# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 167
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3321 "2024-01-29T19:19:52Z")
Good points. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3322 "2024-01-29T19:28:13Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Beyoncé, for example. Did she catch this level of hate? Maybe she did. But it’s not just about the politics. It really went off the charts when she started regularly attending NFL games, and the NFL went out of their way to show her a lot. All the manly-men incel types freaked out at that, because they didn’t want a bunch of icky girls invading their macho sports stadia. The politics existed, but have been amplified by what they really hate, having girls involved in football. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3323 "2024-01-29T19:38:18Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > It really went off the charts when she started regularly attending NFL games, and the NFL went out of their way to show her a lot. You want to be the first to hear THE biggest Easter Egg that none of the Swifties have spotted? The evil Scooter Braun paid **$330 million** for Big Machine, whose assets were principally Taylor’s back catalog masters. > **[Taylor Swift masters dispute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift_masters_dispute)** > > On June 30, 2019, the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift came in dispute with her former record label, Big Machine Records, its founder Scott Borchetta, and its new owner Scooter Braun, over the ownership of the masters of her first six studio albums. It was a highly publicized dispute drawing widespread media coverage and led Swift to release the re-recorded albums—Fearless (Taylor's Version), Red (Taylor's Version), Speak Now (Taylor's Version), and 1989 (Taylor's Version)—from 2021 t... So guess how much Taylor Swift’s relationship with Travis Kelce has increased the Kansas City Chiefs’ and NFL brand value in the past few months, just as the value of Braun’s purchase erodes as she re-records her early albums. > **[Taylor Swift has generated a whopping $330 million for NFL with Travis Kelce...](https://nypost.com/2024/01/29/sports/taylor-swift-has-generated-330-million-for-nfl-amid-travis-kelce-romance/)** > > The NFL’s favorite love story is certainly a lucrative one. Coincidence, or superpower? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3324 "2024-01-29T21:09:50Z")
The fact that she’s snuggling with a vaccination advocate is also a factor in the RW freakout. One of the jokes causing gear grinding in MAGA world: “(anti-vaxxer icon) Aaron Rodgers lasted four plays into the season while Travis Kelce is going to the Super Bowl and having sex with Taylor Swift.” ---
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3325 "2024-01-29T22:02:01Z")
That “army” of “patriots” who were going to drive to Texas to defend the state’s right to murder children with razor wire has fizzled because the cultists all think it’s a Deep State honeytrap. > **['God's Army' border truck convoy falls flat amid right-wing 'honeypot'...](https://www.rawstory.com/gods-army-border/)** > > The “God's Army” trucker convoy that's headed to the southern border in a "Take Our Border Back" campaign has been decimated by conspiracy theories that it's an FBI front, Vice News reported Monday.The line of trucks that departed Virginia Beach... ---
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3326 "2024-01-29T22:02:50Z")
So, another “convoy” that’s supposed to show up at the border but never arrives? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3327 "2024-01-29T22:41:52Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > a Deep State honeytrap I don’t understand the “honeypot” part of it. I thought I was going to be reading about sexy FBI agents in lingerie sprawled on the banks of the Rio Grande. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3328 "2024-01-29T22:50:20Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I don’t understand the “honeypot” part of it. It makes sense if you believe that Nikki Haley wanted Trump supporters to invade the Capitol and murder the vice president in order to make Trump look bad. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3329 "2024-01-29T22:58:09Z")
I believe the leaders of the convoy have provided a succinct explanation… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ut3I6gFmlls/hqdefault.jpg "We're Through The Looking Glass Here, People (The Simpsons)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut3I6gFmlls) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3330 "2024-01-29T23:09:23Z")
Convoys ain’t what they used to be. They used to blast through toll stops, absorbing in friends of jesus, and picking up steam and size the whole way. Even with a bear in the air. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3331 "2024-01-29T23:25:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > That “army” of “patriots” who were going to drive to Texas to defend the state’s right to murder children with razor wire has fizzled because the cultists all think it’s a Deep State honeytrap. > > ['God's Army' border truck convoy falls flat amid right-wing 'honeypot' paranoia: report](https://www.rawstory.com/gods-army-border/) Chalk up another score for Merrick Garland. I’m among those who deplore his slowness in going after the Insurrectionist in Chief—but there’s no question that Garland’s choice to prosecute the Jan 6 Capitol invaders has entered the consciousness of every would-be right-wing mischief-maker. Their first thought is now ‘our planned action is likely to be a trap set by the FBI.’ And that’s good news for genuine rule-of-law law enforcement people–not to mention emergency room personnel–everywhere. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3332 "2024-01-29T23:30:03Z")
(Goes long on popcorn futures) ---
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3333 "2024-01-29T23:52:52Z")
To be honest, the idea of this crew heading out into the deep desert loaded with weaponry was never a good one. It’d be like that Trump regatta, but with more dying of exposure and gunshot wounds. They’ve probably saved a number of their own lives by giving up early. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3334 "2024-01-30T00:18:52Z")
Our (SDMB) plot to sow dissention and mistrust is working perfectly. The next meeting, and pizza, is in two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3335 "2024-01-30T02:22:58Z")
Pizza, or “pizza”? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3336 "2024-01-30T02:38:16Z")
“OH MY GOD HE’S SO DREAMY WHERE DOES THE LINE START” -No woman, ever > ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3337 "2024-01-30T03:06:14Z")
I would avoid a self proclaimed, “alpha male,” under all circumstances. I just don’t really see too many girls (as in he looks pretty young) are going to trip over themselves for that guy. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3338 "2024-01-30T03:09:23Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > I would avoid a self proclaimed, “alpha male,” under all circumstances. To use their language, if you have to call yourself an alpha, you’re a gamma at best. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3339 "2024-01-30T03:13:03Z")
Bleh, why do they have to rank themselves and others anyway? It’s creepy and screams of overcompensating. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3340 "2024-01-30T03:16:25Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > Bleh, why do they have to rank themselves and others anyway? Pathological insecurity and a toxic strain of performative masculinity that obligates them to act like subhuman troglodytes in order to show off how much of a Big Manly Man they are? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=166) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=168)