# 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:** 169
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3361 "2024-01-30T16:07:51Z")
I am in no way way a “manly man” - I mean I joke about being one - but I have still negotiated relationships of 10 and 14 years. That is nothing due to to being a “manly man”, it is due to being nice, kind, and loving to your partner. I guess I should make an arguement that nice, kind and loving are actually the most potent signs of “manliness”. And if (or when, in my case) you break up, stay nice, kind and acceptant of your forner partner. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3362 "2024-01-30T16:21:12Z")
You’re talking about people who used lambda as the symbol for a get together called Alpha-con. ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3363 "2024-01-30T16:37:55Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > But probably his mum’s choice. Not helping. > [@Riemann](#): > > They might complain that the money is tainted by Satanic rituals, but they won’t turn it down. Kind of like the Texas guy in **Smapti** ’s quoted Xitter. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3364 "2024-01-30T16:44:26Z")
The Idaho GOP is insisting that “domestic terrorism” isn’t a thing. According to this article, they say you can only really be called a terrorist if you have some link to a foreign group. I guess the Oklahoma City bombing was done by folks from Aum Shinrikyo (just to choose a former terrorist group randomly). And of course, they were inspired to make the bill by “Moms For Liberty”. > **[Opinion | This Idaho plan to get rid of domestic terrorism doesn’t involve...](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/idaho-domestic-terrorism-definition-rcna136176)** > > The Idaho Senate's view of our domestic threat defies logic. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3365 "2024-01-30T17:06:24Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Her response was apparently that she didn’t remember how she voted on the largest, most publicized bills of the Biden administration. Oh, if only there was someone keeping track of how congresspeople vote. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3366 "2024-01-30T18:00:08Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > You’re talking about people who used lambda as the symbol for a get together called Alpha-con. Bwahahahaaaaaaaaa. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3367 "2024-01-30T18:05:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > How many Republicans are losing their minds over the Chiefs returning to the Super Bowl? A lot of them apparently think it’s a conspiracy to get Tay Tay to be there and endorse Biden. I’ve got CNN on in the background. Apparently [some in the MAGA crowd](https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/30/media/taylor-swift-super-bowl-right-wing-conspiracy/index.html) are convinced that the Democratic Party, Taylor Swift and the NFL are going to fix the Super Bowl to ensure a win by the Kansas City Chiefs and somehow lead to a Biden win in November. So apparently they’re all going to be rooting for the San Francisco 49ers. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3368 "2024-01-30T18:11:59Z")
I searched that story for the “22” but failed to spot it. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3369 "2024-01-30T18:13:18Z")
I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3370 "2024-01-30T18:14:40Z")
Vegas must be going nuts. Not only is the game at Allegiant Stadium, but the bookies must be stressed on how Swift will affect the spread. Good times! ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3371 "2024-01-30T18:16:51Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I don’t get it. It makes more sense if you abandon all logic and instead assume an attitude of aggrieved entitlement. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3372 "2024-01-30T18:23:33Z")
If they’re simultaneously incompetent but also capable of all that without any direct evidence leaking, they got my vote. Or rather, they don’t need it in the first place ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3373 "2024-01-30T18:32:12Z")
There must be some sort of catch. The best one is #22. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3374 "2024-01-30T18:33:06Z")
That’s some catch. ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3375 "2024-01-30T18:46:34Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > rooting for the San Francisco 49ers. I think we should petition the 49ers to come onto the field decked out in Pride Rainbow stuff. How many heads can we explode at once? The World Wonders. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3376 "2024-01-30T18:53:02Z")
It’s the best there is. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3377 "2024-01-30T19:07:24Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > … the 49ers to come onto the field decked out in Pride Rainbow stuff … Because Kansas City is in the heart of Deepest Blue America while San Francisco is the definitive MAGAt stronghold. ---
**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 30, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3378 "2024-01-30T19:16:54Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > There must be some sort of catch. The best one is #22. Is that the one where we dress up like hipsters and make fun of our exes? Where we’re happy free confused and lonely at the same time? ---
**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 30, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3379 "2024-01-30T19:20:06Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So apparently they’re all going to be rooting for the San Francisco 49ers. I really don’t think they have been paying attention for the last 17 years. If the 49ers win that will make Taylor _sad_. Are they under the impression that this will _diminish_ her superpowers? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3380 "2024-01-30T20:02:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Because Kansas City is in the heart of Deepest Blue America while San Francisco is the definitive MAGAt stronghold. Yes this changes my rooting strategy. Normally unless I have a local connection to one of the times (which when if comes to the Superbowl I never have) I will root for the one that comes from a city with the more liberal leanings. So SF vs KC would be a no brainer. But now that the MAGAts have started hating on Swift, and by extension the Chiefs, I may have to root for them this time around purely for the schadenfreude. God help me if Dak Prescott ever starts dating a liberal icon. I might find myself supporting the _shudder_ Dallas Cowboys. 🤢 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=168) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=170)