# 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:** 204
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4061 "2024-03-05T19:12:10Z")
> **[White Trump Supporters Are Making And Sharing Fake AI Photos Of Him With...](https://www.wonkette.com/p/white-trump-supporters-are-making)** > > Oh boy, that's sad. [![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23b860d-f56c-4ca5-aa47-4e05c8973e81_976x544.webp) ](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23b860d-f56c-4ca5-aa47-4e05c8973e81_976x544.webp) > A BBC Panorama investigation has revealed that Trump supporters have been creating and sharing super creepy AI pictures of Trump posing with non-existent Black people. This is not a weird, unexpected mistake created by an algorithm, this is actual people using AI to create these images Creepy isn’t even the word for it… ---
**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 5, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4062 "2024-03-05T19:27:15Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > non-existent Black people MAGAts: "Democrat Party claims “Black people ‘don’t exist’!” ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4063 "2024-03-05T19:36:25Z")
Really? That seemed like a great time and place for a selfie, you twit? Right next to Alex Jones? It’s certainly indicative of the level of legal representation Trump brings into work for him: [https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2024/03/05/kenneth-chesebro-trump-texts-emails-fake-elector-plot-cohen-ac360-vpx.cnn](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2024/03/05/kenneth-chesebro-trump-texts-emails-fake-elector-plot-cohen-ac360-vpx.cnn) ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4064 "2024-03-05T21:42:31Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Creepy isn’t even the word for it… As mentioned before, the guy with three fingers on the left is creepy. Ad I can’t not see it! ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4065 "2024-03-05T21:51:44Z")
Plus, I see two hats and a shirt with “writing” on them. None of it appears to contain any actual words. Also, I’m not convinced the red hat (on his left) is actually a hat. She also appears to have a case of vitiligo but only where his hand is. And looking closer, both of the women next to him are wearing earrings that appear to be hovering just below their ears. ---
**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 5, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4066 "2024-03-05T22:01:49Z")
On the plus side, the woman on his right, in the blue top, looks like she’s about to sucker punch him. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4067 "2024-03-05T22:04:57Z")
Loser Donald apparently just found out that his lawyers have been telling the court he can’t afford to pay his bond, because his ego has sent him running to Fox News to sabotage his own case. [https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-directly-contradicts-his-lawyers-ny-filings](https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-directly-contradicts-his-lawyers-ny-filings) > ---
**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:** [March 5, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4068 "2024-03-05T23:17:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The going price for Trump sneakers is falling faster than NFTs. The Trumpites may be aware that a massive lawsuit from the Christian Louboutin company is on the horizon. That company holds the trademark on the red soles sported by the Trump trash-shoes. > [@](#): > > “It would be really ironic for this thing that Donald Trump did in order to make money to pay his lawsuits to accrue yet another additional lawsuit.” > **["Really ironic": Analyst warns Trump's $400 golden sneaker drop "could be a...](https://www.salon.com/2024/02/20/really-ironic-analyst-warns-400-golden-sneaker-drop-could-be-a-in-the-making/)** > > The shoe Trump is hawking after $355 million ruling could cost him even more money in court, CNN analyst says. So we may see prices drop even further. And it’s quite possible that each and every buyer will have to swallow the excuse ‘we can’t deliver them due to an ongoing lawsuit, so please consider your purchase a donation to Your Lord.’ ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4069 "2024-03-05T23:54:19Z")
I wondered about the red soles… ---
**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:** [March 6, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4070 "2024-03-06T00:45:50Z")
I have a pair of red-soled sneakers, not Louboutins (or Trumps). Should I be suing somebody? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4071 "2024-03-06T00:57:31Z")
Wait, why would _you_ sue? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4072 "2024-03-06T00:59:18Z")
Okay, I won’t. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4073 "2024-03-06T01:13:48Z")
Let’s start with that the article is just quoting commentators floating the idea that there may be such a lawsuit, basing themselves on other prior suits in other countries. But it contains no expression from _ **Louboutin** _ about _ **this** _. A suit would have to argue that this is creating confusion about the branding of the shoe or participation of the company in its production or marketing, or having a deleterious effect on the legit product’s market wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4074 "2024-03-06T01:53:15Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > the woman on his right, in the blue top, looks like she’s about to sucker punch him How could she, with such a shriveled forearm and minuscule hand? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4075 "2024-03-06T02:59:35Z")
Look who’s begging (presumably like a dog) for Daddy Elmo’s money? > **[Cash-strapped Trump quietly courts billionaire Elon Musk: report](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-elon-musk/)** > > Elon Musk flew to Florida Sunday to huddle with a cash-strapped former President Donald Trump facing a presidential campaign and civil court rulings adding up to more than $500 million, according to a new report.Sources told the New York Times... ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4076 "2024-03-06T03:32:30Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Plus, I see two hats and a shirt with “writing” on them. None of it appears to contain any actual words. The shirt is more legible if I take it to be Cyrillic… which fits… ---
**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:** [March 6, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4077 "2024-03-06T03:35:26Z")
That’s a good point and, IIRC, a problem the right has had in the past on a few other occasions. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4078 "2024-03-06T03:49:15Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > The shirt is more legible if I take it to be Cyrillic… which fits… Cyrillic also appears to be on the baseball cap of the guy in top left. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4079 "2024-03-06T05:48:26Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > A suit would have to argue that this is creating confusion about the branding of the shoe or participation of the company in its production or marketing, or having a deleterious effect on the legit product’s market wouldn’t it? To some extent. A lot of the time, it’s really about publicly showing one is taking active measures to protect one’s brand, which is a condition of maintaining a trademark. If they didn’t take at least some action, even if of the ‘sternly worded letter’ or ‘public acknowledgement no reasonable person could confuse them’ variety, that can be taken as a sign they aren’t really maintaining their trademark and, if enough similar cases crop up, eventually to the argument they have abandoned their trademark. It is easier/safer for them to at least make some noises about it, or at least that what their lawyers should be telling them. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4080 "2024-03-06T06:54:33Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > The shirt is more legible if I take it to be Cyrillic… which fits… «цотеж» ? Not a word, TBMK. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=203) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=205)