# 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:** 1324
**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:** [January 3, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26462 "2016-01-03T05:26:24Z")
Twitter has decided that they are going to start cracking down on extremists’ Tweets. [And Fox news is worried that the extremist Tweets their ilk produce will be some of the craziness that gets removed.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/01/02/what-twitter-just-did-to-right-wingers-makes-them-look-even-more-like-terrorists-video/) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26463 "2016-01-03T08:03:48Z")
And in today’s latest news for throat-cramming enthusiasts…Justice Antonin Scalia says the Constitution favors the religious. Which is why the government doesn’t have to be “neutral” on the question of religion. And shouldn’t cram religious neutrality down our throats. Also, God has blessed America because we praise Him and God is a sucker for flattery. Deep, Tony. Fuckin’ deep. **Scalia: ‘Don’t cram’ religious neutrality ‘down throats of American people’** > **[Scalia: ‘Don’t cram’ religious neutrality ‘down throats of American people’](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/264588-scalia-dont-cram-religious-neutrality-down-throats-of-american/)** > > “One of the reasons God has been good to us is that we have done him honor.” ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26464 "2016-01-03T15:14:49Z")
Predictably, Obama’s failure to confront rancher Bundy and his band of armed outlaws has emboldened said outlaws, who have now [occupied a federal installation.](http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/01/drama_in_burns_ends_with_quiet.html) When are we going to properly declare these maniacs terrorists and take them down, hard? FFS. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26465 "2016-01-03T15:41:54Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Predictably, Obama’s failure to confront rancher Bundy and his band of armed outlaws has emboldened said outlaws, who have now [occupied a federal installation.](http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/01/drama_in_burns_ends_with_quiet.html) When are we going to properly declare these maniacs terrorists and take them down, hard? FFS. THAT is what the National Guard should be doing instead of being sent out of the country. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26466 "2016-01-03T16:22:14Z")
I’m not sure “terrorist” is exactly right. “Bonehead,” “rebel,” and “insurrectionist” might be more on the nose. Oh, good grief. One of the insurrectionists is named Ammon Bundy. We really are living in some kind of SF story. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26467 "2016-01-03T18:10:51Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Wyoming’s new motto: > > “What you don’t know won’t hurt you … and you damn well better take our word on that!” Or Cheney will shoot you in the face. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26468 "2016-01-03T19:03:07Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I’m not sure “terrorist” is exactly right. “Bonehead,” “rebel,” and “insurrectionist” might be more on the nose. Both “traitor” and “criminal” work nicely for me. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26469 "2016-01-03T19:22:27Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Predictably, Obama’s failure to confront rancher Bundy and his band of armed outlaws has emboldened said outlaws, who have now [occupied a federal installation.](http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/01/drama_in_burns_ends_with_quiet.html) When are we going to properly declare these maniacs terrorists and take them down, hard? FFS. Um … when they turn brown? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26470 "2016-01-03T19:24:06Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > Or Cheney will shoot you in the face. No, no, the law spells out the penalties for not taking their word about what you don’t know not hurting you – fines and jail time. Being shot in the face by Dick Cheney is a PRIVILEGE … in Wyoming, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26471 "2016-01-03T21:56:44Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I’m not sure “terrorist” is exactly right. “Bonehead,” “rebel,” and “insurrectionist” might be more on the nose. What is your definition for an insurrectionist becoming a terrorist? Once they actually kill someone? I could sort of see that, but I think a lot of people would consider that if you have gone to an ISIS or Al Qaeda training camp and threaten American lives on YouTube, you are already a terrorist. At least one of these guys with sniper training has warned on video that he is prepared to shoot federal agents if they attempt to enforce the law. So if there’s a difference, IMO, it’s one of degree rather than kind. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26472 "2016-01-03T22:32:44Z")
I’d define a terrorist as someone who directly or implicitly threatens harm or causes harm in pursuit of political goals or who is a supporter of a person or persons who do so. Ergo Bundy and Ritzheimer are terrorists. It makes no difference if a terrorist makes the first shot or forces the first shot against himself. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26473 "2016-01-03T23:08:20Z")
It will be interesting listening to the clown car of Republican presidential candidates answer questions about citizens seizing federal property and offering violence. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26474 "2016-01-03T23:12:36Z")
They will blame it on Obama. _Them good citizens was pushed beyond limit . . ._ ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26475 "2016-01-03T23:20:26Z")
I hope they do! That shit will come back to bite their ass in the general election, big time. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26476 "2016-01-04T10:37:52Z")
New Hampshire Republican state legislator [heckles Hillary at Clinton campaign stop.](https://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/rude-heckler-at-hillary-clinton-town-hall-identified-as-new-hampshire-republican-legislator/) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26477 "2016-01-04T13:27:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > New Hampshire Republican state legislator [heckles Hillary at Clinton campaign stop.](https://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/rude-heckler-at-hillary-clinton-town-hall-identified-as-new-hampshire-republican-legislator/) I don’t think this counts as a stupid idea. Heckling candidates at political rallies has been going on for hundreds of years. Is it rude? Of course. So what? ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26478 "2016-01-04T13:30:05Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I don’t think this counts as a stupid idea. Heckling candidates at political rallies has been going on for hundreds of years. Is it rude? Of course. So what? By an elected legislator? I think that is stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26479 "2016-01-04T13:32:17Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > By an elected legislator? I think that is stupid. Being an elected legislator somehow makes her ineligible to heckle? It wasn’t the State of the Union address. (Yet. 🙂 ) I guess we’ll just disagree. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26480 "2016-01-04T13:36:36Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > By an elected legislator? I think that is stupid. She’s an elected legislator _from New Hampshire_. They have like 400 of them and they get paid worse than jurors, so it’s a wonder they find people who _aren’t_ frothing loonies to be in the legislature. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26481 "2016-01-04T13:40:44Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Being an elected legislator somehow makes her ineligible to heckle? No one is ineligible to act stupid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1323) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1325)