# 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:** 81
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1602 "2022-04-20T01:40:52Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I cosine your outrage!   The publishers are already putting out Florida-specific editions, presumably with Florida-specific math (where the usual rules of the universe don’t always apply). From the same article: > [@](#): > > The books had names such as “Florida Reveal Math,” or “Florida’s B.E.S.T. Math,” or simply “Florida Math.” The titles essentially codified what Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s censorship program has accomplished: There is math — and then there is Florida math. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1603 "2022-04-20T02:19:27Z")
Wasn’t there a cartoon in The Realist depicting just that? ---
**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 20, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1604 "2022-04-20T02:20:36Z")
I assume Florida Math is the kind where 74,000,000 \> 81,000,000. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1605 "2022-04-20T02:23:13Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I assume Florida Math is the kind where 74,000,000 \> 81,000,000. To be more mathematically precise, > ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1606 "2022-04-20T04:20:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ted Cruz said that he thinks that Disney is opposed to the Don’t Say Gay law because they’re planning on making hard core p\*rn. It’s a shame Harlan Ellison isn’t alive to hear this. ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1607 "2022-04-20T04:48:41Z")
Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (Q-AZ) claims over a billion undocumented immigrants have crossed the border this year. [https://twitter.com/RepDLesko/status/1516563037544665097](https://twitter.com/RepDLesko/status/1516563037544665097) ---
**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:** [April 20, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1608 "2022-04-20T05:14:22Z")
that is that-there Florida Math ---
**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:** [April 20, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1609 "2022-04-20T05:31:20Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > They’re worried that trigonometry textbooks will lead the kids to sin. Well, to be fair the mnemonic I learned in the navy for basic trig functions was **S** ally **C** an **T** ell **O** scar **H** as **A** **H** ard- **O** n **A** lways for sin = Opposite/Hypotenuse cos = Adjacent/Hypotenuse tan = Opposite/Adjacent Of course, you’d figure that would be right in the Pub wheelhouse. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2022, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1610 "2022-04-20T05:42:57Z")
I wouldn’t trust her ability to count to ten if she couldn’t see both of her hands at the same time. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1611 "2022-04-20T05:43:33Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Well, to be fair the mnemonic I learned in the navy for basic trig functions was… Even overlooking the sexism, that’s a terrible mnemonic. It’s “sine cosine tangent opposite hypotenuse…” Not exactly an intuitive way to arrange the terms. Try “sex on holiday can always help teachers overcome anxiety.” ---
**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:** [April 20, 2022, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1612 "2022-04-20T05:49:53Z")
Yes, it’s sexist but this was fifty years ago when gurls didn’t do electroniking. They were just getting around to changing “Rape” to “Race” and “But Violet Gives Willingly” to “Behind Victory Garden Walls.” And maybe yours is better for you but I had no trouble remembering it and what the functions are. ---
**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 20, 2022, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1613 "2022-04-20T06:12:54Z")
Next on the chopping block: [Muslim numbers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoIGdHRiwls)! ---
**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:** [April 20, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1614 "2022-04-20T09:28:37Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > He was also among the first governors to start directly causing the death of old people and immunocompromised people from the coronavirus pandemic by doing fuck-all with mask mandates and vaccine assistance. He didn’t do fuck-all with them; he actively worked to block them. While also pushing Regeneron for those who ended up catching COVID, to the benefit of his biggest donor. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Try “sex on holiday can always help teachers overcome anxiety.” Grooming! ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1615 "2022-04-20T17:57:49Z")
> **[Florida Senate Passes Congressional Map Giving G.O.P. a Big Edge (Published...](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/us/politics/florida-redistricting-maps-desantis.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DJDmwaiPkORJCH_0bRZKF4INU32C6aSNYEKrIjRedu1O5UI01rREytq4Of3ZgIOCwztYOoGGMq2paHFZYJzQjXVEjrYuFu2O_4-BucLDm7BfDCgnwgdgYyocN6cQ2pi2gPz_qSDrUliNhhifkgU5FwFmoHYyeLrOCoX0slQKiObB3f4wE8W-FLC3qEzZPHteV2IEgFAknGTXh__W869NheXdsSN6r9JBQrE9Hs1fRTUic7adf0WOBiAtTchL5osrXSqBCTy8PQx_s-EKxcvrOsoX92CGopoH7lu7Iv2x_oM73W&smid=url-share)** > > The map, proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, would most likely add four Republican districts while eliminating three held by Democrats. > … > The new proposal would create 20 seats that favor Republicans and just eight that tilt toward Democrats, meaning that the G.O.P. would be likely to hold 71 percent of the seats. Former President Donald J. Trump carried Florida in 2020 with [51.2 percent](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-florida.html) of the vote. > > The Florida map would erase some of the gains Democrats have made in this year’s national redistricting process. The 2022 map had been poised to be balanced between the two major parties for the first time in generations, [with a nearly equal number of House districts](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/us/politics/redistricting-congressional-maps-elections.html) that are expected to lean Democratic and Republican for the first time in more than 50 years. > > The map would also serve as a high-profile, if possibly temporary, victory for Mr. DeSantis, who has emerged as one of the Republican Party’s leading figures and [has not ruled out challenging Mr. Trump](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/us/politics/trump-desantis.html) for the party’s 2024 presidential nomination. The Florida House is expected to pass the map on Thursday, and Mr. DeSantis is certain to sign it. > … The upside: soon, Texas may NOT be the worst place to live in the country. 🤨 ---
**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 20, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1616 "2022-04-20T18:05:41Z")
The Tennessee Republican state executive committee has removed three Republican candidates because they don’t follow the state party’s rules. including not having lived in the state for a fixed period of time. One of them was endorsed by Individual 1, > **[Trump-backed House candidate removed from ballot by Tenn. Republicans](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/trump-backed-house-candidate-removed-ballot-tenn-republicans-rcna25039)** > > The Tennessee GOP voted Tuesday to remove former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus and others from the ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1617 "2022-04-20T20:43:38Z")
I’m confused. If 1,000,000,000 were apprehended, doesn’t that mean they _didn’t_ make it in? That sounds to me like the exact opposite of “open door”. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1618 "2022-04-20T20:58:39Z")
Just like all those drug shipments invading our country that were confiscated at the border. You’d think that a seventh of the world’s population all in Mexico at the same time would be a bigger catastrophe. Aside from the hundreds of thousands of dead bodies piling up, and the lack of food and water, the fact of Mexico tipping over under the weight of all those people would have made the news. ---
**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 21, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1619 "2022-04-21T00:58:27Z")
Well, then she’s still off. 7 billion people didn’t make it in. 😃 ---
**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:** [April 21, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1620 "2022-04-21T02:50:05Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Who knew math was so subversive? Well, it’s good to know that kids in Floridland won’t be learning _that_ subject any more! It’s a good thing they aren’t looking at physics texts. There they’be confronted with Stimulated Emission Spontaneous Emission Degenerate Perturbation Theory ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1621 "2022-04-21T03:02:36Z")
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