# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1118
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22342 "2015-06-18T22:53:16Z")
We fought a war to keep that cesspool. Thanks, Lincoln. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22343 "2015-06-18T22:59:25Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > We fought a war to keep that cesspool. Thanks, Lincoln. No, Obama is responsible for Lincoln too. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22344 "2015-06-18T23:11:16Z")
[Michigan state legislator wants school officials held legally responsible for teaching students \*\*\*about \*\*\*homosexuality.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/michigan-gop-lawmaker-wants-school-officials-held-criminally-liable-teaching-students-about-) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22345 "2015-06-19T00:05:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Michigan state legislator wants school officials held legally responsible for teaching students \*\*\*about \*\*\*homosexuality.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/michigan-gop-lawmaker-wants-school-officials-held-criminally-liable-teaching-students-about-) “If some young person hears at school that it’s okay to be gay and then comes down with a fatal disease as a result,” Glenn said, “school officials should be held legally liable, individually and in their official capacities, financially and maybe even criminal”: Shouldn’t that apply to straights? Oh, that’s right, not going to get a fatal disease because - purity? :rolleyes: I guess educators are “screwed” either way:) ---
**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:** [June 19, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22346 "2015-06-19T00:07:59Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > “If some young person hears at school that it’s okay to be gay and then comes down with a fatal disease as a result,” Glenn said, “school officials should be held legally liable, individually and in their official capacities, financially and maybe even criminal”: > > Shouldn’t that apply to straights? Oh, that’s right, not going to get a fatal disease because - purity? Oh, they don’t want them teaching straight sex either. ---
**Author:** ![zoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22347 "2015-06-19T00:19:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Re: The Charleston shooting-All flags are at half mast at the state capitol…[except the confederate flag.](http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150618/PC16/150619374) This is insane. Is there really a significant number of people who don’t think this is insane? I’m floored ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22348 "2015-06-19T02:11:59Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Not explicitly Republican but c’mon: [Christian Homeowner Threatens Neighbor Over ‘Relentlessly Gay’ Rainbow Yard Lamps, Because Children](http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/_concerned_home_owner_warns_woman_relentlessly_gay_rainbow_lamps_don_t_belong_in_christian_neighborhood) [And here’s how the homeowner reacted.](http://www.salon.com/2015/06/18/baltimore_woman_responds_to_homophobe_by_making_yard_even_more_relentlessly_gay/) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22349 "2015-06-19T03:06:52Z")
> [@Christian](#): > > Myself and Others in the neighborhood ask that you Tone it Down. “Myself and Others” o\_0 _“Myself and Others”_ :dubious: _ **“Myself and Others”** _ 😕:eek::mad::mad::mad: I hope some of the relentless retaliation includes some punishment for THAT abomination. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22350 "2015-06-19T03:39:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I guess the fact that the shooter told the people in the church that he was killing them because they were trying to take over “our country” means that Christians were trying to take over our country, hm? I know I’ll get tin foil hat comments, but Christians have infiltrated the highest levels of government. I’ve even seen them wandering around neighborhoods trying to indoctrinate children. I don’t know why they just don’t go back to where they came from. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22351 "2015-06-19T05:27:52Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > I know I’ll get tin foil hat comments, but Christians have infiltrated the highest levels of government. I’ve even seen them wandering around neighborhoods trying to indoctrinate children. I don’t know why they just don’t go back to where they came from. “Tin foil hats,” eh? Reynolds Wrap notwithstanding, everyone knows that the finest tin foil comes from the Kaiser Aluminum Corporation. Got that? KAISER! That’s right, the same guy we taught a lesson to in 1918! There’s some infiltratin’ going on, all right, you betcha. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22352 "2015-06-19T06:34:04Z")
> [@zoo](#): > > This is insane. Is there really a significant number of people who don’t think this is insane? I’m floored Keeping the confederate flag around on any kind of pole supports the “old fashioned” ways. You know, whites got what they want. Separate beds in the bedroom, kids delivered by stork, your son winning the little league game got you a promotion and your wife baked cookies for the neighborhood upon announcement, Pat Boone is the best entertainer who gives us just the right amount of acceptable entertainment, the camera stays above Elvis’s waistline, finding a husband at a church picnic… As long as there’s a reminder of absolute backwards thinking, that dream is still alive. And, hey, like the kid said, they’re coming after us. Right? That stupid flag has to go the same way as the confederate dollar. Ten million of those are worth about ten cents. I put the confederate flag value just under the cheapest toilet paper, and I have allergies and like to shit a lot. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22353 "2015-06-19T06:57:52Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > “Tin foil hats,” eh? > > Reynolds Wrap notwithstanding, everyone knows that the finest tin foil comes from the Kaiser Aluminum Corporation. Got that? KAISER! That’s right, the same guy we taught a lesson to in 1918! > > There’s some infiltratin’ going on, all right, you betcha. _Tin_ foil from Kaiser _Aluminium_? Sounds like some kind of, oh, IDK, _conspiracy_ (because everyone should know by now that aluminum foil amplifies the mind control rays). ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22354 "2015-06-19T12:19:58Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Keeping the confederate flag around on any kind of pole supports the “old fashioned” ways. You know, whites got what they want. Separate beds in the bedroom, kids delivered by stork, your son winning the little league game got you a promotion and your wife baked cookies for the neighborhood upon announcement, Pat Boone is the best entertainer who gives us just the right amount of acceptable entertainment, the camera stays above Elvis’s waistline, finding a husband at a church picnic… > > As long as there’s a reminder of absolute backwards thinking, that dream is still alive. And, hey, like the kid said, they’re coming after us. Right? > > That stupid flag has to go the same way as the confederate dollar. Ten million of those are worth about ten cents. I put the confederate flag value just under the cheapest toilet paper, and I have allergies and like to shit a lot. A connected story–in response to some (probably) Republican Stupidity. [The Supreme Court decided](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/us/supreme-court-says-texas-can-reject-confederate-flag-license-plates.html?_r=0) that the State of Texas does _not_ have to put the Confederate Battle Flag on specialty license plates for the Sons of Confederate Veterans. > [@](#): > > Nine states have let drivers choose specialty license plates featuring the Confederate battle flag and honoring the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which says it seeks to celebrate Southern heritage. But Texas refused to allow the group’s plates, saying the flag was offensive. > > When Texas turned down the one featuring the Confederate flag, the board of the Motor Vehicles Department said, “A significant portion of the public,” the board said, “associates the Confederate flag with organizations advocating expressions of hate directed toward people or groups that is demeaning to those people or groups.” We’ve got a wide array of special plates available for a wide array of groups. I think the Sons can still have one–let them use Jefferson Davis’s ugly face. The Majority included the The Usual Liberal Justices–and Clarence Thomas! ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22355 "2015-06-19T14:12:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Republicans are trying to spin the Charleston shooting as an attack on Christians, not on blacks. Lindsey Graham specifically said that on The View this morning, and now [Rick Santorum is saying it](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/santorum-charleston-religious-liberty-shooting). > > [And FOX News is saying it now, too.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/06/18/fox_and_friends_on_charleston_shooting_it_s_extraordinary_that_they_re_calling.html) > > I guess the fact that the shooter told the people in the church that he was killing them because they were trying to take over “our country” means that Christians were trying to take over our country, hm? > > smh Can it be any more obvious that Fox and the Republican Party get their talking points from the same source? And doesn’t that show just how cynical and insincere they really are? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22356 "2015-06-19T14:30:09Z")
No secret - Roger Ailes and Turdblossom collaborate. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22357 "2015-06-19T16:11:24Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [And here’s how the homeowner reacted.](http://www.salon.com/2015/06/18/baltimore_woman_responds_to_homophobe_by_making_yard_even_more_relentlessly_gay/) The invisible relentlessly gay rainbow dragon on the roof just may be my new favorite thing. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22358 "2015-06-19T16:28:59Z")
I’ll admit I don’t generally trust reports of “I received an anonymous note that was super offensive and bigoted. Give me money.” ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22359 "2015-06-19T16:52:16Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Not explicitly Republican but c’mon: [Christian Homeowner Threatens Neighbor Over ‘Relentlessly Gay’ Rainbow Yard Lamps, Because Children](http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/_concerned_home_owner_warns_woman_relentlessly_gay_rainbow_lamps_don_t_belong_in_christian_neighborhood) > > > [@](#): > > > > A woman came home to find this note taped to her door: > > > > “Your yard is becoming Relentlessly Gay! Myself and others in the neighborhood ask that you Tone It Down. This is a Christian area and there are Children. Keep it up and I will be Forced to call the Police on you! Your kind need to have Respect for GOD.” > > > > It was signed, “A Concerned Home Owner.” That phrase, “relentlessly gay”, cracks me up. “It’s relentless. It just keeps being gay. It won’t stop being gay, no matter what!” Actually, it’s not relentless just yet. According to the neighbor it’s in the process of _becoming_ relentless. Is it even possible to be nearly relentless but not quite there yet? Can something be semi-relentless? ---
**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:** [June 19, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22360 "2015-06-19T16:57:53Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > That phrase, “relentlessly gay”, cracks me up. > “It’s relentless. It just keeps being gay. It won’t stop being gay, no matter what!” > > Actually, it’s not relentless just yet. According to the neighbor it’s in the process of _becoming_ relentless. Is it even possible to be nearly relentless but not quite there yet? Can something be semi-relentless? Sometimes it relents. “Could you please be a little less gay?” “Well, okay. Since you asked so nicely.” ---
**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:** [June 19, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22361 "2015-06-19T16:58:14Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > That phrase, “relentlessly gay”, cracks me up. > “It’s relentless. It just keeps being gay. It won’t stop being gay, no matter what!” > > Actually, it’s not relentless just yet. According to the neighbor it’s in the process of _becoming_ relentless. Is it even possible to be nearly relentless but not quite there yet? Can something be semi-relentless? Dare I say it? _Band Name!_ **Relentlessly Gay** would be a _great_ band name. Or an album name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1119)