# 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:** 87
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1721 "2025-10-11T11:50:20Z")
They know it’s a handy scapegoat like “woke”, and they’re all on the same page about that. It’s really weird, they give it a false meaning, because they do know the correct one. When these guys start referring to themselves as fascists, perhaps then it will be time that they decide to drop the willful pretense. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1722 "2025-10-11T20:18:56Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > They don’t understand that there is no ‘antifa’ organization. They don’t understand it’s a philosophy. Or perhaps a political stance. They have no idea what it stands for. I’ve seen a number of posts on FaceBook pointing out that the original “antifa” activity took place during WWII. Pictures of Eisenhower and American soldiers are prominent. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1723 "2025-10-11T20:21:00Z")
Just think; join Antifa and, like Dwight Eisenhower, you could ascend to the top of the military and possibly the White House. How’s that for a recruiting slogan? ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1724 "2025-10-11T21:09:52Z")
Saw a report that the wife of the founder of Antifa had been captured. They should put Mamie Eisenhower”s body back where it belongs, damn it! ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1725 "2025-10-11T21:20:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Saw a report that the wife of the founder of Antifa had been captured. I heard “girlfriend.” Not that it matters when you’re making up shit. Various versions of this abound: [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wpww4ofuuemhemplf3vhu3nj/bafkreihh2uin7zoqdxld4kq5vvvrqq6zwndh7liunse7otkhr3pvymy66i@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wpww4ofuuemhemplf3vhu3nj/bafkreihh2uin7zoqdxld4kq5vvvrqq6zwndh7liunse7otkhr3pvymy66i@jpeg) ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1726 "2025-10-11T21:25:40Z")
A wag on Bluesky tweeted “Girl friend in anitfa. I know. I know, it’s serious.” ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1727 "2025-10-11T21:28:56Z")
Actually it wasn’t his girlfriend. It was this girl who knows a person who used to go to school with someone who worked with his girlfriend’s sister. But they got her. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1728 "2025-10-11T21:36:39Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > A wag on Bluesky tweeted “Girl friend in anitfa. I know. I know, it’s serious.” More Antifa sarcasm you (and we) may enjoy: > **[Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/mrsbettybowers.bsky.social/post/3m2wuj5yut22a)** > > Just got my CAVA bag stuffed with cash from George Soros to attend the #NoKings rally on October 18th. Still waiting to hear from Antifa headquarters if one of their corporate jets is available. Otherwise, I'll use my Delta "American Terrorists As... ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1729 "2025-10-11T22:21:51Z")
I love Mrs. Betty Bowers! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1730 "2025-10-11T23:44:55Z")
I have a neighbor who makes signs. I had him make me one for my front window. It’s been up for about 3 weeks and not one comment or egg thrown so far. It reads; I am Anti-Facism. Aren’t you? I need to get him to make another one on a post for the No Kings rally. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1731 "2025-10-12T02:28:53Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Facism I’m in favor of faces! 😉 ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1732 "2025-10-12T02:38:54Z")
Are you, by any chance, a leopard? I hear thay also like faces. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1733 "2025-10-12T09:02:48Z")
I have become much too dependent on the red line when I’ve mis-spelled something and I’m not happy about it. The sign is spelled correctly. sigh Someday I’ll need to make a list of my most embarrassing mistakes on the dope. Oy, I’m gonna need a bigger notepad. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1734 "2025-10-12T12:20:26Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I have a neighbor who makes signs. I had him make me one for my front window. It’s been up for about 3 weeks and not one comment or egg thrown so far. > > It reads; I am Anti-Facism. Aren’t you? > > I need to get him to make another one on a post for the No Kings rally. I’m planning to make a sign for the next rally that says: ANTIFA = ANTI-FASCIST ANTI-ANTIFA = FASCIST I mean, it seems obvious but I guess you just have to spell it out for some people. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1735 "2025-10-12T13:42:45Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I mean, it seems obvious but I guess you just have to spell it out for some people. They won’t understand that AT ALL. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1736 "2025-10-15T00:05:43Z")
Court restrains Florida Congressturd from stalking his former girlfriend. > A circuit court judge on Tuesday ordered Central Florida Congressman Cory Mills not to come within 500 feet of his ex-girlfriend and said in his ruling that the reigning Miss United States is “a victim of dating violence". > … > > The couple started dating in November 2021, when she was 22 years old and Mills was 41, married and the father of a young child. > **[Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/14/judge-grants-ex-girlfriend-restraining-order-against-rep-cory-mills/)** > > A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1737 "2025-10-15T02:52:04Z")
Speaker Mike Johnson calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing I’ve seen yet’ > **[U.S. House Speaker calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing...](https://www-oregonlive-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/us-house-speaker-calls-portland-naked-bike-ride-most-threatening-thing-ive-seen-yet.html?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&outputType=amp&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17604965644090&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oregonlive.com%2Fportland%2F2025%2F10%2Fus-house-speaker-calls-portland-naked-bike-ride-most-threatening-thing-ive-seen-yet.html)** > > "The most threatening thing I’ve seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there," said U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Tuesday. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1738 "2025-10-15T03:06:45Z")
Maybe he should put down the binoculars. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1739 "2025-10-15T13:05:05Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Speaker Mike Johnson calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing I’ve seen yet’ He’s right though. That IS the most threatening thing he’s seen. Naked people on bicycles riding in view of armed and armored federal agents. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1740 "2025-10-15T13:21:55Z")
> Speaker Mike Johnson calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing I’ve seen yet’ … and he just wishes he could’ve got a better view. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=88)