# 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:** 265
**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:** [May 17, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5281 "2024-05-17T21:20:21Z")
This situation is like a perfect encapsulation of the MAGAT thought process. (And yes I know “MAGAT thought process” is an oxymoron.) They see something they don’t like and don’t understand. And then immediately jump to the worst possible interpretation in their own mind. They want to be upset they want to be triggered. And rather than asking a logical question about any situation they’ve encountered, “huh, why is there a Mexican flag next to an American one? It doesn’t make sense in this situation. Maybe I should ask an administrator or something…” They go on Twitter and try to create another pointless controversy. They wallow in their ignorance. That person’s next thought was probably something like, “well why does Minnesota’s state flag look so much like mexico’s?!” Any logical rebuttal to anything they say is just another excuse to fold another pointless thought into their conspiracy theories. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5282 "2024-05-17T21:29:44Z")
There’s also more than a little bit of inferiority complex shining through. Many of them suspect that maybe they’re not really all that bright (quite rightly on this bit if we’re being honest) and that people might be laughing at them. And of course like the adage goes, instead of shutting up, they open their mouths and prove their idiocy. Like being aggressively wrong and outraged is somehow better. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5283 "2024-05-17T21:45:35Z")
Alito claims he was only flying an upside-down flag in front of his house on 1/6 because a neighbor had a “Fuck Trump” sign in front of where kids wait for the school bus. Schools were closed in January 2021 because of the pandemic and there were no school buses or children waiting for them. [https://x.com/Fritschner/status/1791530635502239985](https://x.com/Fritschner/status/1791530635502239985) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5284 "2024-05-17T21:52:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Alito claims he was only flying an upside-down flag in front of his house on 1/6 because a neighbor had a “Fuck Trump” sign in front of where kids wait for the school bus. Even if school had been in session, he thought kids would see the upside-down flag and it would negate the “Fuck Trump” sign in their eyes somehow??? With this sort of tortured reasoning, it’s a wonder he’s able to do his judging job properly. Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5285 "2024-05-17T22:13:49Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Many of them suspect that maybe they’re not really all that bright (quite rightly on this bit if we’re being honest) and that people might be laughing at them. > > And of course like the adage goes, instead of shutting up, they open their mouths and prove their idiocy. Like being aggressively wrong and outraged is somehow better. It’s also why MAGA is so popular. It’s anti-intellectual and pro “common sense”, where “common sense” means bigotry, conspiracy theories and general gut feels. It’s a very appealing message to people who don’t want to learn or improve themselves in any way. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5286 "2024-05-17T22:56:52Z")
Part of the MTG thing: > **[Raskin says it’s ‘worth investigating’ whether House members were drinking in...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/raskin-says-worth-investigating-whether-205215146.html)** > > Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, says it’s “worth investigating” whether lawmakers were drinking during Thursday’s explosive hearing, after rumors circulated that noncommittee members were... > According to Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) there were “some members in the room who are drinking inside the hearing room.” Stansbury said the lawmakers who were drinking were not on the committee ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5287 "2024-05-17T23:03:26Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Rep Andy Biggs: “The average American commits three felonies a day.” The average Democrat commits zero and the average Republican commits six. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5288 "2024-05-18T01:48:08Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Chaos in a meeting of the House Oversight Committee that was trying to discuss a resolution recommending Attorney General Merrick Garland be held in contempt of Congress. MJT (of course) started the brouhaha when she told Jasmine Crockett And to nobody’s surprise, they finally got around to a party-line vote. MJT? I don’t have that one on my Bingo card for that nitwit. Anyway, way over on Xitter, the republicans/bigots (those are now synonyms, right?) are calling Crocket all the racist terms including trash, all the while ignoring their heroine’s stunt. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5289 "2024-05-18T01:54:04Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Alito claims he was only flying an upside-down flag in front of his house on 1/6 because a neighbor had a “Fuck Trump” sign in front of where kids wait for the school bus. > > Schools were closed in January 2021 because of the pandemic and there were no school buses or children waiting for them. I have two take-homes from this: 1. Alito hates America and everything it stands for. He hates free and fair elections. 2. Alito is a fucking liar. And a bad one at that. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5290 "2024-05-18T02:06:56Z")
Really. Just admit what tribe you belong to at this point. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5291 "2024-05-18T02:36:23Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Alito claims he was only flying an upside-down flag in front of his house on 1/6 because a neighbor had a “Fuck Trump” sign in front of where kids wait for the school bus. Supreme Court justices attend the State of the Union address, but never applaud. They are not supposed to display even a whiff of political partisanship. So a neighbor was displaying an anti-Trump flag and Alito felt it was appropriate for him to counter that message? Fuck you Justice Alito, that ain’t your damned job. I’d like to see the rest of the Court grow a spine and censure him for it. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5292 "2024-05-18T02:37:15Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > MJT? I don’t have that one on my Bingo card for that nitwit. A fat-finger on my part. Meant MTG. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5293 "2024-05-18T04:25:16Z")
In 1581, a group of Italian Jesuit missionaries in Japan visited the court of Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful daimyo of the time, to get his permission to preach in his territory. Among their retinue was a black African slave about 26 years old, whose birth name and place of origin are lost to history. Nobunaga, who had never seen a black man before, instantly took a shine to him and was impressed by his strength and ability to speak Japanese, and insisted that the missionaries give him the slave in exchange for his blessing. They agreed, and Nobunaga not only freed the slave, but gave him the Japanese name Yasuke, a house, a salary, and a position as retainer and squire. Yasuke served Nobunaga until Nobunaga’s death the following year and fought alongside him in several battles, and historians have considered him to have been a samurai by the standards of the time. The reason I’m bringing this up is because Ubisoft announced earlier this week that the latest installment in the Assassin’s Creed franchise, which blends historical fiction with sci-fi and features historical figures as major characters, will be set in feudal Japan and feature Yasuke as a playable character, and the usual chudspects are raising a stink online about how Assassin’s Creed (which has literally had a DEI statement in the opening credits of every game since 2008) has “gone woke”. > **[Assassin's Creed Shadow Sparks Controversy Over Black Samurai](https://time.com/6978997/assassins-creed-shadow-yasuke-controversy/)** > > Yasuke was a samurai, believed to have been of African origin. But his presence in the game sparked a debate among fans. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5294 "2024-05-18T06:55:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Nobunaga, who had never seen a black man before, instantly took a shine to him Phrasing! 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5295 "2024-05-18T08:55:35Z")
_My apologies for directly linking to Xitter._ [These cultists have now devolved into Kim regime belief territory.](https://x.com/ada_lluch/status/1791499048362344687) > Today is Barron’s graduation and both Melania and President Trump attended it. > > He was born to save America! ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5296 "2024-05-18T09:43:51Z")
To save it from his dad? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5297 "2024-05-18T14:58:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’d like to see the rest of the Court grow a spine and censure him for it. Dang if there really was some mechanism in which SA could be accordingly taken to task for such a transparent, disgracefully partisan display, but I can see ony three justices taking any stock of this. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5298 "2024-05-18T20:43:07Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > > I’d like to see the rest of the Court grow a spine and censure him for it. > > Dang if there really was some mechanism in which SA could be accordingly taken to task for such a transparent, disgracefully partisan display, but I can see ony three justices taking any stock of this. . From the Supreme Court’s own website: > [@](#): > > The Constitution states that Justices “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour.” This means that the Justices hold office as long as they choose and can only be removed from office by impeachment. Has a Justice ever been impeached? The only Justice to be impeached was Associate Justice Samuel Chase in 1805. Opening an impeachment enquiry seems the least that should be done. Both Alito’s violations of common codes of judicial ethics (for example, his acceptance of gifts) and his violation of the Supreme Court tradition of maintaining an apolitical image, would be suitable lines of investigation. [Frequently Asked Questions: General Information - Supreme Court of the United States](https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_general.aspx#:~:text=The%20Constitution%20states%20that%20Justices,Justice%20Samuel%20Chase%20in%201805). ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5299 "2024-05-18T21:20:39Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Supreme Court justices attend the State of the Union address, but never applaud. They are not supposed to display even a whiff of political partisanship. This is the same guy who attended an Obama SotU and started yelling at Obama when he criticized a bad SCOTUS ruling. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5300 "2024-05-18T23:49:55Z")
I get being puzzled as to why there’s a Samurai in a game about sneaking around, but the other criticisms are dumb. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=264) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=266)