# 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:** 287
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5721 "2026-09-24T12:02:18Z")
That last Tommy T bit about aviation furries is a real head-scratcher. Still trying to figure out where the hell he got that. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5722 "2026-09-24T12:06:03Z")
And yet it’s more likely to have a basis in reality than his comments about trans people. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5723 "2026-09-24T12:17:06Z")
I like to think that he asked some weird question of an airline pilot and got a sarcastic response involving furries. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5724 "2026-09-24T12:48:28Z")
“Joey, have you ever been to a furry convention?” ---
**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:** [September 24, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5725 "2026-09-24T14:12:54Z")
They’re more fun than Turkish prisons. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5726 "2026-09-24T14:14:00Z")
Not even morbid curiosity is enough to elicit a desire to inquire as to how you have a basis for comparison ---
**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:** [September 24, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5727 "2026-09-24T14:21:15Z")
Isn’t **LSLGuy** an airline pilot? I think that explains everything. /senatorpotato ---
**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:** [September 24, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5728 "2026-09-24T14:38:00Z")
Not every story a comedian tells is strictly factual. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5729 "2026-09-24T14:57:04Z")
I’m making my coffee this morning. My mom is out on the lanai watching the morning news. She floats an earnest question through the morning air, “Honey? Do you know what Furries are? What is it?” Didn’t need the coffee after that. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5730 "2026-09-24T15:13:56Z")
Oh, jeez. Thats gonna leave a mark… ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5731 "2026-09-24T15:20:16Z")
I mean, maybe someone showed him some Anime featuring catgirl stewardesses. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5732 "2026-09-24T16:05:17Z")
I know airline staff can party - they are not called “layovers” for nothing… but it would be really hard to squeeze in a change of uniform _and_ a full furry suit into the carry-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:** [September 24, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5733 "2026-09-24T19:28:28Z")
I’ll take Things That Never Happened for $600, Ken. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/bafkreicdd2is735vt2vbtmwkfwv75s7agjdhgihzdwdbnx4tn5k5iyejny) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/bafkreicdd2is735vt2vbtmwkfwv75s7agjdhgihzdwdbnx4tn5k5iyejny) ---
**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:** [September 24, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5734 "2026-09-24T20:17:50Z")
And immediately produced a recording of this right? _Right??_ ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5735 "2026-09-24T20:23:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’ll take Things That Never Happened for $600, Ken. I’ll take “CTE Is A Terrible Thing” for $800. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5736 "2026-09-24T20:34:59Z")
Oh FFS this is just [that silly air-traffic-control audio horseplay from back in fucking mid-April](https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/transportation/faa-investigating-after-pilots-heard-meowing-barking-over-radio-at-dca/4091524/). > [@](#): > > A snippet of air traffic control audio from Reagan National Airport has garnered million of views online because — no joke — two pilots were heard meowing and barking at each other. […] > > “Is it against the rules? Yeah. But doing 56 in a 55 is against the rules, too. But … doesn’t really impact much,” former JFK air traffic controller Steve Abraham said. > > Abraham, who worked at New York’s JFK Airport for nearly three decades, was known for his fair share of over-the-air banter over the years. […] > > […] the FAA says it’s now investigating, telling NBC News: “FAA regulations prohibit pilots from engaging in non-essential conversations when they’re below 10,000 feet altitude. Conversations must be related to the safe operation of the aircraft. The FAA investigates all situations where pilots mave have violated any regulation.” > > “They were just having a momentary joke,” Abraham said. “Sometimes a little levity reduces tension.” Senator Potato or his equally delusional and/or dishonest handlers have either misremembered or willfully misinterpreted this minor incident of half a year ago, and are desperately trying to spin it into some kind of credible (for idiots) evidence of an alleged pervasive _“airline industry FURRY CULTURE”_. Just pathetic. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5737 "2026-09-24T20:45:43Z")
My bet is “TRANS” isn’t reaching anybody new and is just turning people off or boring them now so he’s been tasked by his masters with trialling a new group to other right before the elections. And if/when it doesn’t gain traction, it’ll get dropped pretty fast ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5738 "2026-09-24T20:47:37Z")
By that logic Hugh Hefner was one of the biggest proponents of furry culture. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5739 "2026-09-24T20:49:17Z")
? Ya lost me. Referencing Playboy Bunnies perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5740 "2026-09-24T20:51:01Z")
Yes. If joking around by barking and meowing on airplane radio is a furry thing then so is putting women in bunny ears and little bunny tails. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=286) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=288)