# 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:** 169
**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 20, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3361 "2026-02-20T11:03:43Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Conversely, we could just attach little Jesus figures to the existing wind turbines. I don’t mean this to become a windmill fanatic thread… But Portuguese windmills typically have a number of small pots attached to the sails at different angles, so the Miller can hear the different notes indicated by the speed of the sails from inside without needing to stop doing his primary job. Back on topic… Slightly. My only reference to Jesus is the cult classic Plastic Jesus, which is good a reference to Donald Jesus-what-were-we-thinking Trump as is possible. Covered by many people [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PFhy8SSoVdk/maxresdefault.jpg "Allison Young & Joshua Lee Turner - Plastic Jesus (Official)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFhy8SSoVdk) ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3362 "2026-02-20T13:09:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Today I saw a bumper sticker that said “Normal isn’t coming back. Jesus is.” I had the impression the sticker’s owner thought that was a good thing. Yes, accelerationalism isn’t just for politics. There’s a strain of evangelical Christian eschatology that actively supports global instability, particularly in the Middle East, in the hopes of bringing about the end of the world a la the Book of Revelation. Naturally, that type supports Israel but hates Jews. Weird bunch. We’ve always had end of the world nutters in this country. It’s in our DNA - literally many of the Puritans thought the end of the world was nigh and the kingdom of Heaven on Earth would be in North America. Jesus’ failure to return has never stopped them or their successors from continuing to believe it was _really_ just around the corner _this_ time. But only recently we’ve decided it would be a good idea to give that sort massive political power as well. ---
**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 20, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3363 "2026-02-20T13:43:52Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The GOP have got you covered there too, albeit for children murdered in school shootings. Yep. Blessed are the shooters for they prove the Might way is the right way. Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3364 "2026-02-20T14:29:24Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Related to that is making BIG CROSSES, like the one in Groom, Texas: There are lots of those scattered around the country. They all look the same, as if they’re made out of aluminum siding. The one that I see most frequently is on Interstate 75 in Tennessee, which we see during trips to Gatlinburg. There used to be an adult video store right next to it, but they appear to have gone out of business. I guess the aluminum siding cross was more powerful. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3365 "2026-02-20T14:53:22Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Naturally, that type supports Israel but hates Jews. Well, they killed the Christ, spoiling Yahweh’s plan to have the Christ killed. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3366 "2026-02-20T14:55:52Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > There are lots of those scattered around the country. They all look the same, as if they’re made out of aluminum siding. Well, how can they prove how persecuted Christians are in this country unless there are giant crosses all over the place? ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3367 "2026-02-20T16:16:21Z")
You misunderstand. The proof of their persecution is all the lots that _don’t_ have giant crosses on them. Or so they would tell you. Idjits. ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3368 "2026-02-20T17:02:51Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > There are lots of those scattered around the country. They all look the same, as if they’re made out of aluminum siding. There’s one on I-5 in the southern part of Washington State, not too far north of Oregon. I can’t find any photos of it though. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3369 "2026-02-20T18:21:58Z")
There’s one in Indiana too. My wife and I see it driving to PA. And we laugh and laugh and laugh. And then the fear of these idiots sets in. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3370 "2026-02-20T18:47:58Z")
We used to stop by the 7-story Jesus in Eureka Springs, AR and drink beer. > **[Christ of the Ozarks](https://www.christoftheozarks.org/)** > > The Christ of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs, Arkansas is a monumental 7-story statue of Jesus Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3371 "2026-02-20T19:28:09Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > What are they gonna do, fire Colbert? It’s the FCC, so fine him heavily. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > What seems to me to be the obvious question is why does the Pentagon have a prayer service? Why can’t individuals pray on their own in private? "Because the only true Americans are Christian Americans, and then only if you don’t look too closely at their denomination or their personal lives. " “Because Gods needs to know we are true believers so he will protect our country from pandemics, wildfires, massive floods, and invasions from enemies like Greenland and Panama.” Because public prayer isn’t about talking to God, it’s about pressuring others to feel the need to participate in order to fit in. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > If you think God needs this to know you are faithful, you obviously don’t understand your own religion. No, they know their own religion pretty good. Not Jesus’s religion, but their own. Big cruise crosses and statues aren’t about showing faith to God. They are about showing how much better you are than your neighbors. They are about showing outsiders who is really in charge - pedophile priests, pastors, and youth counselors, money-grubbing, greedy “spiritual advisors”, and holier-than-thou hypocrites who want to micromanage your life for sins while sneaking around doing many more sins of their own - often the ones they are most adamant about stamping out. > [@enipla](#): > > Ok. I don’t get it. Hundreds of millions are wearing the symbol of the way Jesus was tourtured. It’s explanable within the religious context. Jesus’s suffering on the cross and death was a gallant gesture of love so that Jesus could pay the blood debt for all of humanity’s sins. So they are celebrating Jesus’s act of love. I know, that explanation holds many more confusing principals that don’t even make sense within the religion. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3372 "2026-02-20T19:56:00Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I know, that explanation holds many more confusing principals that don’t even make sense within the religion. The explanation has more holes in it than a colander. This is a repsonse to the religion, not you @Irishman . ---
**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:** [February 20, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3373 "2026-02-20T20:05:58Z")
It begs the question: If Jesus had supposedly been hung, would Christians proudly wear a little gold or silver noose around their necks? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3374 "2026-02-20T20:17:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If Jesus had supposedly been hung Now that’s something never discussed in catechism. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3375 "2026-02-20T23:24:06Z")
Does that make it an original sin? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3376 "2026-02-20T23:25:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It begs the question: If Jesus had supposedly been hung, would Christians proudly wear a little gold or silver noose around their necks? Drawn and quartered? Burned at the stake? ---
**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 20, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3377 "2026-02-20T23:26:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If Jesus had supposedly been hung, would Christians proudly wear a little gold or silver noose around their necks? A little noose-shaped pendant on a chain, I could see that. I don’t see us wearing a literal noose any more than we walk around nailed to crosses. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3378 "2026-02-20T23:28:39Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Now that’s something never discussed in catechism. It means that Willem Dafoe was playing the _looooong_ method acting game. ---
**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 21, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3379 "2026-02-21T00:04:47Z")
If I might hijack this thread about the nature of Christian iconography with a stupid Republican idea, Randy Fine apparently thinks Zohran Mamdani is going to ban dogs and wants Congress to pass a law to stop him. > **[Congressman Fine Introduces Legislation to Protect Puppies From Sharia](https://fine.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=167)** > > Today, Congressman Randy Fine introduced the Protecting Puppies from Sharia Act. The bill was filed in response to comments from an advisor to Zohran Mamdani, the Mayor of New York City, who stated that because owning a dog as a pet violates Islamic... ---
**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 21, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3380 "2026-02-21T00:27:57Z")
From that link, the slipperyist\* of slippery slopes argument. > [@](#): > > First, they come for our dogs, then our daughters and wives, then they come for every freedom-loving American. Also aren’t daughters and wives freedom-loving Americans too? Or is that reserved for men only? \* may not be a real word [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=168) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=170)