# 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:** 1673
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33442 "2017-04-10T13:10:14Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Proposal: we send 10,000 mimes to stand along the Mexican border… That’s what I call thinking inside the box. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33443 "2017-04-10T13:25:51Z")
Clicking around to learn about illegal immigration I [ended up at this page](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-alabama-idUSBRE84T16P20120530): [QUOTE=Alabama’s Governor Robert Bentley, in an e-mail to Reuters] As Christians, we are taught to obey the law. There is nothing unkind or unjust about asking people to obey the law… What took place in the civil rights era was a series of unlawful actions against lawful residents. It was a shameful chapter in our state’s history. The immigration issue of today is entirely different. The government is not persecuting people. [/QUOTE] Two questions: (1) Is the idea of obeying laws uniquely Christian? Are Jews, Muslims, Hindus and/or Buddhists taught to disobey the law? (2) What shameful unlawful acts is he referring to as “_in_ the civil rights era”? The civil rights era was in response to shameful unlawful acts _before_ the civil rights era. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33444 "2017-04-10T14:14:27Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > (2) What shameful unlawful acts is he referring to as “_in_ the civil rights era”? The civil rights era was in response to shameful unlawful acts _before_ the civil rights era. His phrasing is a little ambiguous, isn’t it? At first, it seems like he is saying that the unlawful actions were the ones committed by the civil rights movement itself. But i think what he’s trying to say is that the discriminatory laws and actions that the movement fought against is what constituted the “unlawful actions against lawful residents.” ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33445 "2017-04-10T14:52:56Z")
Yes, that’s what I figured he meant. But his misspeaking (Freudian slip?) suggests an interesting mindset: the anti-black crimes weren’t unlawful or shameful until activists drew attention to them. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33446 "2017-04-10T15:38:53Z")
Well, of course. My fifteen year-old has the same mindset. Nothing wrong was done… until you’ve gotten in trouble. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33447 "2017-04-10T15:53:17Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > (2) What shameful unlawful acts is he referring to as “_in_ the civil rights era”? Well, MLK was jailed dozens of times for rocking the boat… ---
**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:** [April 10, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33448 "2017-04-10T16:12:28Z")
> [@](#): > > **Originally Posted by Alabama’s Governor Robert Bentley** , in an e-mail to Reuters > As Christians, we are taught to obey the law. There is nothing unkind or unjust about asking people to obey the law… Pretty sure that was the British position when colonists were tossing Tea in to the harbor. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33449 "2017-04-10T16:15:33Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Proposal: we send 10,000 mimes to stand along the Mexican border… A mime is a terrible thing to waste. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33450 "2017-04-10T19:01:37Z")
So is that joke. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33451 "2017-04-10T19:04:11Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > So is that joke. It wasn’t wasted. It went in the recycle bin. Where it will be taken from over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. 😃 ---
**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:** [April 10, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33452 "2017-04-10T20:37:37Z")
A group of LGBTQ teenagers visited the Oklahoma State Capitol today. The Page Program Supervisor for the Oklahoma House of Representatives sent out an email blast to Capitol employees (and presumably Representatives) warning that there were “cross dressers” in the Capitol and they were going to be using the bathrooms. [http://newsok.com/article/5544970](http://newsok.com/article/5544970) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33453 "2017-04-11T01:35:49Z")
> **[Alabama governor resigns, pleads guilty to misdemeanors](https://www.yahoo.com/news/alabama-lawmakers-open-impeachment-hearings-against-governor-190138496.html)** > > Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley resigned Monday rather than face impeachment and pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor campaign violations that arose during an investigation of his alleged affair with a top aide. ... Alabama governor resigns amidst the developing sex scandal. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [April 11, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33454 "2017-04-11T04:55:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A group of LGBTQ teenagers visited the Oklahoma State Capitol today. The Page Program Supervisor for the Oklahoma House of Representatives sent out an email blast to Capitol employees (and presumably Representatives) warning that there were “cross dressers” in the Capitol and they were going to be using the bathrooms. > [http://newsok.com/article/5544970](http://newsok.com/article/5544970) Came here to post this. The Oklahoma blog that regularly reports on this state’s foibles, the Lost Ogle, has some juicier opinions and comments. [Oklahoma House warns Capitol Pages about "cross-dressers in the building." - The Lost Ogle](https://www.thelostogle.com/2017/04/10/oklahoma-house-warns-capitol-pages-about-cross-dressers-in-the-building/) ---
**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:** [April 11, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33455 "2017-04-11T23:22:59Z")
More on Oklahoma’s bid to be the most backward state in the union. Oklahoma is now too poor to have future student science fairs. > **[Oklahoma is now too poor to have a State Science Fair... - The Lost Ogle](https://thelostogle.com/2017/04/11/oklahoma-is-now-too-poor-to-have-a-state-science-fair)** > > The Oklahoma legislature is winning its war against science. Two weeks ago, hundreds of Oklahoma students who are smarter than you gathered in Ada for the 2017 Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair. Big winners included: –  James Martinez... At the Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair, Dr. Rahmona Thompson, biology professor and master of ceremonies, tearfully announced that she was presiding over the last Oklahoma science fair. THE OKLAHOMA STATE LEGISLATURE HAS DEFUNDED ALL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING COMPETITIONS IN THE STATE. In 2018, Oklahoma will be the only state in the union NOT TO HOLD A STATE SCIENCE FAIR. Alas the state has been too generous to it’s wealthy [del]oil magnates[/del] job creators and is dissolving the state education budget. Probably will have to skip a year of school due to lack of funds. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33456 "2017-04-12T00:55:04Z")
Sean Spicer: [Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons against “innocent people”, just the people in “the Holocaust Centers”.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/04/11/sean_spicer_hitler_didn_t_use_chemical_weapons.html) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33457 "2017-04-12T01:25:14Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > …Probably will have to skip a year of school due to lack of funds. Really piss off the Teacher’s Union. Probably make plans to rally at the legislature to protest. They will have to move fast, if they want to get there before the parents burn it to the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33458 "2017-04-12T02:44:54Z")
U.S. Rep. Joe “You Lie” Wilson hears plenty of boos, chants, [and gets kicked square in the nutz](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/joe-wilson-you-lie-obama-town-hall.html?_r=0) from his constituents. The Fucker. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33459 "2017-04-12T03:57:56Z")
[Back to banning gay marriage](http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/328378-north-carolina-bill-looks-to-ban-gay-marriage). North Carolina ---
**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:** [April 12, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33460 "2017-04-12T04:03:42Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > [Back to banning gay marriage](http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/328378-north-carolina-bill-looks-to-ban-gay-marriage). North Carolina > [@](#): > > The bill also accuses the highest court of violating “the decree of Almighty God that “a man shall leave his father and his mother and is united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh (Genesis 2:24, ESV).” Good luck getting that one past the Lemon test. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33461 "2017-04-12T05:11:46Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Sean Spicer: [Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons against “innocent people”, just the people in “the Holocaust Centers”.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/04/11/sean_spicer_hitler_didn_t_use_chemical_weapons.html) So, the Jews weren’t innocent is what he is saying. Riiiiiight. And Trump and his cronies aren’t antisemites. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1672) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1674)