# 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:** 407
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8121 "2024-09-30T18:40:56Z")
Heh…if it were Pete Townshend’s guitar, it would have been worth a lot more _after_ being smashed. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8122 "2024-09-30T19:11:59Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > if it were Pete Townshend’s guitar, it would have been worth a lot more _after_ being smashed. Only if Pete did the smashing. Otherwise it’s just some dumbass trying to look cool. Same thing here. $4000 to smash an autographed guitar. Joke’s on you, oldtimer, because she was done with it anyway, and all it does is spend your money to show everyone that you are a bitter, stupid asshole. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8123 "2024-09-30T19:16:39Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Man spends $4000 to buy one of Taylor Swift’s signed guitars at an auction, then immediately smashes it with a hammer. Which, I suppose, has the unintended benefit of increasing the wealth of anyone else that has one of her signed guitars. That seems quite cheap for a Taylor-Swift-signed guitar. A good accoustic guitar can go for $1,000 unsigned. I wonder if this was one she had actually played (in which case quality would matter), or just something she bought to sign and then sell. The article doesn’t actually say if the buyer was motivated by politics and Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8124 "2024-09-30T19:38:21Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I wonder if this was one she had actually played (in which case quality would matter), or just something she bought to sign and then sell. We don’t even know that it was her’s. Most likely it belonged to a fan of her’s who got her to sign it. ([make it out to Ebay](https://preview.redd.it/pvlx59zlpeaz.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=49b8d22c949b67952b07f9ad0bab91a820fdbeff)). The only person hurt by his actions is whoever was the next highest bidder, who presumably would have wanted the guitar. So if he’s spending $4,000 to ruin their day. Classy. On the good side some local students studying agriculture may have gotten a little extra money in their scholarships thanks to his bid. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8125 "2024-09-30T20:15:03Z")
He might actually be able to sell that guitar for more than he paid now, because he has made it slightly more famous. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8126 "2024-09-30T20:21:46Z")
True, I could see some MAGAt buying “The smashed Taylor Swift guitar you heard about in the news” for $5000. Maybe its not so stupid a Republican idea after all. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8127 "2024-09-30T21:01:07Z")
Add me to the list of people surprised that a signed Taylor Swift guitar can be had for four grand. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8128 "2024-09-30T21:33:59Z")
I just watched the video. From the fact that the the man presenting the guitar is holding the hammer and gives it to the winner, and the reaction of the crowd, I doubt there was any actual fan there wanting the guitar. I can’t tell from the quality of the image much about the guitar other than it is an acoustic with some pink coloring. Also, the article says it was donated by a third party, so not by Taylor Swift. Sounds like this was a political stunt that the bulk of the crowd enjoyed, and that it wasn’t an actual Swift guitar but just some guitar someone got autographed. Less stupid, but still pretty stupid. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8129 "2024-09-30T21:42:51Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Less stupid, but still pretty stupid. In MAGA World there are ever more nuanced levels of stupidity. But no limits. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8130 "2024-09-30T21:46:21Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > In MAGA World there are ever more nuanced levels of stupidity. I had not seen the video until just now. The MC handed him the hammer first. A freaking claw hammer (I had gotten the impression that it was a sledgehammer), and the guy just pecks at the guitar. Yeah, it was stupid, but also pathetic. Some really weak tea. MAGAts seem to be very adept at pathetic stupid, not so much dramatic or impressive stupid. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8131 "2024-09-30T22:02:43Z")
Nm Looks like it was no kind of Taylor Swift guitar. According to my sources. Here at the Dope, in this thread, just above this post. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8132 "2024-09-30T22:11:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Maybe it was Banksy (Not Banksy being _pro_-America-hating fuckstick, just Banksy being Banksy). > > ETA: Somebody contact the Guinness people. That might be a record for the use of “Banksy” in a single post! Not anymore, I’m now beating your record by saying “Banksy” while keeping all of your originals in the quote. Ha! > [@eschereal](#): > > Yeah, it was stupid, but also pathetic. Some really weak tea. MAGAts seem to be very adept at pathetic stupid, not so much dramatic or impressive stupid. When people talk about political violence from MAGA folks in response to the election, this is pretty much it. Less terrorism, more tantrums. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8133 "2024-09-30T22:49:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > In MAGA World there are ever more nuanced levels of stupidity. > > \<…snip…\>MAGAts seem to be very adept at pathetic stupid, not so much dramatic or impressive stupid. 1. Pathetic stupid 2. Dramatic stupid 3. Impressive stupid Scratching the surface… ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8134 "2024-09-30T22:55:12Z")
Hadn’t seen the video until now. Now that I have it seems like you’re right. They weren’t so much auctioning the guitar as auctioning off who gets the opportunity to smash it with a hammer. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8135 "2024-09-30T22:57:27Z")
It wouldn’t surprise me if the autograph was a forgery on a cheap guitar. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8136 "2024-09-30T23:20:24Z")
A grown ass man. What in the hell has happened to so many grown ass people. I swear, if I live to 100, I’ll still never understand this timeline. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8137 "2024-10-01T02:17:16Z")
If I live to be 100, they will _still_ be coming onto my lawn. Such as it will be – more likely a crumbled brown memory of its former glory. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8138 "2024-10-01T02:36:42Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > A grown ass man. Well what do you expect from a grown ass, man? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8139 "2024-10-01T03:16:15Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > In MAGA World there are ever more nuanced levels of stupidity. But no limits. Fractal stupidity. The closer you look, all you see is more stupidity. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8140 "2024-10-01T03:17:24Z")
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