# 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:** 76
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1501 "2023-10-06T13:43:42Z")
Is it just me or does Matt Gaetz look like he’s got tiny hands? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1502 "2023-10-06T15:17:20Z")
I think he just has a really big face. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1503 "2023-10-06T15:22:08Z")
All the better for punching. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1504 "2023-10-06T15:25:34Z")
And he’ll have no way to protect himself with those little hands. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1505 "2023-10-06T15:32:09Z")
Like the worst of dinosaurs, the Sleez-Rex. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1506 "2023-10-06T15:56:51Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I can’t resist sharing this captioned photo > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://imgur.com/a/0z92FJC) - Maybe he isn’t aware that his bifurcated penis isn’t the norm. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1507 "2023-10-07T20:16:20Z")
This is such an astonishingly dumb tweet from Don Jr, that does nothing but reveal the vast depths of his ignorance. There are many hundreds of Ukraine war videos released every day. > > > > Donald Trump Jr. @DonaldJTrumpJr > > > Donald Trump Jr. @DonaldJTrumpJr > ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1508 "2023-10-07T21:50:41Z")
> [@](#): > > So…is the new right wing conspiracy that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine isn’t actually happening? New? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1509 "2023-10-07T22:09:28Z")
I’m sure there are people out there that believe it’s a fake war designed to make Putin look bad, because everyone knows Ukraine is a “client state” of the Democratic Party. I haven’t actually heard anyone espouse the first half of that theory (usually they admit there is a war but claim Ukraine is the aggressor) but I’ve heard plenty of right-wingers throw out the “client state” theory. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1510 "2023-10-08T00:50:16Z")
Loser Donald is rambling about wanting to fuck his daughter again. > **['The whole package': Trump gushes over his daughter Ivanka on stage in Iowa](https://www.rawstory.com/beautiful-as-ivanka-trump/)** > > Ex-president Donald Trump on Saturday said during an Iowa campaign rally that his daughter, Ivanka Trump, has the "style," the "beauty," and "the whole package."The rally represents the second Iowa top for Trump Saturday.At the first rally, Trump... ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1511 "2023-10-08T02:59:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Loser Donald is rambling about wanting to fuck his daughter again. You might be more right than you know. I honestly woudn’t be surprised if he’s already done that and if he does in the future, it woudl be _again_. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1512 "2023-10-08T04:14:28Z")
Yeah, I have sadly thought this for a long time. Yuck. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1513 "2023-10-08T04:22:32Z")
Nah. If he’d actually done it, he’d be boasting about it instead of just simping over her to the marks. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1514 "2023-10-08T04:26:15Z")
I really hope you’re right. I don’t have any respect for her, but I hope she didn’t have to grow up with that. The way he talks about her is sick enough. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1515 "2023-10-08T16:39:20Z")
She’s just another possession of his. Just like the rest of the planet he thinks he’s on. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1516 "2023-10-09T03:13:54Z")
Yeah. I don’t remember where or when I heard this, but it has stuck with me. _People believe the situation they grow up in is normal._ To me, that explains a lot of the inanity coming from that family. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1517 "2023-10-09T14:01:22Z")
I grew up in a very dysfunctional family, and I never thought it was normal. In fact, I used to wonder how normal families did things. Just one data point, of course…. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1518 "2023-10-09T14:12:06Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > I grew up in a very dysfunctional family, and I never thought it was normal. Same here. I always knew there was something wrong with my family. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1519 "2023-10-09T14:13:59Z")
Me too. I wanted one of those families with moms and dads and white picket fences. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1520 "2023-10-09T14:25:20Z")
I think it’s true in some ways. People that grow in dysfunctional families don’t usually feel that way, because they’re surrounded by people in outwardly normal families and they know that something’s wrong with their situation. But people that grow up in insular religious communities, cults, highly authoritarian countries….they absolutely believe that their experiences are normal, because that’s all they see and all they know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=77)