# 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:** 264
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5261 "2026-07-31T11:17:31Z")
What I’m saying, is that anyone who hates Blacks or Hispanics, also hates Jews; anyone who hates LGBTQ people, also hates Jews; and anyone who hates Muslims, also hates Jews. Jews should never trust anyone who hates other groups, even if they claim to be our friends. Does anyone here disagree? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5262 "2026-07-31T11:24:47Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > anyone who hates Blacks or Hispanics, also hates Jews; anyone who hates LGBTQ people, also hates Jews; and anyone who hates Muslims, also hates Jews. If by “anyone” you mean “any non-Jew”, then sure, although that seems like a weird way to phrase it. More importantly, though, I think that @Broomstick is right that bigotry defaults tend to embrace a lot of other groups as well. As in, a non-gay person who hates Blacks also hates gays, etc. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5263 "2026-07-31T11:33:16Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I think that @Broomstick is right that bigotry defaults tend to embrace a lot of other groups as well. As in, a non-gay person who hates Blacks also hates gays, etc. Absolutely. But as a straight white cis Jew, the most likely reason they will go after _me_ is that I’m a Jew. And that’s a thing a lot of Jews think about. I’m also a member of some gay organizations and I’ve “promoted the trans gender lifestyle”, so i suppose i could be on the blocks for that, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5264 "2026-07-31T11:55:54Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > But as a straight white cis Jew, the most likely reason they will go after _me_ is that I’m a Jew. True, a lot of us are used to “passing” in the straightwhitecis “default space” more readily than non-straight, non-white, or non-cis people are able to. But “passing” doesn’t equate to “safe”. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5265 "2026-07-31T12:00:39Z")
[![](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8dfed3f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1154x892+0+0/resize/2308x1784!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F85%2Fe7%2F16e1329047e0955fece256b35411%2Fimg-2047.jpg) ](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8dfed3f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1154x892+0+0/resize/2308x1784!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F85%2Fe7%2F16e1329047e0955fece256b35411%2Fimg-2047.jpg) > **[Waukesha County Supervisor Robert Kolb calls for 'public execution' of Dr....](https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/in-your-community/waukesha-county/waukesha-county-supervisor-calls-for-public-execution-of-dr-fauci-then-deletes-post)** > > Waukesha County Supervisor Robert Kolb called for the "public execution" of former chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci on Facebook, then removed the post — prompting calls and emails to TMJ4 News. > After deleting the post, Kolb wrote in another Facebook comment on his page: “I stated that Fauci should be executed for his crimes…. I guess these people think I am going to be upset & bothered by these phone calls. I couldn’t be laughing any harder.” > TMJ4 News reporter Rebecca Klopf called Kolb about the post. He repeatedly declined to comment on any of her questions ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5266 "2026-07-31T12:17:59Z")
I like how his response is basically “I’ve already called for the public execution of the target of a right-wing smear campaign, so I don’t know why anyone assumes I’m capable of any shame or remorse”. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5267 "2026-07-31T13:20:54Z")
A fair number of anti-LBGTQ/ani-Hispanic/anti-Muslim bigots are perfectly fine with Jews, as long as the men’ hats are black enough. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5268 "2026-07-31T13:25:16Z")
I dunno… In a lot of cases, if you just slightly scratch the surface of that “OK with Jews”, you’ll find things like “Jews have to survive until the End Times so they can all be nuked at once to fulfill the prophecies in my Bible fanfic”. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5269 "2026-07-31T13:26:30Z")
Hmmm, there’s a difference between _“accepting as political strange bedfellows”_ and _“perfectly fine with”_, though. Would they want their daughter to marry one? [ETA: yeah, and what @Chronos said.] ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5270 "2026-07-31T13:30:17Z")
Still, a bit of a digression. The point is EVERYBODY is on the list. At first, it’s the usual suspects. But as soon as those are gone, some folks who thought they were “IN” suddenly find they are not. Eventually, it turns out there was never really much of an in-group at all. Just a bunch of deluded mini-leopards who get their faces eaten by bigger leopards. Y’all can keep playing “which victim group has it worse” all day long but in the long run, it’s going to be a philosophical debate nobody will be left to play or care about ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5271 "2026-07-31T13:36:58Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I like how his response is basically “I’ve already called for the public execution of the target of a right-wing smear campaign, so I don’t know why anyone assumes I’m capable of any shame or remorse”. And, really, all he had to say, if he wanted to do a bit of damage control, is something along the lines of “I’m sorry everyone, I shouldn’t have posted that. I was irritated about something unrelated and as much as I dislike Dr Fauci, that was over the line and was never meant to be taken seriously”. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5272 "2026-07-31T13:55:42Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Hmmm, there’s a difference between _“accepting as political strange bedfellows”_ and _“perfectly fine with”_, though. True, it’s a thin line. > [@Kimstu](#): > > Would they want their daughter to marry one? Well, exactly - there’s no danger of their daughter marrying a Haredi Jew, because they never marry out. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5273 "2026-07-31T14:04:50Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > And, really, all he had to say, if he wanted to do a bit of damage control, is something along the lines of “I’m sorry everyone, I shouldn’t have posted that. I was irritated about something unrelated and as much as I dislike Dr Fauci, that was over the line and was never meant to be taken seriously”. Telling MAGA that a demand for a hated figure’s public execution—even in the case of a non-criminal who hasn’t even been credibly accused of any illegal action—was not meant seriously is bound to anger and alienate at least half the base. For MAGA, being egregiously and ludicrously in the wrong means you double down, not back down. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5274 "2026-07-31T14:12:08Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > if he wanted to do a bit of damage control “If”. He doesn’t care what non-MAGAs think about this, and the MAGAs love it. As far as he’s concerned, there’s no “damage” that needs controlling. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5275 "2026-07-31T14:36:56Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > “If”. Correct, I originally didn’t include the “if he wanted to do a bit of damage control” part. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5276 "2026-07-31T20:47:18Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > For MAGA, being egregiously and ludicrously in the wrong means you double down, not back down. So true. Off-topic, but as I didn’t recognize “Waukesha County” (even if I should have) I put in Google search the phrase “Waukesha County Supervisor Robert Kolb.” And Google Search has become so sophisticated about NOT giving ANY information in the hits it generates–forcing users to click on at least one of the hits to get any additional information–that only one of the 24 I looked at mentioned that the county is in Wisconsin! Well done, Google, you Evil Bastards! ( 🫡) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5277 "2026-08-01T01:03:29Z")
Fox News host claims pigeons don’t lay eggs. > **[Fox News host learns pigeons actually do lay eggs in brutal fact check to his...](https://www.rawstory.com/pigeon-eggs/)** > > A Fox News anchor had to get a humiliating fact check from one of his guests after blundering on basic biology.Will Cain had on Matt DuBoise of Carolina Coops, a poultry coop manufacturer in North Carolina, to talk about boxing legend Mike Tyson's... ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5278 "2026-08-01T01:35:30Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > What I’m saying, is that anyone who hates Blacks or Hispanics, also hates Jews; anyone who hates LGBTQ people, also hates Jews; and anyone who hates Muslims, also hates Jews. Jews should never trust anyone who hates other groups, even if they claim to be our friends. Does anyone here disagree? Yes, I disagree. I have personal experience of people who hate black people who genuinely do like and respect Jews. Ditto for anti-LGBTQ people but still OK with Jews. Do a lot of people hate Jews? Yes. But not _everyone_ hates Jews. While bigots tend to hate more than one group it is possible to be gentile, a bigot, but not bigoted towards Jews. Not as common as bigots that hate multiple groups including Jews, but they do exist. Please note I do NOT say we should trust bigots of any sort. I am disagreeing with the notion that someone who hates a particular group will _automatically_ hate Jews as well. Truth is, there are some bigots that don’t think about Jews at all, just the particular group(s) they hate. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > Absolutely. But as a straight white cis Jew, the most likely reason they will go after _me_ is that I’m a Jew. And that’s a thing a lot of Jews think about. Yes. That is true. On the other hand, if you were a straight _black_ Jew in the US being targeted for being black might be as likely or even more likely than being Jewish. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5279 "2026-08-01T01:51:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I dunno… In a lot of cases, if you just slightly scratch the surface of that “OK with Jews”, you’ll find things like “Jews have to survive until the End Times so they can all be nuked at once to fulfill the prophecies in my Bible fanfic”. Not all bigots are that sort of Christian. > [@Kimstu](#): > > Hmmm, there’s a difference between _“accepting as political strange bedfellows”_ and _“perfectly fine with”_, though. Would they want their daughter to marry one? My racist in-laws were OK with their male relative marrying one (me). Despised black people, were perfectly fine with me. Probably more bothered by me being a Yankee, proudly discussed the one certain and a suspected Jew back a few generations in the family tree. But, really, the point is: > [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > The point is EVERYBODY is on the list. > > At first, it’s the usual suspects. But as soon as those are gone, some folks who thought they were “IN” suddenly find they are not. Eventually, it turns out there was never really much of an in-group at all. Just a bunch of deluded mini-leopards who get their faces eaten by bigger leopards. > > Y’all can keep playing “which victim group has it worse” all day long but in the long run, it’s going to be a philosophical debate nobody will be left to play or care about > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Well, exactly - there’s no danger of their daughter marrying a Haredi Jew, because they never marry out. While rare, there are converts. I do know a formerly Southern Baptist woman who converted to Judaism and married into a Lubavitch community. Is a still there, now a matriarch in the community with grands and great-grands. So yes, it is _possible_ for their daughter to marry a Haredi Jew but she would need to convert first. That is NOT an easy or quick task. I’d say her family of origin was one that didn’t care for black people but hadn’t largely thought about or formed an opinion about Jews. Pretty unusual and even, dare I say, unlikely but not only possible but it has occurred. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5280 "2026-08-01T03:34:03Z")
That fucker, Robert Kolb? Who wants Fauci executed? Here’s his email - [RKolb@waukeshacounty.gov](mailto:RKolb@waukeshacounty.gov) (acquired from Facebook) With the hopefully-innocuous-enough email title “question about Manitowoc County”, I shared the following: _oh hey Rob,_ _Just wondering if all the administrators in Manitowoc County are as much a buncha willfully pig-fucking-ignorant, fascist pieces of worthless podunk shit as you are._ _Hey have a good haha laugh over that too, right? A-ha-ha-ha!_ _Remember these very words…let them marinate into your psyche, let them define you, when you’re sleeping, or shitting, or just about anything, and remember them until your death, which will, without question, be miserable, Fuzznuts._ _Evil assholes seldom have good endings._ Doubting I’ll get a response, but if so - might have to engage in a bit of pig mud wrestling, which is something I rarely engage in, but this might be a fun little avenue to blow off some steam. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=263) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=265)