# 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:** 162
**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:** [February 11, 2026, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3221 "2026-02-11T04:57:55Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Jesse Watters complains about experiencing consequences for his actions. How does he know I’m a fascist? [![](https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/61c358d937b4f754b92b12de/master/pass/Watters.jpg) ](https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/61c358d937b4f754b92b12de/master/pass/Watters.jpg) He watches your show. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR8kmn27i8ZjngwXr5Rt77IF6qwdXjsRop_hg&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR8kmn27i8ZjngwXr5Rt77IF6qwdXjsRop_hg&s) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3222 "2026-02-11T06:32:16Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > For the most part MAGA aren’t exactly known for being the most cultured of folk. In the extreme unlikelihood that they found themselves in an Opera house I have no doubt that they would in fact complain that it wasn’t sung in English. I actually saw a MAGA address this by stating that operas always have a program with translations. Not being an opera fan myself, I googled it and apparently that used to be the case, but these days the opera houses project subtitles above the stage or on seat-back screens. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2026, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3223 "2026-02-11T09:18:57Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I actually saw a MAGA address this by stating that operas always have a program with translations. Not being an opera fan myself, I googled it and apparently that used to be the case, but these days the opera houses project subtitles above the stage or on seat-back screens. They do indeed (and - fun fact - subtitles above the stage are actually “supertitles”). I wouldn’t have minded subtitled translations for the Superbowl show, but it’s not worth clutching my pearls over. ---
**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 11, 2026, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3224 "2026-02-11T09:20:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > They do indeed (and - fun fact - subtitles above the stage are actually “supertitles”). They’ve been a thing since at least the ‘90s when my high school English class went on a couple of field trips to the opera. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3225 "2026-02-11T11:35:58Z")
Proof that they have absolutely nothing to do. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3226 "2026-02-11T14:08:54Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I wouldn’t have minded subtitled translations for the Superbowl show, but it’s not worth clutching my pearls over. We turned on the closed captions, and they showed every word he was singing… …in Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3227 "2026-02-11T14:30:17Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I would wager that they overwhelmingly are, which just reinforces how racism is the whole point of their objection. Just popping in to say no, opera singers are not “overwhelmingly” white. Probably more are than not, but there are plenty of non-white opera singers. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3228 "2026-02-11T15:45:10Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > In the extreme unlikelihood that they found themselves in an Opera house I have no doubt that they would in fact complain that it wasn’t sung in English. I’ve been to a couple of short operas in English. It’s a lot harder to make a good rhyme than in Italian. > [@Gyrate](#): > > I wouldn’t have minded subtitled translations for the Superbowl show, but it’s not worth clutching my pearls over. I have a smattering of high school Spanish left over from my teens along with what I pick up in an area with a significant Spanish-speaking population, and I caught some bits and pieces of the singing, but I thought the visuals were more than plenty for non-language-understanders to get something out of the performance, even if it wasn’t a literal translation of the words sung/rapped. ---
**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 11, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3229 "2026-02-11T16:33:24Z")
And boy was the message of that visual exactly what the RW trolls hate to see. Brown people of every shade getting along with each other, and with white people, while all are acting like the normal happy friendly people they are. Not like the depraved monsters the RW propaganda machine has tried so hard for 30 years to portray them as. No wonder the the usual RW ~~talking~~ spewing heads are incensed. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3230 "2026-02-11T16:35:45Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I feel about Bad Bunny like I feel about opera. I have no idea what the fuck they’re singing, but it sounds pretty good, and I enjoy it. Last week I remembered that I had a cassette album by Menudo as a kid in the 80s. I played the crap out of that tape but didn’t understand one word. (I think it was _A Todo Rock_, so I would have been maybe 6. Puerto Rican music is _good_.) Edit: Ten seconds into listening to the opening track on YouTube, 100% it was _A Todo Rock_. Hadn’t heard in 40 years, but it’s unforgettable. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3231 "2026-02-11T16:38:13Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Brown people of every shade getting along with each other, and with white people, while all are acting like the normal happy friendly people they are. And being shown as hard workers, and business owners/operators. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3232 "2026-02-11T16:49:20Z")
“Well, basically there are two sorts of opera," said Nanny, who also had the true witch’s ability to be confidently expert on the basis of no experience whatsoever. "There’s your heavy opera, where basically people sing foreign and it goes like “Oh oh oh, I am dyin’, oh I am dyin’, oh oh oh, that’s what I’m doin’”, and there’s your light opera, where they sing in foreign and it basically goes “Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!”, although sometimes they drink champagne instead. That’s basically all of opera, reely.” - Nanny Ogg, _Maskerade_, Terry Pratchett ---
**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:** [February 11, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3233 "2026-02-11T17:05:18Z")
Not Pratchett but I’ve see a definition of opera being, “When you get stabbed, instead of dying you sing.” ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3234 "2026-02-11T17:41:46Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > Brown people of every shade getting along with each other, and with white people, while all are acting like the normal happy friendly people they are. > > And being shown as hard workers, and business owners/operators. And getting married. It’s almost like Puerto Ricans have American values! ---
**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:** [February 11, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3235 "2026-02-11T18:58:03Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > American values …if only they were. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3236 "2026-02-11T20:21:04Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > “Problem” in the sense it was Kendrick Lamar rapping. Whites have got to white about it. _\>ahem\<_ Plenty of White people are either fans of or indifferent to Lamar. Did you mean to say “Bigots have to bigot about it”? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3237 "2026-02-11T22:55:21Z")
I’m white, but yeah, that’s the sentiment. ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3238 "2026-02-13T07:31:21Z")
Senator John Husted (R-OH) accepted thousands of dollars in “donations” from Epstein accomplice Les Wexner, then voted against releasing the Epstein files. > **[Husted took donations from Epstein co-conspirator Les Wexner, then voted to...](https://tiffinohio.net/posts/husted-took-donations-from-epstein-co-conspirator-les-wexner-then-voted-to-block-file-release/)** > > Campaign records show Sen. Jon Husted took $116,892 from Les Wexner since 2001, including months before voting to block release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3239 "2026-02-13T09:51:46Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > it’s that it is Latin music in Spanish. As I was a choir boy throughout my High Anglican school career, I have sung in Latin, French and Spanish - albeit I did not understand them. (The Latin was easier, because it was mostly biblical stuff, so I could read my school issued Bible for a reference); This board inspired me listen to Miley Cyrus, whose music I don’t like, but her lyrics and emotional delivery are pretty powerful, (albeit in English.) I am now going to go find Bad Bunny’s tracks on my Spotify account as a small “fuck you” to Trump, in order to slightly increase his wealth. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3240 "2026-02-13T11:44:36Z")
Received this meme from Benny Johnson (fuck knows why I get served this shit). With a caption that included _“America changed the channel on Bad Bunny’s Anti-American Halftime Show that wasn’t in English”_ So, sorry folks, but it seems for the first time ever less than 100% of football fans watched all the non-football stuff. (Assuming the data is even real of course) > **[HA1b Az Cbw AALo Jr hosted at ImgBB](https://ibb.co/cXTgBVy0)** > > Image HA1b Az Cbw AALo Jr hosted on ImgBB [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=161) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=163)