# 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:** 223
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4441 "2024-03-27T09:54:33Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > It says it includes the King James version. They almost surely chose that version because its not copyrighted. > > But to me it does look a little thin for a large print complete bible. Maybe they cut out all of that irrelevant stuff about, judge not, love your neighbor, and treat the sojourner well. It’s probably just the Old Testament and all the god references have been changed to don with a sharpie. I just want to shake these fucking bastards pushing these stupid conspiracy theories. Are accidents no longer possible in their world? It’s maddening and scary and I have no idea how to fight this treacherous maga movement. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4442 "2024-03-27T10:23:39Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It hasn’t even been 24 hours yet. Aren’t we still in the “we offer our thoughts and prayers, but we shouldn’t politicize this tragedy” window? That’s only for mass shootings, which must not be politicized. Woke stuff? You can jump right on it, especially if it caused a bridge to collapse. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4443 "2024-03-27T10:24:59Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > What do you think they mean when they use “DEI”? N\*\*\*\*\* lover, for one. ---
**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 27, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4444 "2024-03-27T11:29:58Z")
Many people are saying that some bullets can be woke. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4445 "2024-03-27T11:37:51Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Many people are saying that some bullets can be woke.   Actually, California has laws against using bullets with lead, so hunters here are required to use woke bullets (that is, no lead). ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4446 "2024-03-27T12:02:20Z")
Get the lead out? ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4447 "2024-03-27T12:48:03Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Are accidents no longer possible in their world? I have an acquaintance who has gone off the conspiracy deep end and immediately started with “there are lots of questions, suspicious things…” posts about this. The odd thing is that he works in an aircraft repair job; there was no conspiracy when the tug crashed into his client’s winglet, or a bird hit the windshield, or whatever, so why would _this_ have to be one? Zero critical thinking. I used to like this guy but I’ve lost so much respect for him over this and other posts over the past couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4448 "2024-03-27T14:22:22Z")
I heard the bridge _itself_ was woke. ---
**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 27, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4449 "2024-03-27T14:47:29Z")
Named after Francis Scott Key? [That Lie-beral whackjob?!?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key) > He freed some of his slaves in the 1830s, paying one as his farm foreman … He publicly criticized slavery and gave free legal representation to some slaves seeking freedom Imagine that! Having slaves, and then just _giving them away?_ And paying them for the privilege?!?! ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4450 "2024-03-27T15:17:54Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Many people are saying that some bullets can be woke. - Never! Bullets are God’s attention getters, and always virtuous and sacred. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4451 "2024-03-27T15:41:17Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Named after Francis Scott Key? [That Lie-beral whackjob?!?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key) LIES!!! He wrote the theme song celebrating American Revolutionary forces assaulting and capturing British air bases during the War of Independence. /s ---
**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 27, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4452 "2024-03-27T18:14:17Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > He wrote the theme song Look , he wrote a _poem_, like some kind of _poet_, and then plagiarized the tune! Some people might call that a “patriot”, but not I! ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4453 "2024-03-27T20:16:02Z")
A little problem in Idaho, a hotbed of diversity and inclusion. The Governor is shocked, Idahoians aren’t like that. 🫤 I’m sure some of the peopke are nice. [https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/sport/utah-basketball-racism-ncaa-tournament-spt-intl/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/sport/utah-basketball-racism-ncaa-tournament-spt-intl/index.html) ---
**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 27, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4454 "2024-03-27T20:45:48Z")
Charlie Kirk says that frozen embryos should be rescued from a fire before actual living babies. > **[Charlie Kirk: Embryos should be saved from a burning building before live babies](https://www.rawstory.com/embryo/)** > > Right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk explained recently why embryos should be saved from a burning building before babies. > > Kirk was asked the question during a Turning Point USA college tour after an Alabama judge ruled that embryos should be... ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4455 "2024-03-27T21:04:08Z")
Because they don’t care about you once you’re born, right? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4456 "2024-03-27T21:51:43Z")
Sorry, my comments 2 posts above should have gone in the Evil Republicans thread. I get easily confused. ---
**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 27, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4457 "2024-03-27T22:03:28Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > This seems like a good time to remind everyone that Trump sets up these tournaments, sometimes before the club has even opened, but makes himself the only player, wins and gives himself an award. Something he’s been doing for _decades_. And somehow his followers never question why Trump never wins a tournament _anywhere_ except at a club he owns. > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I just want to shake these fucking bastards pushing these stupid conspiracy theories. Are accidents no longer possible in their world? And unbelievably, one of their favorite go-to complaints about Democrats or ‘the left’ is: “_they politicize everything_.” It’s not just that they have no shame–it’s that the concept is so foreign to them that they can’t even conceive of the meaning of the word. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4458 "2024-03-27T23:29:07Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Charlie Kirk says that frozen embryos should be rescued from a fire before actual living babies. I love it every time one of these supposed “pro-life” supporters demonstrates that they don’t actually care about life unless they get to control a woman’s body in the process. > [@smithsb](#): > > Sorry, my comments 2 posts above should have gone in the Evil Republicans thread. I get easily confused. Hey evil/stupid, it’s all on the same continuum as far as Republicans are concerned. ---
**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 27, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4459 "2024-03-27T23:54:45Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > evil/stupid Yes, but maintaining the proper ratio is important. You need both Evil and Stupid to succeed, but if the ratio drops below 1, the stupid begins to self-defeat the evil. Come think about it, a stupid/evil ratio might be a more useful measure in practice. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4460 "2024-03-28T00:26:26Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Come think about it, a stupid/evil ratio might be a more useful measure in practice. Maybe. That was a half joke I made in my previous post. But yeah it seems like, not all of it, but a significant portion of the evil directly leads out of stupid assumptions. (“Stupid” here meaning, racist, misogynistic, fascist, etc…) and yeah those assumptions should be described as evil too. It’s just part of the same milieu with this group. And to be fair I sometimes lose track of which thread I’m in as well. The same discussions and news stories seem to pop up in both threads. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=222) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=224)