# 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:** 4
**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 10, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/61 "2023-07-10T13:50:20Z")
Or hell, not even that: there’s a disturbing number of people who would not mind suffering through the aftermath of a destroyed world just so the “wrong” future can be prevented (and of course some of them are convinced **they** would make it to the top of the other side of the chaos). ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/62 "2023-07-10T14:14:26Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > “He kicked me in my balls as soon as I opened the door,” Mr DeYoung said, adding that Mr Chapman ran at him and slammed him into a chair. And we, as a society, take one step closer to the show “Ow! My Balls!” ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/63 "2023-07-10T14:30:13Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > And we, as a society, take one step closer to the show “Ow! My Balls!” Have you ever seen the [TV show “Fail Army”?](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDis9pjXuqyI7RYLJ-TTSA) It’s pretty much this already. ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/64 "2023-07-10T15:07:30Z")
I feel a Jon Stewart popcorn GIF coming on… ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/65 "2023-07-10T15:22:24Z")
Cue the Benny Hill music ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/66 "2023-07-10T18:13:24Z")
I’d pay good money to watch various Reactionary Wacko Traitors kick each other in the privates. With _Yakkety Sax_\* cranked to 11. The Neilsen’s would be off the chart. Assuming the Neilsen’s still exist.\*\* * * * \* Which is the proper title for “Bennie Hill” music. \*\* I just checked; they do. ---
**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 10, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/67 "2023-07-10T18:42:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’d pay good money to watch various Reactionary Wacko Traitors kick each other in the privates. What I admire is the _purity_ of it. No mouthing off, “What are you looking at?” stuff, no “I’m not touching you!” trying to get the other guy to start it stuff, no pointless pushing and shoving. No, he decided to kick the guy in the nuts, and then he just went and kicked the guy in the nuts. That kind of decisiveness has “Leadership Potential” written all over it. ---
**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 10, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/68 "2023-07-10T18:47:49Z")
Ok that is very much not in regular order under Robert’s Rules or the Jefferson/Mason Manuals. OTOH it suggests they may have been _right_ to want a closed-door meeting… ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/69 "2023-07-10T19:02:27Z")
That is hilarious. I hadn’t seen or heard anything about it in the local news. They lose big time in the mids and what do they do? They elect loser, wack job extraordinaire Karamo as their leader. She’s spending them into bankruptcy and probably corrupt to boot. 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/70 "2023-07-10T20:22:39Z")
> "We’re so divided,” Mr DeYoung said from the hospital. “I just wish we could come together. “Why are the leopards eating _MY_ face?” he whined. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/71 "2023-07-10T20:32:20Z")
It seems in his case the leopards are starting to injure other body parts. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/72 "2023-07-10T20:52:58Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > "We’re so divided,” Mr DeYoung said from the hospital. “I just wish we could come together. > > “Why are the leopards eating _MY_ face?” he whined. - I’m amazed he can enunciate so clearly while getting his face eaten. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/73 "2023-07-10T21:01:15Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’m amazed he can enunciate so clearly while getting his face eaten. To be fair, the proper quote should have been: “Why are Llamas kicking MY balls?” wonders man who voted for the Llamas Kicking People In The Balls Party. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/74 "2023-07-10T21:07:40Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “Why are Llamas kicking MY balls?” wonders man who voted for the Llamas Kicking People In The Balls Party. Hey! Knock that off or I’ll… do something reasonable and proportional. To your balls. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/75 "2023-07-10T21:56:17Z")
I’ve seen llamas kick. It isn’t funny. You might need to seek your balls in the adjacent paddock after they’re done with 'em. ---
**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 10, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/76 "2023-07-10T22:23:16Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Ok that is very much not in regular order under Robert’s Rules or the Jefferson/Mason Manuals. Or the Marquess of Queensberry Rules, for that matter. ---
**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 10, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/77 "2023-07-10T22:29:19Z")
_Rules_? In a _knife fight_? No _rules_. [![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vdq0MnCt9Ks/VLXl93sXWCI/AAAAAAAA79I/hNBHUoHyI6s/s1600/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.jpg) ](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vdq0MnCt9Ks/VLXl93sXWCI/AAAAAAAA79I/hNBHUoHyI6s/s1600/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/78 "2023-07-10T22:53:53Z")
“Winner take all” seems to be about the only rule in serious fightin’ no matter what tools are available. ---
**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 10, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/79 "2023-07-10T23:34:45Z")
Thinking about it a bit more, I do want to give them credit though for limiting themselves to old-school mano-a-mano and not endangering bystanders by Second Amending one another. And you have to grant it, yeah, never mind “I was hit in the groin area”" … no, you say it directly: “he kicked me in the balls”. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/80 "2023-07-11T01:55:47Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > not endangering bystanders by Second Amending one another. That’s probably because no firearms were allowed in the meeting, much like the NRA. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=5)