# 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:** 77
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1522 "2022-04-16T18:44:34Z")
And that’s really the most evil part of all this, isn’t it? That Trumpism is being normalized, as if this is business as usual, and how our government is meant to work. Or not work, as the case may be. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1523 "2022-04-16T18:48:20Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Banning 28 MATH textbooks? What the hell was in them to cause them to blame CRT? “Ten African-American students and twelve students of European ancestry go into a classroom. How many students are there altogether?” It’s because they’re trying to indoctrinate the kids to use Arabic numbers. Roman numerals were good enough for our white ancestors. ---
**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 16, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1524 "2022-04-16T19:22:46Z")
To say nothing of this al-Gebra indoctrination. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1525 "2022-04-16T19:47:14Z")
Fucker Carlson is coming out with a new “documentary” called “The End of Men”. where he claims that testosterone levels are dropping. And the trailer for the upcoming video is about as homoerotic as they come. This is real, this is not satire. > ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1526 "2022-04-16T20:34:22Z")
An opinion column by someone who used to write for the Reagan and first Bush administrations says we should amend the Constitution to allow _Elon Musk_, the world’s biggest and richest troll, to run for president. > **[With Elon Musk as an example, should we change eligibility for president?](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/with-elon-musk-as-an-example-should-we-change-eligibility-for-president/ar-AAWhQjf?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=7b519147bd114ebb8b35beabd2a9fe1e)** > > When SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke recently at the United States Air Force Academy, thousands of cadets in attendance jumped to their feet as one when he was introduced, breaking int… ---
**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:** [April 16, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1527 "2022-04-16T20:38:27Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > An opinion column by someone who used to write for the Reagan and first Bush administrations says we should amend the Constitution to allow _Elon Musk_ , the world’s biggest and richest troll, to run for president. - I’d rather see The Schwarzenegger Amendment get passed. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1528 "2022-04-16T22:35:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > as homoerotic as they come ISWYDT. And no kidding. Actually, I’m surprised the farmer didn’t mount the animal instead of fondling its teats. ---
**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 16, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1529 "2022-04-16T22:47:32Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. And your meal delivery. * * * > [@smithsb](#): > > [CRT used to be cathode ray tube - but whatever]. It still means that to me. And always will. * * * > [@ekedolphin](#): > > An opinion column by someone who used to write for the Reagan and first Bush administrations says we should amend the Constitution to allow _Elon Musk_ , the world’s biggest and richest troll, to run for president. Yeah! We need a business ~~man~~ person as president! No more of these career politicians who don’t know nuttin’ about the Great American Capitol/Capital/whatever System! That’s the ticket! ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1530 "2022-04-16T23:24:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fucker Carlson is coming out with a new “documentary” called “The End of Men”. where he claims that testosterone levels are dropping. And the trailer for the upcoming video is about as homoerotic as they come. This is real, this is not satire. > [https://twitter.com/NikkiMcR/status/1515130557675581442](https://twitter.com/NikkiMcR/status/1515130557675581442) > [@Monty](#): > > ISWYDT. And no kidding. Actually, I’m surprised the farmer didn’t mount the animal instead of fondling its teats. Notice there’s no bucket in that shot of the farmer fondling the teats. So clearly ‘acquiring milk’ is NOT what that particular activity is about. Some say the video is Tucker Carlson’s way of coming out as gay (and he may well be a closeted homosexual–I don’t know that much about him. I don’t _want_ to know.) But an obsession with worship of the male body is a feature of many totalitarian regimes. Certainly the Nazi culture provides many examples (such as the infamous film _Triumph of the Will_). While they were fetishizing muscle-men they were also engaged in slaughtering gay people, of course. Fascism such as Carlson dreams of is profoundly hierarchical, and veneration of everything Male is part of keeping inferior genders in their proper place. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1531 "2022-04-17T00:24:27Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > veneration of everything Male is part of keeping inferior genders in their proper place. Gender. There are only two genders, the superior gender and the inferior one. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1532 "2022-04-17T01:23:18Z")
Tom Cotton talking about Jackie Robinson and the color barrier. Isn’t that illegal stuff to be teaching? > ---
**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:** [April 17, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1533 "2022-04-17T01:29:06Z")
That tweet left out “while you still can”. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1534 "2022-04-17T02:41:23Z")
Speaking of Elon Musk, Junior has a [problem](https://twitter.com/donaldjtrumpjr/status/1515035784235167747?s=21&t=bCu09KnTrPRP--uOj6Utpg)with him trying to buy Twitter: Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) Tweeted: Elon Musk controlling Twitter and allowing for free speech is literally worse than Pearl Harbor!!! You know it’s coming folks ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1535 "2022-04-17T02:44:28Z")
Could Junior say something so stupid as to make even the Orange Goblin look smart and reserved by contrast? ---
**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 17, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1536 "2022-04-17T04:44:21Z")
This reply about sums it up; > > > nikki mccann ramírez @NikkiMcR ---
**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:** [April 17, 2022, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1537 "2022-04-17T06:09:00Z")
Conservative Washington Examiner not only calls out Madison Cawthorn for spending close to $3000 in campaign funds at a resort, it pointed out that he did it the same week he was criticizing Democrats for misusing taxpayer funds, > **[Madison Cawthorn busted by conservative outlet for blowing taxpayer dollars at...](https://www.alternet.org/2022/04/madison-cawthorn-2657166634?share_id=7010107)** > > Writing for the conservative Washington Examiner, investigative reporter Andrew Kerr claimed that Rep. Madison Cawthorn dropped close to $3000 in taxpayer money at a lavish resort in his hometown of Hendersonville, North Carolina. ---
**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 17, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1538 "2022-04-17T06:18:11Z")
To be fair, he specifically asked for the non-cocaine-orgy suite. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1539 "2022-04-17T06:31:58Z")
The anti-vax crazies are now fighting each over whether snake venom is a good treatment, or it’s a satanic toxin. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1540 "2022-04-17T12:27:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The anti-vax crazies are now fighting each over whether snake venom is a good treatment, or it’s a satanic toxin My landlord helped drive my mother and I to the hospital for her surgery on Friday. He was muttering something about snake venom on the way there. I tuned him out. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1541 "2022-04-17T12:55:30Z")
I thought it was that snake venom was in the vaccine? Maybe there’s two camps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=78)