# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678 "2025-02-22T21:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 131
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2601 "2025-12-23T22:09:34Z")
Like me, you might be surprised to learn that Bari Weiss is a woman. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2602 "2025-12-23T22:11:53Z")
I didn’t know that either. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2603 "2025-12-23T22:16:00Z")
They just haven’t gotten around to mandating that people use “gender appropriate names” to prevent such confusion in the future. Not yet. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2604 "2025-12-23T22:46:42Z")
Good luck with that. My father-in-law is named Robin, and I had a long-term girlfriend once who I almost married named Robin. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2605 "2025-12-23T22:52:51Z")
After reading Weiss’s wiki, I’ve determined that she’s a gay, zionist, liberal conservative centrist. The most interesting tidbit was that she used to date Kate McKinnon, who should probably be our next president.i ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2606 "2025-12-23T22:53:20Z")
She’s forevermore known as “Bury” Weiss. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2607 "2025-12-24T01:19:35Z")
The Heritage Foundation is breaking apart, with most of its senior staff leaving to form a new group headed by Mike Pence (remember him?) after Heritage’s president defended Tucker Carlson’s calling around with white supremacists. [https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/top-heritage-officials-flee-to-mike-pences-nonprofit-as-think-tank-fractures-28765f2b](https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/top-heritage-officials-flee-to-mike-pences-nonprofit-as-think-tank-fractures-28765f2b) ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2608 "2025-12-24T01:47:28Z")
So they spent decades writing Fascist takeover plans and when the fascists finally showed up to implement their plans, suddenly _now_ they grow a conscience? WTF. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2609 "2025-12-24T03:39:40Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > WTF. > **[Don’t Have To Apologize For Being Popehat Anymore (@kenwhite.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3maone2yc7k2j)** > > Also where are we as a fucking country where the dude who thought ”Mulan” was fatally undermining Western civilization turns out to be the (relatively) principled conservative > > \[contains quote post or other embedded content\] ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2610 "2025-12-24T03:50:32Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > So they spent decades writing Fascist takeover plans and when the fascists finally showed up to implement their plans, suddenly _now_ they grow a conscience? Kind of like how all those wet dreams came in so useful the first time an actual woman invited me into her bedroom ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2611 "2025-12-24T04:13:26Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I suspect I’m not the only one. So ironically, by cancelling the story, Bari Weiss might have ensured that more people see the story than had done so otherwise. That is the same for me. Haven’t watched it in forever but I watched the leaked story. And, HOLY SHIT, what an awful place. I hope ICE Barbie, and everyone else involved in these evil doings, eventually face some sort of justice. Doesn’t seem like that will ever happen, but it should. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2612 "2025-12-24T05:42:36Z")
It’s this administration’s [Abu Ghraib.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse) ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2613 "2025-12-24T11:34:15Z")
Who says they don’t respect tradition? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2614 "2025-12-24T12:28:10Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > They just haven’t gotten around to mandating that people use “gender appropriate names” to prevent such confusion in the future. Not yet. Heh… Had a dog named Rozee. Have a cousin in-law named Rosie. “Rozee, go lay down.” Confused my cousin a bit. Don’t blame her. Had a dog named Dave once too. Don’t go around the neighborhood yelling his name… ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2615 "2025-12-24T12:33:45Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Incompetents are more loyal than those with talent or ability, because the incompetent have nothing to fall back on and are compelled to be loyal to the leader. When loyalty is selected for, incompetents move to the front of the line. Well said. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2616 "2025-12-24T12:40:43Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Incompetents are more loyal than those with talent or ability, because the incompetent have nothing to fall back on and are compelled to be loyal to the leader. When loyalty is selected for, incompetents move to the front of the line. Huh. I never really thought about that. And when the leader is also incompetent, well you get the current administration. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2617 "2025-12-24T13:17:15Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > When loyalty is selected for, incompetents move to the front of the line. > > Huh. I never really thought about that. And when the leader is also incompetent… I think this was best summed up by Trump himself when he said “Smart people don’t like me”. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2618 "2025-12-24T13:30:42Z")
Pretty funny. He told the truth and insulted himself. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2619 "2025-12-24T13:59:04Z")
Of course what he meant was that his mighty mind outshines all the smart people. So they’re humbled and embarrassed in his presence. Which are unfamiliar & unpleasant situations they’d rather avoid. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2620 "2025-12-24T14:27:33Z")
By all accounts, the stench of his mighty wind can fell grown men, so that much is true, at least [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=130) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=132)