# 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:** 154
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3061 "2026-01-30T05:52:45Z")
We don’t need urinals. Pee in a stall. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3062 "2026-01-30T05:59:42Z")
I like urinals. Sometimes I don’t have time to lock a door behind me. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3063 "2026-01-30T09:23:42Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Honestly, I had to flip a coin to decide if to put this post in this thread or the one for evil mfers. Oh they’re evil, but this is the best home for R stories. Cornyn’s latest anti-Muslim ad is complaining that Islam is behind terrorist attacks like the attack on “bon-dee” beach. Thus he is fighting to get rid of the tax- exempt status for the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), because “no American tax dollars should go to support terrorism”. How is CAIR a terrorist organization? Back in 2009, there was a federal case against another Muslim organization that provided funds to the Muslim Brotherhood, and CAIR was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator. No case was ever prosecuted against CAIR. But apparently those accusations are enough to link in R minds CAIR to the Muslim Brotherhood. Gov. Abbot designated the group a terrorist org in Texas. Le sigh. Hey Cornyn, I agree that no taxpayer funds should go to support terrorist organizations. Are you going to move to defund ICE and CBP? > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The stupidest part of this isn’t the hatred, but the unenforcibility. Unless you’re a recognizable person who is publically “out” as transgendered, how is anyone going to know? There are a lot of transgender people who are transitioning or who physically still look their previous gender. Those are the obvious targets of bathroom bills. I would assume government agencies would have access to identity information on their employees, including legal names and legal identity. Makes it easier to target them for enforcement. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3064 "2026-01-30T10:54:22Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I like urinals. Sometimes I don’t have time to lock a door behind me. So don’t lock the door. No one is forcing you. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3065 "2026-01-30T10:56:03Z")
Leaving the door open is sometimes my best and only option in an emergency where I just have to pee, and that feels wrong. It’s _loud._ Just partition the goddamn urinals and don’t look, just as men don’t look. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3066 "2026-01-30T11:09:22Z")
The people who are doing this allegedly for the protection of women, and more accurately the women going along with this, do not fear LOOKING. They fear RAPE. Aside from the jollies they get from controlling others, of course, and wanting to make trans people no longer exist, and trying to enforce their standards of femininity on women. Over and over the excuse is that they’re trying to protect women from assault. That is, rape. They seem convinced that if a man enters the women’s toilet mass rape will ensue. Or something. That the only intent a trans woman could possibly have to enter a women’s toilet is raping women, that it couldn’t possibly be about pissing, shitting, or just making sure one’s make up and hair are in order or washing one’s hands. ---
**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3067 "2026-01-30T15:13:03Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > So just make all restrooms inclusive to all genders, utilize ceiling-to-floor partitions between all stalls, and if you’re a woman, do what men do and don’t peek at a man using the urinals. Why does everything gotta be so goddamn complicated? The irrational terror is the point. ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3068 "2026-01-30T18:18:24Z")
I don’t care if they look. If seeing what I’ve got makes them feel better about what _they’ve_ got, I have made this a better world. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3069 "2026-01-31T16:15:08Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > They fear RAPE As you yourself point out, they don’t actually “fear rape”. It’s just the excuse they use to hurt both trans and cis women. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3070 "2026-01-31T16:42:35Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > They fear RAPE. No, they don’t. They fear that their little 2 incher will become a rock-hard 3-incher. They don’t want to be attracted to (gasp!) A MAN! ---
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3071 "2026-01-31T22:09:08Z")
The MEN fear either arousal, lack in comparison, or that someone else will get “their” women. The WOMEN who are applauding this bullshit do, in fact, fear rape. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3072 "2026-01-31T22:54:58Z")
Most of the fear is just free-floating fear of anything not exactly like themselves. Of course massively amplified by carefully targeted propaganda. Tell them they’re rugged and brave while carefully turning them into cringing cowards afraid ofveverything and soon you own their minds and souls ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3073 "2026-01-31T23:05:34Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Tell them they’re rugged and brave This phrase makes me think of a mommy tending to a toddler’s owie. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3074 "2026-02-01T02:08:43Z")
Yup. Toddlers in grown-up clothing. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2026, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3075 "2026-02-02T05:30:34Z")
Looks like Nancy Mace is expecting some bad news tomorrow. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l3zb5xqyd7oycsq677dilqno/bafkreicykw3xbhgtthugiwycxabokigelou4eu2j3nxv4rqdctjeh77ltu@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l3zb5xqyd7oycsq677dilqno/bafkreicykw3xbhgtthugiwycxabokigelou4eu2j3nxv4rqdctjeh77ltu@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3076 "2026-02-02T06:33:45Z")
Any idea what she’s talking about? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2026, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3077 "2026-02-02T06:52:36Z")
I assume we’ll find out tomorrow. My guess would be that some news outlet is preparing to break a scandalous story about her and contacted her for comment. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3078 "2026-02-02T07:10:42Z")
Nancy Mace. Heh heh. Anyone have a gif of Michael Jackson eating popcorn? My filing system isn’t what it used to be. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2026, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3079 "2026-02-02T08:23:39Z")
Oh, _that_ wackjob. I couldn’t figure out what Nancy Grace might be up to these days. Perhaps some scientist has come up with irrefutable proof that Mace is not, in fact, the center of the universe. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2026, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3080 "2026-02-02T08:28:48Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Anyone have a gif of Michael Jackson eating popcorn? My filing system isn’t what it used to be. [![](https://i.redd.it/ag94k7keylz91.gif) ](https://i.redd.it/ag94k7keylz91.gif) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=153) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=155)