# 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:** 308
**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:** [July 5, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6141 "2024-07-05T23:15:37Z")
QOP candidate for governor of NC calls for mass killing of leftists. > **[MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”](https://newrepublic.com/article/183443/mark-robinson-north-carolina-gov-candidate-hateful-rant-killing)** > > Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6142 "2024-07-05T23:28:21Z")
Who’s to say they won’t? Sign a loyalty oath, pay a tribute to Trump, and you too can have birth control. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6143 "2024-07-05T23:35:52Z")
That’s weird. I’ve only seen **women** named Beryl. And only English women. When I was at a friend’s home for a party, she introduced her husband’s boss & wife as “Graham and Beryl.” I knew they were English without them having to say a word. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6144 "2024-07-06T00:25:30Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > He won’t do anything to stop you from getting birth control (except he will.) > > I’m surprised that one isn’t getting more push back from women. Surely even republican women understand that not having access to abortion or birth control is going to be a problem. I would think men would be a little worried about paying child support for 18 years. Or maybe project 2025 does away with that somewhere in their 900 page plan. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6145 "2024-07-06T00:32:51Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever heard Beryl as a name, but there’s a long tradition of gemstones as women’s names: Ruby, Pearl… I know there should be a third one on this list… ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6146 "2024-07-06T00:34:50Z")
I’m not sure I’ve ever heard Beryl as a name either, but trump junior is beyond pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6147 "2024-07-06T01:07:02Z")
“Profit”? Okay, I know what you mean. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6148 "2024-07-06T01:38:18Z")
> **[Beryl Markham | Biography & Facts](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Beryl-Markham)** > > Beryl Markham, English professional pilot, horse trainer and breeder, writer, and adventurer, best known for her memoir West with the Night (1942; reissued 1983). She also was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west.... Precursor to Amelia Earhart ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6149 "2024-07-06T01:44:19Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > When I was at a friend’s home for a party, she introduced her husband’s boss & wife as “Graham and Beryl.” I knew they were English without them having to say a word. The first thing I think of for “Beryl” is from the movie _Bedazzled_. During Stanley’s last wish, he’s at a convent for the Order of the Leaping Berelians. Beryl of Sussex was a sheperdess who was beckoned into the sky by a vision and never came down. He’s called upon to show his courage by jumping on a trampoline, while the other sisters sing for him to “leap in the name of Beryl”. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6150 "2024-07-06T01:58:47Z")
I’ve only known one other Beryl IRL. She was the mother of a coworker. An English warbride (WWII). ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6151 "2024-07-06T03:16:15Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard Beryl as a name, but there’s a long tradition of gemstones as women’s names: Ruby, Pearl… I know there should be a third one on this list… [Opal?](https://www.picklescomic.com/) (Scroll down.) ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6152 "2024-07-06T04:45:52Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard Beryl as a name, but there’s a long tradition of gemstones as women’s names: Ruby, Pearl… I know there should be a third one on this list… Jade? ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6153 "2024-07-06T05:12:16Z")
Amber. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6154 "2024-07-06T08:01:28Z")
I had an Aunt Beryl. It’s a very old-fashioned woman’s name, like Florence or Etta. My guess is that Trump confused it with Burl (as in Burl Ives). There’s also the old Jewish male name of Berl or Berel, although I doubt Trump was familiar with it. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6155 "2024-07-06T11:12:24Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Precursor to Amelia Earhart side note/ Thanks for that. Just bought it /sn ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6156 "2024-07-06T11:34:41Z")
Meanwhile, the [hurricane name lists](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml) also include “Leslie”, “Patty”, “Rene”, “Teddy”, “Alex”, and retired names include “Carol”, “Frances”, and “Sandy”. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6157 "2024-07-06T12:35:43Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > also include “Leslie”, “Patty”, “Rene”, “Teddy”, “Alex”, Damnit, how are we supposed to get turned on by a hurricane if we’d don’t know for sure that it’s female!?!? /s ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6158 "2024-07-06T12:53:09Z")
The female hurricanes don’t even wear go-go boots anymore. The woke NOAA got rid of them around the same time as the green M&M. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6159 "2024-07-06T13:05:49Z")
Wasn’t there a Beryl Mooncalf, somewhere? Maybe an SD name? ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6160 "2024-07-06T14:59:27Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Damnit, how are we supposed to get turned on by a hurricane if we’d don’t know for sure that it’s female!?!? /s Just peek under its feeder bands. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=307) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=309)