# 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:** 96
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1901 "2023-11-04T00:50:37Z")
So they are at the Renaissance Spain level now, next they are going to start with the auto de fés to root out the insufficiently american and other undesirables. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1902 "2023-11-04T00:51:49Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > You misspelled “Congressman virtue signals”. Kinda sad that the expulsion of foreign nationals who haven’t done anything illegal is now considered a “virtue” on the Republican side of the aisle. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1903 "2023-11-04T00:56:09Z")
Meanwhile, on Fox News, whatever this is is happening; [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F-DOBFIXwAAHPNr?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F-DOBFIXwAAHPNr?format=jpg&name=large) I for one welcome our new ObamAI overlords. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1904 "2023-11-04T03:44:02Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > Congressman introduces bill to expel Palestinians from the US > > You misspelled “Congressman virtue signals”. They misspelled “Congressman fellates Trump”. Really, that’s what it is at this point. Blow the mushroom, get Tiny’s voters to love you. ---
**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 4, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1905 "2023-11-04T07:04:09Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > I told you it was off the wall. If it was about Trump specifically this would belong in that Trump headlines = Onion headlines thread. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1906 "2023-11-04T14:33:55Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > [@Horatius](#): > > > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > > > Congressman introduces bill to expel Palestinians from the US > > > > You misspelled “Congressman virtue signals”. > > They misspelled “Congressman fellates Trump”. Really, that’s what it is at this point. Blow the mushroom, get Tiny’s voters to love you. _ **Arggggh** _. This trope is one of my SDMB pet peeves. They didn’t misspell anything They just didn’t use the word choice you preferred. “Their” and “There” and “They’re” are often mistaken for each other because they look and sound similar. “Introduces” and “virtue signals” and “fellates” do not resemble each other. Just say “You should have said” instead of “You misspelled.” ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1907 "2023-11-04T14:45:59Z")
I agree with you it’s silly. That’s kind of the point, I guess, as it’s a joke. I suppose one might see it akin to that nonsense the pubbies are posting on ther Xitter accounts, _“My pronouns are ‘kiss my ass’”_. But the difference is those using the “misspelled” trope are making a joke; those dumbasses using the “my pronouns” one are just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1908 "2023-11-04T14:53:41Z")
I agree that the “you misspelled [whatever]” thing is tiresome, whether or not it’s a deliberate joke. (Oddly enough, people manage to refrain from posting out _genuine_ misspellings, like their, there and they’re. Or payed rather than paid.) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1909 "2023-11-04T15:01:28Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Or payed rather than paid. Here’s an interesting bit about _payed_ from [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com): > pay > > verb (used with object), **paid** or ( Obsolete except for def. 12 ) **payed, pay·ing.** Here’s definition 12: > _Nautical._ to let (a ship) fall off to leeward. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1910 "2023-11-04T15:07:11Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > _ **Arggggh** _. This trope is one of my SDMB pet peeves. They didn’t misspell anything They just didn’t use the word choice you preferred. > > “Their” and “There” and “They’re” are often mistaken for each other because they look and sound similar. “Introduces” and “virtue signals” and “fellates” do not resemble each other. Just say “You should have said” instead of “You misspelled.” Do you not understand how jokes work? It may be an overused joke by now, but that’s the whole point of the silly joke. The (ludicrous) notion that it _is_ misspelling rather than different word choice. That they _did_ intend to write “Congressman fellates Trump” but made fifteen spelling mistakes and inadvertently wrote “Congressman introduces bill”. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1911 "2023-11-04T15:22:41Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > (Oddly enough, people manage to refrain from **posting** out _genuine_ misspellings, like their, there and they’re. Or payed rather than paid.) Bolding mine. At least they _usually_ refrain. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1912 "2023-11-04T15:24:00Z")
_Not_ a misspelling, though. ---
**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 4, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1913 "2023-11-04T15:25:14Z")
You misspelled “knot”. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1914 "2023-11-04T15:26:56Z")
It’s all for naught. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1915 "2023-11-04T15:33:21Z")
…as the depressed Musketeer said to his colleague. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1916 "2023-11-04T15:42:37Z")
Not buying what you’re selling. If somebody said “Uniformed officers arrive at the scene” and somebody else said “You misspelled ‘uninformed,’” _that_ would work because the two words resemble each other AND the corrected word is funny and more truthful. People here at the SDMB are assumed to be too smart to mistake obviously different words for each other. Yes I understand it’s a joke. I understand it’s a BAD joke. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1917 "2023-11-04T15:48:22Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Yes I understand it’s a joke. But obviously you don’t understand how jokes work, when the criticism you are doubling down on is analogous to “that’s a ridiculous way to screw in a light bulb, that would never work”. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1918 "2023-11-04T15:55:50Z")
Triangulating a bit … A certain amount of tired cliché in-jokes are a welcome rhetorical seasoning that provides a sense of community and continuity. It’s part of our house style as a literary publisher. And, yes, eventually each and every one gets too old and too tired then falls by the wayside. We don’t often encounter “Hi Opal” or “1920s-style death ray” or “once for 20 minutes” these days. Those got too tired and have been retired by common usage, not by executive fiat. Evidently some people think “you misspelled” is too tired to use. Equally evidently, that is still a distinctly minority viewpoint since that cliché is used at least daily around here by a long list of somebodies. Myself sometimes included. One can choose to be irked, or choose to just eyeroll and move on. What IMO one can’t do is demand others change their habits. Or at least they can’t do that without encountering annoyed pushback. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1919 "2023-11-04T16:15:32Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > …choose to just eyeroll and move on… What? When there is a fight begging to be picked? I think not. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1920 "2023-11-04T16:24:01Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > One can choose to be irked, or choose to just eyeroll and move on. Aside from the live-and-let-live aspect, the advantage of the eyeroll approach over the irked lecture approach is that you don’t risk revealing that apparently you never _understood_ the joke the in the first place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=97)