# 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:** 1601
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32002 "2016-12-22T04:46:44Z")
They’ll know it when they don’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32003 "2016-12-22T05:52:20Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Not that I am in the mood to cut the Trumpites any slack, but he might have thinking “recorded” history and dropped the word. > > Then again, he might be an idiot. I’m sure clarification will be forthcoming… Ockam’s Razor… the guy’s just an idiot. Or a paid professional liar which is worse. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32004 "2016-12-22T06:00:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > South Carolina legislators want all new computers sold in the state to block “pornography”. I wonder how they plan on defining it. > > [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-south-carolina-pornography-idUSKBN149251](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-south-carolina-pornography-idUSKBN149251) They will submit their browser histories and block anything that appears in them. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32005 "2016-12-22T07:03:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > South Carolina legislators want all new computers sold in the state to block “pornography”. I wonder how they plan on defining it. > > [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-south-carolina-pornography-idUSKBN149251](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-south-carolina-pornography-idUSKBN149251) It will be a boon to computer retailers in Georgia and North Carolina. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32006 "2016-12-22T08:48:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > South Carolina legislators want all new computers sold in the state to block “pornography”. I wonder how they plan on defining it. > > [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-south-carolina-pornography-idUSKBN149251](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-south-carolina-pornography-idUSKBN149251) It is worse than you think, > [@](#): > > Computers and devices sold in South Carolina that can access the internet would be required to have filters installed to prevent people from viewing pornography, although buyers could pay a $20 fee to remove the blocking software … > > One of its sponsors said on Tuesday the amendment would help raise money for the state’s task force to combat human trafficking … “This is a way to preserve freedom, not raise taxes and combat a serious problem all in one,” State Representative William “Bill” Chumley, a Republican, said in an interview. It has nothing to do with suppressing rule 34, it is just intended to be a sort of one-off user fee. Sadly, they do not seem to understand that there are ways of removing software without having to tell anyone (like the state) that one is doing it. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2016, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32007 "2016-12-22T09:29:59Z")
If mandatory content-blocking software is good enough for China, it’s good enough for America! ---
**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:** [December 22, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32008 "2016-12-22T13:01:33Z")
There’s goes the computer-selling business in South Carolina, and I can’t think of any other way to acquire them other than going to a store-It’s not like you can _mail_ them or anything. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32009 "2016-12-22T13:23:01Z")
In a gesture of good faith, the Charlotte city council voted this week to repeal its transgender rights initiative, provided that, before the end of the year, the state legislature convenes in a special session to repeal HB2, an arrangement which had been agreed upon by the Democratic governor-elect and the Republican state Senate leaders. The results of that session were [as follows;](https://thinkprogress.org/breaking-north-carolina-republicans-renege-on-deal-to-repeal-hb2-in-full-b2d2ac4e2f18#.as444yklx) the Republicans file a bill which prohibited any municipality from recognizing trans rights for six months. Democrats refuse to vote for it. The Republicans then propose a bill which prohibits municipalities from recognizing trans rights for _twice_ as long as the first bill. Democrats refuse to vote for it. They then finally propose a clean repeal, which fails due to lack of Republican support. The end result; not only does Charlotte’s trans rights law remain in effect, but the state remains saddled with a blatantly unconstitutional law that the governor-elect’s office refuses to defend and will likely be struck down by the courts at great expense to the taxpayer. Pretty much textbook stupid - and ironic, considering that those same Republicans have just elected a president who says he doesn’t care which bathroom trans people use. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32010 "2016-12-22T16:21:57Z")
It might be a little old, but I did not see a mention of it here: Texas is considering its own version of the North Caroline Transgender oprression bill with the Orwellian name of 'Women’ds Privacy Bill" (similar to how all the bills to stop abortion had names like “Women’s health initiative”. Its due for a vote in 2017. > **[Texas eyes 'women's privacy act' that critics say targets transgender people](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lgbt-texas-idUSKBN13A2NR)** > > Texas plans to introduce a measure next year aimed at protecting women in bathrooms and locker rooms, a move that has raised concerns of activists who say the legislation is really an attempt to discriminate against transgender people. Texas business leaders are telling them to drop it, but Tea partiers gonna drink them some TEA! ---
**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:** [December 22, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32011 "2016-12-22T19:55:29Z")
I just have no more fucking words: [GOP Congressman Urges Self-Rationing Of Health Care After Obamacare Repeal](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-huizenga-health-care-reform_us_585b0513e4b0d9a5945716c2) Let’s see this guy go a couple of months without healthcare and his ‘just don’t get sick’ plans. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32012 "2016-12-22T20:09:56Z")
I’m sure if he broke his own arm he would go to the hospital forthwith. Rationing would only apply to people other than him, such as his young son. He is not fit to be a parent. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32013 "2016-12-22T20:25:00Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Where is this website? I want to stitch fetus parts together and make my own Frankenstein baby! Tom Six was an amateur. I’m thinking _Human Millipede!_ ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32014 "2016-12-22T21:11:42Z")
Tom Cole (R-OK) explains that Trump’s various conflicts of interest are A-OK [because](http://freethoughtblogs.com/affinity/2016/12/22/george-washington-kept-his-house-so/)… [QUOTE=Tom Cole] George Washington was still pretty active in managing Mount Vernon when he was president of the United States [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32015 "2016-12-23T00:28:41Z")
Washington had slaves, Trump only has minions. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32016 "2016-12-23T00:36:25Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Washington had slaves, Trump only has minions. Not so fast. Slaves are people who work, but don’t get paid. Doesn’t that describe a lot of the contractors who’ve worked for Trump? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32017 "2016-12-23T00:59:07Z")
Well, if bad-hair-guy has minions, best advise Universal so that they can sue him for copyright infringement. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32018 "2016-12-23T09:57:07Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Why, exactly, would you want to order spare fetus parts? “For sale: baby feet. Never used.” Room for one more in that handbasket? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32019 "2016-12-23T10:35:59Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “For sale: baby feet. Never used.” > > Room for one more in that handbasket? Sometimes I wish we had a “like” button… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32020 "2016-12-23T13:43:08Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “For sale: baby feet. Never used.” > > Room for one more in that handbasket? Not to worry, I chartered a bus. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32021 "2016-12-23T14:08:01Z")
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