# 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:** 367
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7321 "2024-08-24T16:19:51Z")
**This** is how you redefine “patriotism”: > **[Harris’s convention speech sparks live rant from outraged Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/23/trump-reaction-harris-dnc-speech)** > > Ex-president’s 48 posts during speech confirm his trouble in maintaining discipline on the campaign trail > “The enthusiasm level on the left right now is overwhelming … They’re trying to redefine the Democrat party. They’re trying to say that the Democrats are the patriots, the party that’s worried about the country. > > “They’re wearing camo hats with Kamala Harris’s name on it. Camouflage – that’s ours! She was flanked in her speech last night with two American flags. There were no Pride flags there. They’re redefining it, they’re going after our independent voters. What’s going on with Fox News, by the way? … It’s Democrat, Democrat, Democrat … The media are kicking our ass, on the right.” Note that those words were from Eric Bolling, not Trump. (Trump would be far less articulate.) ---
**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:** [August 24, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7322 "2024-08-24T16:35:40Z")
Maybe one day they’ll learn how to say “Democrat **ic** ”. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7323 "2024-08-24T17:03:51Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > There’s probably a definition of “patriot” that lets them claim that label, too, but you don’t see the rest of us going along with it. We suffer the difficulties of a living language in which the meaning of words can change over time. Sometimes too short a time. _Literally_. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7324 "2024-08-24T17:06:38Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Maybe one day they’ll learn how to say “Democrat **ic** ”. Maybe one day they’ll learn how to pronounce Kamala. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7325 "2024-08-24T17:09:59Z")
“President Harris” works. I mean, she does not have a weird surname, so using it dilutes that part of their objection to her uniqueness. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7326 "2024-08-24T20:32:05Z")
Maybe one day they’ll learn _something_. But I’m not holding my breath. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7327 "2024-08-24T22:26:04Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I thought we’d settled on “basket”. That’s can’t be right. Baskets are useful and have integrity. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7328 "2024-08-24T22:29:28Z")
That strikes me as a very bad method. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7329 "2024-08-25T01:30:28Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I’m not buying it. There are more of us (with respect for the language) than there are of those craven assholes. Then why do you let those craven assholes run your party? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7330 "2024-08-25T05:52:09Z")
He don’t know me vewwy well, do he? ---
**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:** [August 25, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7331 "2024-08-25T05:57:19Z")
We know the cwaven assholes awe still wunning the countwy. Why is that? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7332 "2024-08-25T06:52:56Z")
Why don’t you tell me? You’re the one who seems to be content with fucking Republicans getting away with calling themselves “conservatives.” ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7333 "2024-08-25T14:23:18Z")
New thread here to discuss conservative vs reactionary and @kaylasdad99’s position. > [@Kaylasdad99, a sincere question about conservatives and MAGA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaylasdad99-a-sincere-question-about-conservatives-and-maga/1006193): > > From an exchange in the Stupid Republican Idea thread: Then why do you let those craven assholes run your party? @kaylasdad99, this exchange has me a little puzzled. You say you are a conservative, but object to the radical MAGA being referred to as conservatives. I get you are trying to protect the label, to defend a space for people who are moderate right versus the people backing Trump and Boebert and Greene, et al. You say there are a lot more of you than them. So the question n… ---
**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 25, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7334 "2024-08-25T20:31:12Z")
Lee Greenwood thinks that Trump’s surprise ear piercing was foretold by a passage in Leviticus where Moses anoints Aaron with the blood of a sacrificial ram. > **['Massive goosebumps': Lee Greenwood shocks Ted Nugent's wife with Trump Bible...](https://www.rawstory.com/shemane-nugent-lee-greenwood-trump/)** > > Shemane Nugent, the wife of conservative rocker Ted Nugent, said she had "goosebumps" over the weekend after singer Lee Greenwood suggested that the assassination attempt on Donald Trump was predicted in the Christian Bible.During an interview on... This one is apparently so stupid that even the other Biblical literalists are condemning it. > **[Pastors address 'gross scriptural misinterpretation' of blood on ear | The...](https://thealabamabaptist.org/pastors-address-gross-scriptural-misinterpretation-of-blood-on-ear/)** > > "This is an example of gross mishandling of Scripture," said Mobile-area pastor Derek Allen. "We have to guard ourselves from letting our emotions take us to such places." ---
**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 25, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7335 "2024-08-25T20:51:15Z")
The weird just keeps on comin’. 🙄 ---
**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 26, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7336 "2024-08-26T00:58:10Z")
Lara Trump says “illegal citizens” are trying to vote. > **['Stupid' Lara Trump ridiculed by critics after threat against 'illegal citizens'](https://www.rawstory.com/stupid-lara-trump-illegal-citizens/)** > > Former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump, the newly-minted co-chair of the Republican National Committee, was ridiculed on social media on Sunday after threatening to prosecute "illegal citizens." > > Lara Trump, who once vowed that... ---
**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 26, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7337 "2024-08-26T01:03:54Z")
See my previous post. 🙄 ---
**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:** [August 26, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7338 "2024-08-26T01:24:17Z")
What’s an _illegal citizen_? Why, of course an _illegal citizen_ is a _United States citizen who has been convicted of at least one felony_. In other words: Lara Trump’s father-in-law. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7339 "2024-08-26T01:32:55Z")
Reading the linked article was a good booster shot for me. A needed re-stimulation of my anti-religion antibodies. [The author’s response to Lee Greenwood](https://thealabamabaptist.org/pastors-address-gross-scriptural-misinterpretation-of-blood-on-ear/) confirms oh so well why you will never, ever be able to reason with such people. It was good reminder. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7340 "2024-08-26T01:36:32Z")
Yet another reminder that when Those People say “illegals”, they mean “brown people”, and that they don’t actually care at all about their legal status. And by “Those People”, of course, I mean Republicans. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=366) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=368)