# 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:** 185
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3681 "2026-03-17T19:53:46Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > There is a whole genre of porn involving “twinks” search at your peril, it is underage/just of age male gay boys acting. Woah, now. “Twink” subculture is often focused on looking young, but the goal is “early 20s,” not “underage.” The archetype is young, fit, slim, slightly effeminate, but still _adult._ It’s not even in the same category as “barely legal” porn - twinks aren’t deliberately coding as minors, the way you often see “sexy schoolgirls” in hetero porn. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3682 "2026-03-17T19:53:50Z")
That’s what I was thinking, too. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3683 "2026-03-17T20:07:37Z")
Good heavens! One hopes not. ---
**Author:** ![billy-jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3684 "2026-03-17T20:11:24Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I am 50 years old, I don’t believe I have ever seen a pager, except on TV Medical Dramas. > > I do get the reason the Palestinians who met an unfortunate demise fairly recently chose pagers. > > Probably no longer policy, though. I was required to carry a pager at one job more than thirty years ago. Not once did anyone ever call it, though. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3685 "2026-03-17T21:05:46Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Um, “detonating”? If you drop a nuke on someone, you are certainly donating it to them. If it explodes, well, that’s what they are designed to do. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3686 "2026-03-17T21:24:03Z")
> [@billy-jack](#): > > I was required to carry a pager at one job more than thirty years ago. As was I. It only went off once… while I was in court. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3687 "2026-03-17T21:34:13Z")
Timeout! Drug deal! ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3688 "2026-03-17T22:13:02Z")
Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) thinks you need to show ID in order to procreate. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mhbppcpuzc24)** > > Sen. Dave McCormick: "You have to have ID to have a child" ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3689 "2026-03-17T22:21:49Z")
Of course if they’ve banned abortion as they want to do, and have already mostly suceeded at, what are they going to do if you show up pregnant wo ID? Which “ID” they really mean as proof of citizenship, not proof of identity. So much consistency and winning from these moron losers. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3690 "2026-03-17T22:30:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) thinks you need to show ID in order to procreate. I think Walz said it best. [![](https://gifdb.com/images/high/tim-walz-weird-guys-3i8jdmyz205aft2u.gif) ](https://gifdb.com/images/high/tim-walz-weird-guys-3i8jdmyz205aft2u.gif) ---
**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:** [March 17, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3691 "2026-03-17T23:15:12Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) thinks you need to show ID in order to procreate. It couldn’t _possibly_ be because hookers are trying to make sure he’s not an undercover cop could it? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3692 "2026-03-18T17:34:03Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Good heavens! One hopes not. Another post snuck in before I got mine done. Unfortunate. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3693 "2026-03-18T18:36:45Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Woah, now. I do not need onowb anything nore tham I already know ---
**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:** [March 18, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3694 "2026-03-18T19:25:18Z")
Rand Paul has to explain to Markwayne “if CTE were a person” Mullin that dueling is illegal. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mhdo3rmit32z)** > > MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Dueling with two consenting adults is still there > > RAND PAUL: It's been illegal for 170 years! There's no precedent for legal dueling ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3695 "2026-03-18T19:53:54Z")
Even Zell Miller knew that! ---
**Author:** ![billy-jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@billy-jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy-jack)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3696 "2026-03-18T22:19:12Z")
> Dueling with two consenting adults is still there RAND PAUL: It’s been illegal for 170 years! There’s no precedent for legal dueling. I always chuckle over that famous duel challenged in New Orleans. From [Blacksmith Duel - Anvilfire](https://anvilfire.info/blacksmith-duel/) > ONE of the famous duelists of early New Orleans was Bernard Marlgny, a member of one of Louisiana’s oldest and most influential families, who was a master swordsman and a crack shot with a pistol. He was elected to the state Legislature in 1817 as a member of the House of Representatives and took an active and a leading part in the many disputes that arose between the Creoles and the Americans. At the same time Catahoula Parish was represented by James Humble, a blacksmith and a former resident of Georgia, who was noted for his great stature — he stood almost seven feet in his stockings. The Georgian replied to one of Marigny’s most impassioned speeches, and made various allusions so pointed and personal that the Creole considered himself grievously insulted, and challenged the blacksmith to a duel. Humble sought the advice of a friend. > > HUMBLE was assured that he would be mined both politically and socially if he declined to meet the Creole. His friend pointed out that as the challenged person the blacksmith had the choice of weapons and could so choose as to put himself on equal terms with his adversary. > HUMBLE considered the matter for a day or two and then sent this reply to Marigny: > > “I accept your challenge, and in the exercise of my privilege, I stipulate that the duel shall take place in Lake Pontchartrain in six feet of water, sledge-hammers to be used as weapons.” > > SINCE Marigny was less than five feet and eight inches tall and so slight that he could scarcely lift a sledge-hammer, this was giving Humble an equal chance with a vengeance. The Creole’s friends urged him to stand on a box and run the risk of having his skull cracked by the huge blacksmith’s hammer, but Marigny declared that it was impossible for him to fight a man with such a sense of humor. Instead he apologized to Humble, and the two became firm friends. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3697 "2026-03-18T22:30:44Z")
Similarly, the duel to which Otto von Bismarck challenged politician and scientist Rudolph Virchow: > [@](#): > > “Oh,” said the doctor, “a challenge from Prince Bismarck, eh? Well, well, as I am the challenged party, I suppose I have the choice of weapons. Here they are!” He held up two large sausages, which seemed to be exactly alike. ” One of these sausages,” he said, ” is filled with trichinae—it is deadly. The other is perfectly wholesome. Externally they cannot be told apart. Let His Excellency do me the honor to choose whichever of these he wishes and eat it, and I will eat the other.” Turns out that the sort of people who challenge others to duels never actually want a fair fight. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3698 "2026-03-18T22:35:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Rand Paul has to explain to Markwayne “if CTE were a person” Mullin that dueling is illegal. Yes, Markwayne is remarkably stupid. But Rand Paul’s point deserves underlining. MWM has proven himself on several occasions to be a physically combative person with low impulse control. Paul: > [@](#): > > “I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person **to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits on the proper use of force**.” (My bolding) > **['Low impulse control': GOP Sen. Paul confronts Trump’s DHS pick Markwayne...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/low-impulse-control-paul-attacks-152200906.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFix03smeWO86uA_NmOQFumBOg5HItoag44080t13R3z5aVm9WrEjiL1VNCYGZCouplKApxGNZjgNa3-PCwdecb9E-qVbM-CusaknjcNKjgAs0UlEhfuQWZC_bzgVyJhYVYltbRvMYUlWEc16MdX47wf14dHZGS4j2hxe8py95tC)** > > If his nomination passes, he could be confirmed as soon as next week. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3699 "2026-03-18T22:47:56Z")
> [@billy-jack](#): > > I always chuckle over that famous duel challenged in New Orleans. > > From [Blacksmith Duel - Anvilfire](https://anvilfire.info/blacksmith-duel/) Ah, perhaps that’s where Eric Flint got the idea. He wrote a novel where a Carolina coal- mining town is transported en masse to 1632 in the middle of Europe. It’s a time where aristocrats duel for any number of reasons. One of the characters is a really pretty cover country girl who is a crack shot with a rifle. Her boyfriend is a professional football player IIRC lineman. It was suggested that he should be careful because someone might be inclined to remove him as an obstacle to his girlfriend by challenging him to a duel. His response was to let out be known that anyone challenging him to a duel would face 20 lb sledgehammers as his weapon of choice. He was big enough to one- hand those. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3700 "2026-03-18T23:07:30Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Turns out that the sort of people who challenge others to duels never actually want a fair fight. Or one at all. [![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607d9bb64afcb51ff8ffa174/1646244688537-T3J09M78VSUPIEJBDCZU/March+2+-+Pique+rebuff+Simpsons+glove+slap.png) ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607d9bb64afcb51ff8ffa174/1646244688537-T3J09M78VSUPIEJBDCZU/March+2+-+Pique+rebuff+Simpsons+glove+slap.png) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=184) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=186)