# 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:** 58
**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 19, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1141 "2023-09-19T19:28:01Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I heard from a friend’s cousin who said that a guy told her that Pangolins are woke. So that’s probably it They prefer monogolins. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1142 "2023-09-19T20:14:00Z")
> Nope. No Way! Them folks from inland northern China are furriners! Don’t like 'em; not one bit! Us floridiots got no truck with no damn furriners! It’ll be months before somebody can get it through their thick skulls that monogolins and Mongolians are not the same thing. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1143 "2023-09-19T22:51:01Z")
Nikki Haley says Biden is the most pro-union president ever. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2dSQvZzYNkM/maxresdefault.jpg "Nikki Haley on Biden/UAW Strike: When you have the most pro-union President... this is what you get") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dSQvZzYNkM) ---
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1144 "2023-09-19T22:53:35Z")
So, endorsing him?! Same as when Marge endorsed Biden because he’s doing things for people. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1145 "2023-09-19T23:35:49Z")
Texas says “hold my beer” and fires a teacher for assigning Anne Frank’s diary. > **[Texas school fires teacher for assigning illustrated Anne Frank book: report](https://www.rawstory.com/anne-frank-book-banned/)** > > A Texas middle school has fired one of its teachers for assigning a graphic novel adaptation of "The Diary of Anne Frank," according to a report.The Houston Chronicle reports that the Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District sent the unnamed... ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1146 "2023-09-20T00:48:26Z")
Jeez, that was required reading when I was a kid. And I grew up in a dark red state ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1147 "2023-09-20T00:52:30Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Jeez, that was required reading when I was a kid. The _graphic novel_ was? Doubtful, as it was first published in 2018. And the story said that was objectionable due to sexual content in it, and that other publications of the book had omitted it. (No, I’m not JAQ’ing off here.) ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1148 "2023-09-20T01:00:28Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > The _graphic novel_ was? Doubtful, as it was first published in 2018. > > And the story said that was objectionable due to sexual content in it, and that other publications of the book had omitted it. You’re fooling yourself if you think the graphics and the redacted parts of the diary are the real reason righties are objecting to its being taught. You’ll note, as quoted in the article, that the school is lying about the reason they fired her; > [@](#): > > Local news station KFDM, which originally reported the story, obtained a statement from the school claiming that the illustrated version of Frank’s diary had not been approved for teaching, although the station found that “it was on a reading list sent to parents at the start of the school year.” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1149 "2023-09-20T01:01:39Z")
Granted. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1150 "2023-09-20T01:02:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You’re fooling yourself if you think the graphics and the redacted parts of the diary are the real reason righties are objecting to its being taught. Yep. The most likely reason for the objections is that the local GOP/Nazi party did not want their fellow travellers besmirched by THOSE people. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1151 "2023-09-20T02:05:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Texas says “hold my beer” and fires a teacher for assigning Anne Frank’s diary. Whatever happened to _teach the controversy_? > [@Grrr](#): > > Jeez, that was required reading when I was a kid. And I grew up in a dark red state I grew up in Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and one year in Pennsylvania. Yes, that diary was required reading for my siblings and me. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1152 "2023-09-20T02:12:08Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Whatever happened to _teach the controversy_? I’d very sarcastically suggest that maybe we should consider if the Jews really do need to be exterminated . . . but ~~The Simpsons~~ the Right already did that. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1153 "2023-09-20T04:43:04Z")
Ted Cruz thinks Biden is going to drop out and endorse Michelle Obama. [https://www.meidastouch.com/news/ted-cruz-michelle-obama-will-be-dem-nominee-for-president-in-2024](https://www.meidastouch.com/news/ted-cruz-michelle-obama-will-be-dem-nominee-for-president-in-2024) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1154 "2023-09-20T05:00:27Z")
Empty Greene admits impeachment won’t go anywhere, but they’re gonna use the investigation to uncover the names they’re gonna bust later when they take back the White House in 2024. [https://www.meidastouch.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-admits-impeachment-efforts-will-go-nowhere/](https://www.meidastouch.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-admits-impeachment-efforts-will-go-nowhere/) ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1155 "2023-09-20T05:23:55Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Ted Cruz thinks I think I’ve found the flaw in your post. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1156 "2023-09-20T13:29:08Z")
More Marge news. She objects to the new Senate dress code - decorum dontchaknow. > **[MTG, Who Showed Hunter Biden’s Nudes, Laments Lack of ‘Respect’ Over Senate...](https://jezebel.com/senate-dress-code-marjorie-taylor-greene-john-fetterman-1850852578)** > > Sen. John Fetterman noted she's the last person who should invoke decorum. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1157 "2023-09-20T14:23:44Z")
I’m mildly curious what Prager U says about the Nazis, but not enough to check. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1158 "2023-09-20T14:54:45Z")
Probably a lot of emphasis on that they were National _Socialists_. (TBF, in the early through mid 20th century it seemed like every other guy who was leading any movement claimed it was some flavor or another of “socialist”…) ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1159 "2023-09-20T14:58:05Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Probably a lot of emphasis on that they were National _Socialists_. And, there were very fine people…on both sides. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1160 "2023-09-20T15:08:00Z")
The idiot republicans that equate democrats with Nazis (it has SOCIALIST right in the name! See!) can’t be bothered to understand that the Nazis banned the _actual_ German Socialist party. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=59)