# 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:** 1149
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22962 "2015-07-14T18:57:54Z")
[Oklahoma GOP compares food stamp recipients to wild animals.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/republicans-cant-stop-comparing-food-stamp-recipients-to-wild-animals-on-facebook/) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22963 "2015-07-14T20:04:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Oklahoma GOP compares food stamp recipients to wild animals.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/republicans-cant-stop-comparing-food-stamp-recipients-to-wild-animals-on-facebook/) When I scanned this thread and saw your post, I thought surely you must have meant “one specific GOP person in the state”, like, say, a county commissioner somewhere. I was surprised to find that in fact the comparison was made by the _official Twitter account of the fucking state Republican Party!_ And then, of course, I realized that I should not have been surprised at all. Still, it is … discouraging when supposed adults in leadership positions of a political party descend to this kind of dehumanizing, ignorant rhetoric. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22964 "2015-07-14T20:18:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Oklahoma GOP compares food stamp recipients to wild animals.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/republicans-cant-stop-comparing-food-stamp-recipients-to-wild-animals-on-facebook/) It’s an old line, I remember seeing it before. It’s also, surprise surprise, a big old lie on top of being highly offensive. Namely, the reason NPS don’t want people to give food to wild animals is not that it would “make them dependant on handouts” (like a bear is going to cross paths with enough food-giving tourists to survive on nothing but that, c’mon son) but that it would let them associate humans with tasty treats. Which in turn would increase the risk of them wantonly attacking humans to get at the tasty treats. So fuck you in the ear twice, Oklahoma GOP. Once for being sociopathic cunts and another for deliberately perpetuating ignorance. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22965 "2015-07-14T20:34:47Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > It’s an old line, I remember seeing it before. > > It’s also, surprise surprise, a big old lie on top of being highly offensive. Namely, the reason NPS don’t want people to give food to wild animals is not that it would “make them dependant on handouts” (like a bear is going to cross paths with enough food-giving tourists to survive on nothing but that, c’mon son) but that it would let them associate humans with tasty treats. Which in turn would increase the risk of them wantonly attacking humans to get at the tasty treats. I’m sure if you pointed that out to conservatives, they would say the point still stands, because who wants to risk being attacked by poor people looking for tasty treats?? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22966 "2015-07-14T20:54:26Z")
If only they could match up the hungry bears with the poor people … win win! ---
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22967 "2015-07-14T21:06:58Z")
Or the bears with the GOP. Even better! ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22968 "2015-07-14T21:19:51Z")
Baby steps, folks. > **[Anti-abortion crusader: God is punishing nonbelievers by sending mildly...](https://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/anti-abortion-crusader-god-is-punishing-nonbelievers-by-sending-mildly-annoying-weather-patterns/)** > > Anti-abortion activist Troy Newman of Operation Rescue warned recently that God was sending subtle "weather patterns" to punish nonbelievers. While speaking to the Crosstalk radio program, Newman explained to a caller that God's punishment for... > [@](#): > > While speaking to the Crosstalk radio program, Newman explained to a caller that God’s punishment for abortion might not come in the form of “some sort of cataclysmic judgment, like the Flood.” > > Instead, he predicted that it would come “one step at a time, one small step until the people groan so heavily and they return back to God and then they’re slowly restored.” > > “If you look at what’s going on in America…. **we’ve had some terrible weather patterns lately** ,” Newman pointed out. “Our economic clout has been taken away, the stock market is artificially inflated, there’s a lot of people that are predicting collapse there, the dollar is a fiat currency, is on shaky ground, our moral decay, our morals have decayed so far, the attack on Christians and people of faith.” > > According to Newman, “it’s easier to be a homosexual in this country than it is to be a Christian.” ---
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22969 "2015-07-14T21:29:20Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Baby steps, folks. > > [Anti-abortion crusader: God is punishing nonbelievers by sending mildly annoying 'weather patterns'](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/anti-abortion-crusader-god-is-punishing-nonbelievers-by-sending-mildly-annoying-weather-patterns/) I love the part where god caused a stock market bubble to punish our unrepented sins. He truly works in mysterious ways. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22970 "2015-07-14T21:31:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Oklahoma GOP compares food stamp recipients to wild animals.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/republicans-cant-stop-comparing-food-stamp-recipients-to-wild-animals-on-facebook/) They deleted the post after the ODHS came along and gave them a beatdown, have a look: [http://imgur.com/gallery/C3gSI](http://imgur.com/gallery/C3gSI) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22971 "2015-07-14T21:35:40Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > It’s an old line, I remember seeing it before. > > It’s also, surprise surprise, a big old lie on top of being highly offensive. Namely, the reason NPS don’t want people to give food to wild animals is not that it would “make them dependant on handouts” (like a bear is going to cross paths with enough food-giving tourists to survive on nothing but that, c’mon son) but that it would let them associate humans with tasty treats. Which in turn would increase the risk of them wantonly attacking humans to get at the tasty treats. > > So fuck you in the ear twice, Oklahoma GOP. Once for being sociopathic cunts and another for deliberately perpetuating ignorance. My oh-so-religious GOP SIL posted said offensive crap more than a year ago on FB. No wonder I cut off her news feeds. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22972 "2015-07-14T22:00:40Z")
[Trump campaign tweet features soldiers in Nazi uniforms.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/07/14/donald-trump-tweets-image-of-nazi-soldiers-inside-the-u-s-flag-then-deletes-tweet/) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22973 "2015-07-14T22:23:20Z")
Scott Walker’s [reaction to the recent decision by the Boy Scouts](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scott-walker-ban-gay-scout-leaders)to lift the ban on gay troop leaders: > [@](#): > > I have had a lifelong commitment to the Scouts and support the previous membership policy because it protected children and advanced Scout values. Protected children? Advanced Scout values? Did he say whether bigotry falls under being trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, or reverent? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22974 "2015-07-14T23:54:42Z")
Probably under reverent. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22975 "2015-07-15T00:09:27Z")
I tried my damndest, really did, got all the way up to where I was wrestling with “thrifty”, then I noticed what came next and thought maybe this just wasn’t for me. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22976 "2015-07-15T00:59:46Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Errr … cite? Is this why some find you annoying? Really, **septimus** , you’ve been here long enough to know there are educational prerequisites before posting on the SDMB. Tut, sir. I say, tut-tut. **elucidator** should also be punished for misspelling the Holy Name of Brian. Standards, children. We must have standards or Society will collapse. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22977 "2015-07-15T01:46:59Z")
Groovy. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22978 "2015-07-15T02:06:05Z")
You won’t think it’s so groovy when I suggest you get stoned. Wait a sec, I didn’t phrase that right. “When I suggest we stone you.” ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22979 "2015-07-15T03:43:51Z")
> [@](#): > > “it’s easier to be a homosexual in this country than it is to be a Christian.” Being [Born This Way](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_This_Way_(song)) is definitely easier, [You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ve_Got_to_Be_Carefully_Taught) requires some effort. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22980 "2015-07-15T04:31:09Z")
> [@](#): > > According to Newman, “it’s easier to be a homosexual in this country than it is to be a Christian.” He’s either dishonest or delusional. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22981 "2015-07-15T04:54:17Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > He’s either dishonest or delusional. He can’t be both? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1148) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1150)