# 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:** 482
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9621 "2025-01-13T16:38:54Z")
Yep; the virus is China’s attack on American whites. That’s why it’s making Chinese people in China sick. The logic totally checks out. ETA: Ah, maybe the conversation was apropos of nothing, not based on the recent news of another respiratory virus. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9622 "2025-01-13T17:15:36Z")
I think the conspiracy theory is that “it’s coming soon”. If the new “engineered” virus killed non-whites also, why that would just be proof how diabolical the Chinese are and how far they’ll willing to go to cover their tracks. Remember this gem? [Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Airs Bigoted New Covid Conspiracy Theory About Jews and Chinese](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/us/politics/rfk-jr-remarks-covid.html) _The long-shot candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination has a history of embracing conspiracy theories. His latest comments claimed the virus spared certain ethnic and religious groups._ > A conspiracy-filled rant by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the Covid-19 virus was engineered to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people has stirred accusations of antisemitism and racism in the Democratic candidate’s long-shot run for president. > > “Covid-19. There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. Covid-19 attacks certain races disproportionately,” Mr. Kennedy said at a private gathering in New York that was captured [on videotape by The New York Post](https://nypost.com/2023/07/15/rfk-jr-says-covid-was-ethnically-targeted-to-spare-jews/). “Covid-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.” Yep, let’s put this guy in charge of HHS. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9623 "2025-01-13T19:17:22Z")
I hope the questioners at his confirmation hearing are informed? ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9624 "2025-01-13T20:42:07Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Also note that there are Trump supporters who are immigrants, trans, muslim etc. It’s a cult, and true believers already have to dismiss reality so how hard is it to equivocate with “They don’t mean immigrants _like me_” or something, and wait until the attacks are on some other group that they can join in with. Is this a ‘thing’ with cults, or is the MAGA one special in that regard? Might be a debate for another thread, sorry. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9625 "2025-01-13T20:48:55Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > Is this a ‘thing’ with cults, or is the MAGA one special in that regard? I think it’s true of a lot of cults, and other more mainstream belief systems. For example, I’ve never understood why some people in the LGBTQ+ community fight so hard to become full members of churches that preach that their lives are entirely sinful. There’s just a major disconnect there. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9626 "2025-01-13T21:52:19Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I’ve never understood why some people in the LGBTQ+ community fight so hard to become full members of churches that preach that their lives are entirely sinful. Because sometimes some people want to fight to make things better. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9627 "2025-01-13T23:36:47Z")
And because people can be more than one thing. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9628 "2025-01-13T23:59:38Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > These days court reporters and closed caption writers normally use computerized shorthand machines that translate their keystrokes in realtime to words. They don’t type full words the way we’re doing here; their keyboard has fewer letters than a standard typewriter, and they can combine letters in one stroke to get one of the “missing” letters, also write an entire word or even phrase with one stroke when that’s preprogrammed into the software they use. Heck, even everyday folks nowadays use quick-typing apps. I’ve seen teenagers who could literally text faster than I can read, and I’m a fast reader. > [@dasmoocher](#): > > [Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Airs Bigoted New Covid Conspiracy Theory About Jews and Chinese](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/us/politics/rfk-jr-remarks-covid.html) > _The long-shot candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination has a history of embracing conspiracy theories. His latest comments claimed the virus spared certain ethnic and religious groups._ The virus is diabolically cleverly engineered to kill idiots who don’t take basic precautions like mask-wearing and social distancing. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9629 "2025-01-14T00:29:08Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > For example, I’ve never understood why some people in the LGBTQ+ community fight so hard to become full members of churches that preach that their lives are entirely sinful. It’s possible to believe that the church is the only way to Heaven and be gay. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9630 "2025-01-14T00:30:45Z")
Yeah, see, that’s exactly the mindset I can’t understand. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9631 "2025-01-14T03:43:47Z")
I’m not Christian or gay, but if I were, I don’t think it would be difficult for me to reconcile it. If God is all-powerful and all-knowing, then He obviously made me the way I am for a reason, and since He loves me He couldn’t possibly have intended for me to go to hell, therefore it’s more likely that the church is wrong about this particular point. Granted, my understanding would probably not be welcome in most mainstream Protestant churches, but there are established churches out there that are LGBT-friendly these days. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9632 "2025-01-14T03:59:19Z")
\*By now, the thread title should be changed to: > _The Cruelty is the Point_ From AOL, [here](https://www.aol.com/conditions-placed-california-wildfire-aid-020325213.html) is the latest evidence for my assertion: > House Speaker Mike Johnson says conditions may be placed on federal aid to California [amid catastrophic wildfires](https://www.yahoo.com/news/many-homes-burned-los-angeles-175405693.html) because of what he said are issues with local leadership. > > While talking to reporters on Monday, the Louisiana Republican said that there should be “conditions" on proposed federal aid to California following the [deadly fires still burning in the Los Angeles region.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/winds-poised-intensify-complicating-la-112006725.html) > > “Obviously there’s been water resources management, forest management mistakes, all sorts of problems. And it does come down to leadership and it appears to us that state and local leaders were derelict in their duty in many respects,” Johnson told reporters at the Capitol. “So that’s something that has to be factored in. I think there should probably be conditions on that aid. That’s my personal view.” And, of course, Felon #47 weighed in on the fires last Wednesday with his usual diplomatic and polite demeanor: > One of the best and most beautiful parts of the United States of America is burning down to the ground. It’s ashes, and Gavin Newscum (sic) should resign. This is all his fault!!! ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9633 "2025-01-14T04:25:19Z")
> [@](#): > > House Speaker Mike Johnson says conditions may be placed on federal aid to California [amid catastrophic wildfires](https://www.yahoo.com/news/many-homes-burned-los-angeles-175405693.html) because of what he said are issues with local leadership. So, can we assume there will be similar conditions on federal aid the next time a hurricane hits Florida or the Gulf Coast? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9634 "2025-01-14T04:46:52Z")
Especially since DeSantis and Abbott are such blowhards, stopping a hurricane in it’s tracks should be _easy._ ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9635 "2025-01-14T05:10:11Z")
Just drop a nuke into the eye. Problem solved, right? ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9636 "2025-01-14T05:51:02Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Likely no more than the population at large, so odds are they don’t personally know anyone who uses ASL to communicate About 10 years ago, one of the cashiers at the grocery was deaf, but could read lips and “talk” enough to get by. We learned a few signs to communicate with her over the years. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9637 "2025-01-14T06:01:57Z")
Hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug, of the Republican Party. Pointing out such hypocrisy only makes them preen. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9638 "2025-01-14T20:50:59Z")
Republican senator misspells “military” in the exact same way as the guy I beat in the 4th grade spelling bee. > **[GOP senator shamed for decrying standards in Dept. of Defense while...](https://www.rawstory.com/eric-schmitt-military/)** > > Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) shamed Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) for using a poster that misspelled the word "military" to demand high standards in the Department of Defense.During a Tuesday confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth,... ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9639 "2025-01-14T23:20:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Republican senator misspells “military” in the exact same way as the guy I beat in the 4th grade spelling bee. Hey, that sign is the work-product of a patriotic, anti-DEI white guy! What more proof do you need that putting white men in charge is going to make America Grate Agin!?!? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9640 "2025-01-14T23:39:12Z")
I love how point #1, the primary thing bringing the US “miltary” to the brink of defeat is… Discouraging the use of mom and dad at the air force academy. This is just the opportunity that China has been waiting for! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=481) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=483)