# 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:** 1389
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27762 "2016-03-07T02:55:48Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Donald Trump asked his followers to take a loyalty oath at a rally yesterday. > > [And that’s when this happened.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cc0GH_sWAAA2fR2.jpg) > > I don’t even. _Psst! Black dude. You know how this works, right?_ ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27763 "2016-03-07T13:58:46Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Donald Trump asked his followers to take a loyalty oath at a rally yesterday. > > [And that’s when this happened.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cc0GH_sWAAA2fR2.jpg) > > I don’t even. I really hope Trump is redoing “[The Third Wave](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave_(experiment))” experiment/lesson by a Palo Atlo high school teacher explaining how the German populace accepted the rise of the Nazis. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27764 "2016-03-07T19:13:02Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > Truly, it is astounding to see some people take the economic side rather than their own personal one. Either they feel really strongly about taxes or don’t give a shit about themselves That, or Jenner hopes she’s despised enough in Middle America that her endorsement will hurt Ted Cruz somehow. I don’t even know with that one. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27765 "2016-03-07T23:31:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Donald Trump asked his followers to take a loyalty oath at a rally yesterday. > > [And that’s when this happened.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cc0GH_sWAAA2fR2.jpg) > > I don’t even. Sieg _Hair!_ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27766 "2016-03-07T23:39:19Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > That, or Jenner hopes she’s despised enough in Middle America that her endorsement will hurt Ted Cruz somehow. I don’t even know with that one. Or maybe she just finds him irresistible, and Rubio beyond the reach of dreams. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 8, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27767 "2016-03-08T00:11:02Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Or maybe she just finds him irresistible, and Rubio beyond the reach of dreams. 😉 Based on that fantasy she babbled about Cruz setting up a committee on trans issues to be headed by Jenner, I think Jenner is just an idiot. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27768 "2016-03-08T00:29:52Z")
[Alabama lawmaker pushes cutting-edge sex offender bill.](http://wishtv.com/2016/03/05/alabama-lawmaker-introduces-sex-offender-castration-bill/) This is the third time this numbnuts Republican has brought this bill forward, and he isn’t even pretending it is to cure the offenders-he just wants to mutilate them. I guess it’s an Old Testament “dick for a dick”, and he’s just the dick to get the job done. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27769 "2016-03-08T00:55:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Donald Trump asked his followers to take a loyalty oath at a rally yesterday. > > [And that’s when this happened.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cc0GH_sWAAA2fR2.jpg) > > I don’t even. It’s at times like this I wish this site allowed images. That one is . . . shudder . . . Invoke Godwin’s Law? Maybe not in this case. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27770 "2016-03-08T02:30:49Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > It’s at times like this I wish this site allowed images. That one is . . . shudder . . . > > Invoke Godwin’s Law? Maybe not in this case. What? They’re just pledging allegiance to the flag and doing the [Bellamy Salute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute)! That newfangled hand-on-heart thing was thunk up by some bleeding-heart! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27771 "2016-03-08T04:03:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > What? They’re just pledging allegiance to the flag and doing the [Bellamy Salute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute)! That newfangled hand-on-heart thing was thunk up by some bleeding-heart! Prolly some kind of socialist! 😉 CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27772 "2016-03-08T04:48:19Z")
I don’t see it, they are just putting their hands up in the air. The Nazi thing was specific, “wooden” and aggressive. This is just sticking their hands in the air. This shits bad enough without morbid fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27773 "2016-03-08T05:06:43Z")
If i were swearing an oath and was asked to raise my right hand, it would be about shoulder height and straight up. Several of those people have their arms extended and slightly forward, as if they are putting their hands forward so maybe he can see it. That’s why it looks a little nazi-ish to me. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27774 "2016-03-08T09:48:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Alabama lawmaker pushes cutting-edge sex offender bill.](http://wishtv.com/2016/03/05/alabama-lawmaker-introduces-sex-offender-castration-bill/) Young man, you need to go to your room right now and reflect on what you’ve done. No dessert for you. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27775 "2016-03-08T14:16:00Z")
All that, and you don’t even mention the “numbnuts”? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27776 "2016-03-08T15:49:10Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > All that, and you don’t even mention the “numbnuts”? Too ballsy? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27777 "2016-03-08T16:43:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Too ballsy? Indeed, eunuchly so. But this notion reflects old-fashioned, reactionary, even 19th-Century, Gelded Age thinking. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27778 "2016-03-08T16:56:20Z")
I always liked the “mirror universe” salute, fist on chest then the stiff raised arm. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27779 "2016-03-08T17:05:19Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Indeed, eunuchly so. But this notion reflects old-fashioned, reactionary, even 19th-Century, Gelded Age thinking. Seriously, though-the jackass isn’t even talking about _chemical_ castration to supposedly subdue impulses. He wants to permanently physically mutilate them as a punishment. Even if this is passed, would it stand up constitutionally? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27780 "2016-03-08T17:16:53Z")
[Trump claims he didn’t know that asking people to stick their right hand in the air and swear loyalty to him looked Nazi-ish.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/08/3757605/donald-trump-nazi-salute-ignorant/) You know, for a guy who’s Very Smart and Has One Of The Best Memories and Knows The Best Words, he seems to have a lot of gaps in his knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27781 "2016-03-08T17:33:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Trump claims he didn’t know that asking people to stick their right hand in the air and swear loyalty to him looked Nazi-ish.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/08/3757605/donald-trump-nazi-salute-ignorant/) > > You know, for a guy who’s Very Smart and Has One Of The Best Memories and Knows The Best Words, he seems to have a lot of gaps in his knowledge. Not really. He also Knows His Audience. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1388) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1390)