# 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:** 448
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8941 "2024-11-05T14:17:02Z")
Wait, do facts suddenly matter to JD Vance? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8942 "2024-11-05T14:19:51Z")
Oh right. I forgot. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8943 "2024-11-05T14:33:39Z")
I was told there would be no fact checking in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8944 "2024-11-05T16:11:22Z")
They’ve insulted Kamala in countless ways since she became the candidate. I don’t get why “trash” particularly lands as beyond the pale. That said, in terms of overall tone in this final sprint to the finish, it’s been astonishing. Trump and JD have just doubled down on the hate, with Trump focusing on old grievances like Mueller while throwing in own goals like fellating a microphone and “whether you like it or not”. Trump’s campaign team must be watching all proceedings through a facepalm at this point. By contrast, Tim Walz’ last motivational speech I think in Wisconsin, had me genuinely tearing up (and fired up). I can’t imagine a greater contrast. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8945 "2024-11-05T16:13:53Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > They’ve insulted Kamala in countless ways since she became the candidate. I don’t get why “trash” particularly lands as beyond the pale. Calling a woman “trash” has specific implications. Not suggesting this is the first time this despicable ticket has demonstrated misogyny, but for the VP candidate to call her a name one click lesser than “whore” is, I think, noteworthy. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8946 "2024-11-05T16:17:41Z")
Ah ok, it’s probably an American vs British English thing (I’m British). In British English, you can trash someone, or say that someone or something is trash, but it doesn’t (AFAIK) carry any sexual or misogyny connotation. Anyway, I get it why this lands then. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8947 "2024-11-05T16:24:14Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > They’ve insulted Kamala in countless ways since she became the candidate. I don’t get why “trash” particularly lands as beyond the pale. It’s also the usual hypocrisy of it - it’s fine for them to do it but not to have it done to them. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8948 "2024-11-05T17:26:22Z")
Sadly, for anyone still in thrall to Trump, the incoherent rubbish he is coming out with will likely produce similar feelings for them. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8949 "2024-11-05T17:39:25Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > This probably counts as a stupid Republican idea, right? That if Facebook and Twitter didn’t exist he would possess a stable of sex slaves? _Male_ sex concubines so he’s light in the loafers, I guess. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8950 "2024-11-05T18:04:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > Tucker Carlson suggests the United States has been using military force to genocide Christians going back to the second atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki Jeeze, he must think the US military just sucks. I mean, they’ve been trying to genocide Christians for 70+ years, and there’s still hundreds of millions of them around? I thought the US military was _good_ at blowing shit up and killing people. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8951 "2024-11-05T18:06:16Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > as soon as he stole them he tipped off an associate as to what he had done, and she immediately started making a fuss about missing ballots and the counts being off. So then it’s also a conspiracy. Good going, guys. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8952 "2024-11-05T18:18:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Tucker Carlson says abortion causes hurricanes and that the bombing of Nagasaki was an attempt to commit genocide against Christians. Correct me if I am wrong, but I was under the impression that the vast majority of people killed in Nagasaki were Shinto or Buddhist. I admit that there may have been a few Christians there too. And by that stage of the war, probably quite a few atheists. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8953 "2024-11-05T18:20:00Z")
that would be a logical conclusion… tucker is not logical. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8954 "2024-11-05T18:41:51Z")
I was just there. Lots of info in the museum about the destruction of Urakami Cathedral (very near Nagasaki ground zero) in which a few dozen Christians were killed. Nagasaki is currently the most Christian area in Japan. I don’t know what the % was at the time. “As of 2002, there are 68,617 [Catholics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church) in Nagasaki Prefecture, accounting for 4.52 percent of the population of the prefecture.” (Wikipedia) Currently 1.5% of the population of Japan is Christian. (Alsø Wiki) By contrast, 85% of Ukrainians are Christian (Alsø alsø Wiki). ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8955 "2024-11-05T18:45:09Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Nagasaki is currently the most Christian area in Japan Thank you. Some small amount of ignorance fought. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8956 "2024-11-05T18:46:06Z")
Tucker’s assertion is still ludicrous, however. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8957 "2024-11-05T18:47:58Z")
That would be expected by any sensible person. I trust Jim Henson’s Muppet Show more than I trust Tucker. At least the Muppets are funny, as well as silly . ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8958 "2024-11-05T19:25:41Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I trust Jim Henson’s Muppet Show more than I trust Tucker. Kermit used to sing all the time about how difficult it was to enact climate legislation. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8959 "2024-11-05T19:28:54Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I trust Jim Henson’s Muppet Show more than I trust Tucker. I would trust the _Feebles_ more than I trust Tucker. ---
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