a moment that he meant it. > **[Giuliani Says ‘Genius’ Trump Threatened To Blow Up Putin’s ‘Gold Bubbles’](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/giuliani-trump-putin-gold-bubbles_n_6237fd5fe4b046c938dd76bc)** > > The former New York mayor says Trump authorized him to share the story. ---
**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 21, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/967 "2022-03-21T13:33:30Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’ll admit that Trump calling Moscow’s _cebula_ -domed Cathedral of the Assumption “Big Gold Bubbles” sounds like the famously _nyekulturny_ Trump. He might even have actually said it. But I don’t believe for a moment that he meant it. One part of this I’m having trouble with is the notion that Trump wouldn’t like “big gold bubbles” everywhere. Have you seen his apartment? The guy sticks gold on _everything_. This sounds like someone trying to create something that sounds Genuinely Trump Stupid™, but not quite hitting the mark. ---
**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 21, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/968 "2022-03-21T13:35:49Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > One part of this I’m having trouble with is the notion that Trump wouldn’t like “big gold bubbles” everywhere. Well, he probably thinks threatening to destroy something gold is the worst threat he could make. ---
**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 21, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/969 "2022-03-21T13:37:32Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Well, he probably thinks threatening to destroy something gold is the worst threat he could make. Oh, yeah, the threat to destroy them seems on-point. It’s just the “I never liked them” part that rings false. I’d more expect Trump to threaten to send in the Navy Seals to steal all the gold to make new toilets for the White House, or something. ---
**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 21, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/970 "2022-03-21T13:40:23Z")
I can’t decide whether this is Rudy being incoherent, nonsensical and dishonest or Rudy reporting Donald being incoherent, nonsensical and dishonest, but ultimately it doesn’t really matter. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/971 "2022-03-21T13:48:05Z")
I would have thought that, if you were looking for a famous Moscow landmark to threaten, St. Basil’s Cathedral (which has multi-colored “bubbles,” not golden ones) would be more familiar. I suppose Trump’s eye was immediately attracted to the gold domes, even though St. Basil’s is far more striking as a piece of architecture. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/972 "2022-03-21T16:50:43Z")
I’ve always been a big fan of the Bubbles of Gold school of architecture. ---
**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 21, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/973 "2022-03-21T18:46:30Z")
A lawsuit has been filed against MyPillowGuy ally Shawn Smith for organizing a harassment campaign against residents of several counties in Colorado. Also named is a person who was at the 1/6 insurrection, who is part of Smith’s organization. The organization is going door to door, armed, asking people who they voted for in the 2020 presidential election. They are also allegedly taking pictures of people’s houses, which is technically legal, I guess, but comes across as harassment. Included in support of the lawsuit are the NAACP, the League of Women Voters and Mi Familia Vota. > **[Jan. 6-tied group sent armed members door-to-door in minority areas to...](https://www.salon.com/2022/03/21/pro-group-sent-armed-members-door-to-door-in-colorado-to-intimidate-voters/)** > > The lawsuit accuses the Mike Lindell-linked group of violating the Ku Klux Klan Act and voting rights protections. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/974 "2022-03-21T19:01:58Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I can’t decide whether this is Rudy being incoherent, nonsensical and dishonest or Rudy reporting Donald being incoherent, nonsensical and dishonest It can, of course, be both. ---
**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 21, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/975 "2022-03-21T19:14:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The organization is going door to door, armed, asking people who they voted for in the 2020 presidential election. If someone shows up armed on your doorstep, can’t you shoot them and say it was self-defense because you felt threatened? Oh, wait, they’re white and you’re Black? Never 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 21, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/976 "2022-03-21T19:37:08Z")
As part of their don’t say gay and don’t mention black people in history efforts, the state of Florida is working to outlaw mentions of systemic racism in private companies’ diversity training. > **[It’s not just ‘Don’t Say Gay.” Florida also ordered Disney to alter its...](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/scott-maxwell-commentary/os-op-disney-desantis-dont-say-gay-woke-scott-maxwell-20220318-uy3ykhvvw5ct7hrcrfsnplzuy4-story.html)** > > Disney vs. DeSantis. For years, Florida Republicans and Disney were political cronies who did financial favors for each other. But now the wheels have come off over culture wars. ---
**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 21, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/977 "2022-03-21T19:53:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > As part of their don’t say gay and don’t mention black people in history efforts, the state of Florida is working to outlaw mentions of systemic racism in private companies’ diversity training. Okay, the BS with the schools not being able to cover these subjects at least has the fig leaf of “parental consent” issues over what we teach kids. But how is this not just a flagrant violation of the first amendment? They’re literally outlawing discussing this topic between adults. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/978 "2022-03-21T20:04:58Z")
Not only that, but it’s been Republican doctrine for decades that private companies be unregulated and free to do whatever they want. ---
**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 21, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/979 "2022-03-21T20:15:45Z")
I have to wonder if the people who are being “protected” by this law will ever realize, _they’re literally being treated like children_. “Oh, Bob may be a 300 pound, gun-toting, leather-wearing badass, but that damned Disney went and made him feel “guilty”! We must protect Bob’s fee-fees!” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/980 "2022-03-21T20:43:36Z")
That’s no problem; their feelings are totally legitimate and should be protected. It’s only other people’s feelings that make them snowflakes. I think a bigger contradiction is in how these new laws are going to be enforced. Someone will have to investigate when there are allegations that some private company dares to talk about sexual or racial inclusion. Those investigators will want to get paid. Do voters really want to be taxed for something like that? ---
**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 21, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/981 "2022-03-21T21:05:40Z")
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