# 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:** 331
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6601 "2024-07-31T17:49:38Z")
He didn’t specify “for President,” so he means a man who votes for a woman for _any_ office is now a woman. This is the break we need to get rid of Margarine Tailored Greed, Lauren Bobblehead, and the other women in the Krazy KauKus. We’ll have to figure something else out for the men. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6602 "2024-07-31T17:55:13Z")
Sadly, most of my choices have been men. I’ll vote for a qualified woman when possible though, so I guess I’m gender-fluid or something. ---
**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 31, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6603 "2024-07-31T17:59:14Z")
And of course it’d be transitive. If any man who ever votes for a woman becomes a woman, then anyone who votes for that person then also becomes a woman, and so on. I’m pretty sure that the entire voting population of the country is now female. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6604 "2024-07-31T18:03:35Z")
It’s almost as of the idiot in the referenced post thinks being a woman would be a Bad Thing. That’s ridiculous! /s ---
**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:** [July 31, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6605 "2024-07-31T18:16:09Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > “Honey, time for some gay sex!” I mean, I’d hope you’re usually pretty happy when you’re having sex. But that’s just me. ---
**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 31, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6606 "2024-07-31T18:24:03Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > The writers for “The Boys” must be thinking about resigning, how do you compete with _that_? You don’t compete with it, you just dial it up to 11. A Supe with the power to transform you into whatever you voted for. Picture dozens of men stumbling out of voting booths. As breasts grow on their chest, their genitalia drop off, and slither down to the ground. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6607 "2024-07-31T19:13:34Z")
Suddenly, people accept that dysphoria is very, very real. New elections are held just to “correct” the situation. 1% of people who had previously voted refuse to vote, as their dysphoria is now resolved. This might not be a bad thing! ---
**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:** [July 31, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6608 "2024-07-31T19:31:24Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > Suddenly, people accept that dysphoria is very, very real. As if we needed another proof, this goes to show how situational right-wingers are. If it suits their goals to say there’s no such thing as gender dysphoria, then they say that. And then if they’re flailing to find some effective attack on Kamala Harris, then they say g.d. is very real and voting for her will make males into transwomen. Although I do think the “weird” strategy is the best one Dems have come up with in years—effective because it’s true and effective because it actually bothers people—I do wish we could come up with an equally-effective way to communicate how utterly-without-core-beliefs today’s Republicans really are. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6609 "2024-07-31T19:47:04Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I do wish we could come up with an equally-effective way to communicate how utterly-without-core-beliefs today’s Republicans really are. I dunno. I think that’s a feature, not a bug, for a lot of people ---
**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:** [July 31, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6610 "2024-07-31T20:05:30Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I dunno. I think that’s a feature, not a bug, for a lot of people That would be the sociopathic people. For whom power is the ONLY thing that matters. But a lot of MAGA folks _do_ want to believe that they are People of Principle—the **only** People of Principle. They accept the flip-flopping positions they get from Trump speeches and FoxNews and all the rest, but they continue to cling to the concept that whatever the flip-flopped position happens to be, at this particular moment, that position is the position of the patriotic and the God-fearing. (I don’t say it doesn’t require a capacity for mental gymnastics: plainly, it does.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6611 "2024-07-31T20:19:58Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > mental gymnastics 10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 6.8 from the Bulgarian judge. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6612 "2024-07-31T20:33:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 6.8 from the Bulgarian judge. . 😂 Hey, it’s their only claim to mental competency, you danged Bulgarian judge. ---
**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 31, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6613 "2024-07-31T22:23:13Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not really “weird”, just reaching, and mostly super pathetic. Reach around? > [@Chronos](#): > > And of course it’d be transitive. If any man who ever votes for a woman becomes a woman, then anyone who votes for that person then also becomes a woman, and so on. I’m pretty sure that the entire voting population of the country is now female. So it’s the opposite of a kloptocracy. > [@Horatius](#): > > their genitalia drop off, and slither down to the ground “Archie! What have I told you about that?” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6614 "2024-07-31T23:19:20Z")
If a man supports a woman, that makes him a woman. If that person, now a woman, again supports a woman does that make this person, who was once a man but is now a woman, a lesbian? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6615 "2024-07-31T23:31:01Z")
Video coming soon to PornHub, where I’m sure a lot hypocritical MAGAs will watch. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6616 "2024-07-31T23:34:00Z")
_Girls who want boys Who like boys to be girls Who do boys like they’re girls Who do girls like they’re boys Always should be someone you really love…_ ---
**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:** [July 31, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6617 "2024-07-31T23:47:50Z")
It’s a mixed-up, muddled, shook-up world, except for Lola. But really the current exacerbation of the “throw everything against the wall and see what sticks” method of picking issues, with no apparent real central coordination, is a wonder to behold. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6618 "2024-07-31T23:51:09Z")
Remember folks: It’s conservatives that understand gender! ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6619 "2024-08-01T00:46:39Z")
Fair enough. After reading the last 30 posts I sure as hell don’t. ---
**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 1, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6620 "2024-08-01T01:20:05Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Although I do think the “weird” strategy is the best one Dems have come up with in years FWIW, Thomas Friedman of the NYT disagrees. > It is now a truism that if Democrats have any hope of carrying key swing states and overcoming Trump’s advantages in the Electoral College, they have to break through to white, working-class, non-college-educated men and women, who, if they have one thing in common, feel denigrated and humiliated by Democratic, liberal, college-educated elites. They hate the people who hate Trump more than they care about any Trump policies. Therefore, the dumbest message Democrats could seize on right now is to further humiliate them as “weird.” > **[Democrats Could Regret Calling Trump and His Supporters ‘Weird’](https://gvwire.com/2024/07/30/democrats-could-regret-calling-trump-and-his-supporters-weird/)** > > Opinion: Thomas L. Friedman shares his thoughts on the impact of labeling Trump Republicans as 'weird'. Read more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=330) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=332)