# 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:** 29
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/561 "2023-08-09T16:26:14Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > What the heck are they **thinking**? Well, there’s your problem. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/562 "2023-08-09T16:41:54Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > What the heck are they thinking? They are thinking “Hey everybody! LOOK AT US! We want attention because we are pathetic nobodies!” ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/563 "2023-08-09T17:19:55Z")
I would cordially invite them to move to [Grafton, NH](https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libertarians-matthew-hongoltz-hetling) (love that story - tell it and share it whenever I can) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/564 "2023-08-09T17:34:43Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Let me guess. Anti-woke folks managed to get rid of it. Well, no, not really. Asshats were dumping trash in the recycle bins, and it was getting too damn expensive to send to the recycling facility where they had to sort it. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/565 "2023-08-09T17:36:00Z")
My guess is there is very little separating the asshat demographic and the anti-woke demographic. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/566 "2023-08-09T17:38:33Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > My guess is there is very little separating the asshat demographic and the anti-woke demographi That’s a good point. Although a fair number of asshats around here have no idea what anti-woke might mean. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/567 "2023-08-09T21:38:55Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > a fair number of asshats around here have no idea what anti-woke might mean Neither do the anti-woke people. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/568 "2023-08-09T22:16:22Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Neither do the anti-woke people Kansas House GOP leader Dan Hawkins told a reporter to [Google it](https://kansasreflector.com/2023/01/10/kansas-gop-rails-against-woke-agenda-will-work-toward-stricter-abortion-rules/). > “You don’t know what woke ideology is?” Hawkins said when asked to explain the term. “Go and Google 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:** [August 9, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/569 "2023-08-09T23:11:12Z")
“Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of the woke mind virus. Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them…” [Kids in a Florida school district will only be allowed to read certain excerpts from Shakespeare in class because he used suggestive puns. And because Romeo and Juliet maybe had pre-marital nookie.](https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/shakespeare-gets-caught-floridas-dont-say-gay-laws-rcna98970) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/570 "2023-08-09T23:17:05Z")
Not to mention lots and lots of cross dressing > **[A Comprehensive Guide to Shakespearean Cross-Dressers — Good Tickle Brain](https://goodticklebrain.com/home/2013/12/13/a-comprehensive-guide-to-shakespearean-cross-dressers)** ---
**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:** [August 9, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/571 "2023-08-09T23:19:06Z")
Gasp! 😱 Though they don’t mention that, which makes me think that yet again they didn’t read it. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/572 "2023-08-10T00:36:25Z")
It’s been done. Bring back the Bowdlerized versions of Shakespeare! > **[The Family Shakespeare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_Shakespeare)** > > The Family Shakespeare (at times titled The Family Shakspeare) is a collection of expurgated Shakespeare plays, edited by Thomas Bowdler and his sister Henrietta ("Harriet"), intended to remove any material deemed too racy, blasphemous, or otherwise sensitive for young or female audiences, with the ultimate goal of creating a family-friendly rendition of Shakespeare's plays. The Family Shakespeare is one of the most often cited examples of literary censorship, despite (or perhaps because of) i Th... ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/573 "2023-08-10T01:18:06Z")
Matt Gaetz says the Republicans can call Trump to testify to Congress, and immunize him from prosecution by Jack Smith. (sorry about a Newsmax cite) > **[Gaetz: Trump Could Get Immunity by Testifying Before House](https://www.newsmax.com/politics/matt-gaetz-donald-trump-immunity/2023/08/08/id/1130096/)** > > Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., proffered an unusual tactic on Tuesday - call former President Donald Trump to testify as a whistleblower before any House panel and grant him immunity from the prosecution of special counsel Jack Smith. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/574 "2023-08-10T23:39:01Z")
[Lizard person Stephen Miller and his group are trying to sue Kellogg’s for being “woke.”](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/stephen-miller-group-files-complaint-kelloggs-woke-programs-rcna99210)Aren’t they tired of these pointless battles? Oddly, I think Kellogg himself would have been a good MAGA donor. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/575 "2023-08-11T00:08:43Z")
Looking at pictures of Stephen Miller, I am always struck by the thought that maybe Phrenologists might have been on to something… ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/576 "2023-08-11T00:46:45Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > Looking at pictures of Stephen Miller, I am always struck by how much he looks like Himmler. I mean, not a perfect match, but he has such a Backpfeifengesicht Nazi face, he has the perfect look for a minion of Hair Fuhrer. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/577 "2023-08-11T00:52:34Z")
That, but he also hits the uncanny valley of the intersection of banal evil amorality and what humans are supposed to look like. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/578 "2023-08-11T00:59:32Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > Looking at pictures of Stephen Miller, I am always struck by the thought that maybe Phrenologists might have been on to something… Funny. When I look at him I think he’s prime material for turning into Soylent Green. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/579 "2023-08-11T01:57:17Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > Looking at pictures of Stephen Miller, I am always struck by the thought that maybe Phrenologists might have been on to something… He looks like a candidate for Corrective Phrenology. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/580 "2023-08-11T02:07:22Z")
Fox News sure doesn’t want people to be able to watch that debate they’re hosting. > [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=30)