# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4)

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**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")\
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**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:** [March 12, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/3594 "2026-03-12T21:35:05Z")

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> [@scudsucker](#):
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> > [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> > This whole “theater kid” insult is idiotic
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> It is hardly an insult.My uncle and his son were both, at one stage, “theater kids”, now “theater performers” and have performed in the Cirque du Soleil.
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> Not sure why you take offense. There are chess kids, football kids, math kids, and yes, theater kids. My own son is a bit of a polymath, so I group him in my own space, “nerd kids” - although he is more intelligent than I am.
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> (Not that a football player can’t also play chess or vice versa)

Note that _I_ have no particular problem with theater kids, but apparently New Hampshire state representative Travis Corcoran does. He said, “We need a final solution for theater kids in politics.” Later, he said, “We really do need to purge theater kids from any role that puts them anywhere near levers of power. Reality is a hard problem and you children are incapable of dealing with it.” See post 3556 in this thread.

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