# 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:** 224
**Author:** ![zoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4461 "2026-05-22T22:16:38Z")
Who the fuck is Matt Walsh? ---
**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:** [May 22, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4462 "2026-05-22T22:22:08Z")
See from another BBQ Pit thread, posted recently. > [@Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/7226): > > Anyway, my current candidates for stupid MF’ers in the news are notorious rightwing influencers Matt Walsh and Elon Musk, who are presently having highly online toddler tantrums about the alleged “wokeness” of director Chris Nolan casting Lupita Nyong’o to play Helen of Troy in his forthcoming film The Odyssey. Because of course no director could possibly be sincere in thinking a Black actress is qualified to portray a character renowned as the most beautiful woman in the world. roll_eyes (Ne… Right wing influencer (read: troll). ---
**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:** [May 23, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4463 "2026-05-23T06:46:34Z")
I don’t have a link for this, because it’s a personal anecdote about local events that isn’t likely to get news coverage. Five days a week, I take the bus to work and back. I have to take two buses - a 5-minute ride from my house to the downtown transit center, and a 35-minute ride from there to work. Earlier this month, the city revamped most of the bus routes and replaced the route I used to take to work with an express route that gets me there about 10 minutes faster, which is nice, but it means that instead of boarding that bus at the transit center I have to walk about a block and a half south into the heart of downtown, where the express route stops. Lately, there’s been some white supremacist chud hanging out on the corner near that stop most afternoons holding a cardboard sign that reads “THE HOLOCAUST IS A LIE”. He’s a public nuisance, but he’s got freedom of speech and he’s not breaking any laws. That’s the SRI. The remedy the community has come up with, however, is that at a group of about 5-or-6 downtown residents have banded together to watch for him showing up downtown, then follow him around and yell at him and harass him. They’ve had signs of their own with an arrow pointing at him saying things like “INCEL”, “I’M WITH UNHIREABLE”, and “LIVES WITH MOMMY”. Today one of the counter-protestors had a megaphone and was doxxing him to passers-by, reading off his full address and spelling his name, talking about his social media hate-posting, and giving details of his criminal record for petty vandalism in Arizona 10 years ago. They’ve pretty much made it their mission to give him absolutely no peace every time he comes into town (he doesn’t live IN Olympia, of course) and have clearly done their homework on the guy. It’s amusing as hell to see how dedicated some people are to doing everything they can to make Nazis miserable. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4464 "2026-05-23T13:30:41Z")
How dare they be so intolerant /s… ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4465 "2026-05-24T00:13:07Z")
Thats a great story!! Thank You! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4466 "2026-05-24T00:21:17Z")
[Of course he finds rape just _beep_ing _ **hilarious** _.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/maga-rep-sparks-outrage-crude-132636376.html) > [@](#): > > Republican Rep. Mike Collins has fired a top aide to his Senate campaign after he made a crude remark about a woman who accused former NBC host Matt Lauer of rape. > > The controversy erupted Friday after Luke Thompson, an adviser working for the Republican Derek Dooley’s campaign, shared polling that showed Collins’ lead in the GOP primary in Georgia had narrowed. > > “48 hours later, and the Collins lead has cut in half,” Thompson wrote on X. “Dooley beats [Democratic Sen. Jon] Ossoff. Collins can’t. Not hard to understand.” > > A “Mike Collins War Room” account run by his campaign fired back with a since-deleted response, “Matt Laurer’s [sic] sloppy seconds chiming in to take an L.” > > The exchange quickly went viral. The Georgia-based political reporter Greg Bluestein pointed out that Thompson’s wife had previously accused Lauer of rape and later attempted suicide. > > “Earlier today, a campaign advisor sent out a despicable and unauthorized Twitter comment using a Team Collins campaign account,” Collins said [in a statement](https://x.com/juliegraceb/status/2057952312895619225?s=46). “The statement was made without my knowledge or approval and in no way represents or reflects my values or the values of this campaign.” > > He added that staffing changes had been made “to ensure this type of behavior never happens again.” Yes, I know the article is about the aide, but I’ll believe the rep on this when he stops supporting the rapist occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4467 "2026-05-24T01:31:39Z")
For what it’s worth, I mentioned it to our instrumental music teacher, and he’s interested. Too late to get it in a concert this semester, of course, but maybe in the fall. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4468 "2026-05-24T12:38:27Z")
I think every school that chooses to play this song, if it gains any media attention, should dedicate their performance to the Watertown band, or at least find some way to name drop them. Make sure that every time a band plays the song, there’s a news report that ends with the line “Watertown school board members were contacted for an interview but did not respond”. Keep the heat on them until they step down. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4469 "2026-05-24T13:47:20Z")
[![](https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExMDE4enAwMmtsemNyOXJtcHBteTZiaW5tMHphNzVuazBqM2xuMnhwbiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/U5Vjhv8X1NImSoYaNH/giphy.webp) ](https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExMDE4enAwMmtsemNyOXJtcHBteTZiaW5tMHphNzVuazBqM2xuMnhwbiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/U5Vjhv8X1NImSoYaNH/giphy.webp) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4470 "2026-05-24T15:15:02Z")
👏 👏 👏 ---
**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:** [May 24, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4471 "2026-05-24T20:16:16Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Keep the heat on them until they step down. That’ll never happen. They’ll play the victim card, blaming Biden for their decision. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4472 "2026-05-24T22:04:41Z")
And now, here’s a lengthy, and honestly very interesting, essay about the extent to which right-wing thought and racism in America today is driven by, of all things, interracial porn. > **[The Interracial Cuck Porn Theory of Everything](https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-interracial-cuck-porn-theory-of-everything/)** > > Everything is gender, but to understand gender you must understand sex. ---
**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:** [May 24, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4473 "2026-05-24T22:10:55Z")
The White male fear of Black sexuality isn’t new, [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wpu68T_WRxY/maxresdefault.jpg "Where The White Women At 🤠 - Blazing Saddles 😂") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpu68T_WRxY) and that bit of cultural history is making a call-back that goes back centuries. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4474 "2026-05-25T13:03:08Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > The White male fear of Black sexuality isn’t new, I know it is an irrational fear, but seriously, fellow white guys? The reasons vary wildly but include insecurity, incel thoughts, nervousness, insufficient socializing with actual woman… the list goes on. Black guys are also nervous. They also have fears. They also get embarrassed by rejection. They are not one huge single category of people who want to “steal our women”; as if “our women” was ever an acceptable term. It is so weird. I grew up in a multicultural society (Zimbabwe), and live in a multicultural society (South Africa). I have dated both Black and White girls with different levels of success, but none correlating with skin colour. Some section of White Americans seem so stuck into the US equivalent of apartheid. So weird. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4475 "2026-05-25T13:40:26Z")
I think that society is sufficiently complicated that, in order to understand any part of it, you have to first understand all other parts. Racism is driven by fears of black sexuality, and fear of black sexuality is driven by racism, and both are driven by socioeconomic factors (that are also driven by both of those things), and gender relations also drive into and are driven into by those things, and so on. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4476 "2026-05-26T17:42:18Z")
Just when you thought RFK couldn’t possibly do any more weird serial killer shit with animals, he takes up snake-handling. > Kennedy [posted the video](https://x.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/2059273262220115998) to his X account Monday morning with a casual caption: “Cheryl cheerleads the removal of a pair of Black Racers from Dr. Oz’s patio.” > > The clip shows Kennedy picking up the two snakes — which appear to be in the middle of mating — and walking around with them as they bite him repeatedly. Hines can be heard begging her husband to let them go. > > “Moccasins. Those are dangerous!” Hines shouts in the video. > > “No, they’re not moccasins,” Kennedy calmly replies — correctly, as Black Racers are non-venomous — even as the snakes clamp down on him. > > “Are they biting?” Oz asks. > > “Yeah,” Kennedy says. > > The exchange only escalates from there. > > “Jesus, their mouths are huge,” Kennedy remarks as Hines dissolves into panic. > > “Bobby! Bobby! Please!” she cries. > **['Why is he like this?' RFK Jr. ridiculed as he's bitten in new wild animal stunt](https://www.rawstory.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-snakes/)** > > Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is once again going viral for an animal encounter — this time getting bitten repeatedly by snakes at the home of his subordinate, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr.... ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4477 "2026-05-26T18:20:38Z")
He’s off his rocker, but nobody on the right much cares because he’s against vaccines and they are against vaccines. Meanwhile, I never could have dreamed I would see something like this in my lifetime - a madman in charge of the health decisions of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4478 "2026-05-26T18:35:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Just when you thought RFK couldn’t possibly do any more weird serial killer shit with animals, he takes up snake-handling. As a former snake-owner (and handler), I now that having even non-venomous snakes bite you is Not A Good Idea. Snakes are known to carry Salmonella bacteria, and it’s in their digestive system. Even if you’re just handling snakes without bites it’s a good idea to wash your hands thoroughly afterwards. But having them bite you is a virtual invitation to infection. There are plenty of other infections you can get from snakebite, too: > **[Snakebite-Associated Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11066359/)** > > Snakebites still constitute a significant public health problem in developing countries and are considered a neglected tropical condition by the WHO. Snake accidents are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality and may produce secondary... ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4479 "2026-05-26T18:36:51Z")
He’s probably vaccinated against that though. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4480 "2026-05-26T18:37:17Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > Meanwhile, I never could have dreamed I would see something like this in my lifetime - a madman in charge of the health decisions of the United States. [![](https://scontent-sea5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/542758123_10104807347953035_7628488976836757337_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=2ArA0oFSAB8Q7kNvwFNGTQv&_nc_oc=AdqCAz5Q-RP_UGyeLrf48upbKAFx-gVkw0XLD8upwdlznfNfbvDV1b-gVhqniYniXFAltWD8C5xcYiEu6ZAjtMwp&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea5-1.xx&_nc_gid=eqwJ6F1aoAACGRYDDCp7pw&_nc_ss=7b2a8&oh=00_Af6rb8y9N9eUt_Mcp1c4dLWQ0NTADlgV1IOsLh1A0ynAmg&oe=6A1BC2A5) ](https://scontent-sea5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/542758123_10104807347953035_7628488976836757337_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=2ArA0oFSAB8Q7kNvwFNGTQv&_nc_oc=AdqCAz5Q-RP_UGyeLrf48upbKAFx-gVkw0XLD8upwdlznfNfbvDV1b-gVhqniYniXFAltWD8C5xcYiEu6ZAjtMwp&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-sea5-1.xx&_nc_gid=eqwJ6F1aoAACGRYDDCp7pw&_nc_ss=7b2a8&oh=00_Af6rb8y9N9eUt_Mcp1c4dLWQ0NTADlgV1IOsLh1A0ynAmg&oe=6A1BC2A5) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=223) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=225)