# 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:** 1706
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34102 "2017-06-02T20:49:09Z")
Well, God got tired of listening to the Jews bitch about being the Chosen People, so God picked white folks. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34103 "2017-06-02T21:12:22Z")
He never said what it was exactly that he chose them for. Seems like it was for suffering. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34104 "2017-06-03T02:35:57Z")
Fox News doesn’t understand why Wonder Woman isn’t an American in the new movie. [https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/870774279671087104/photo/1](https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/870774279671087104/photo/1) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34105 "2017-06-03T02:42:54Z")
Kentucky governor Matt Bevin says the key to fighting crime in his state is roaming “prayer patrols.” [https://www.google.com/amp/www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/republican-governor-hopes-fight-crime-prayer-patrols/amp](https://www.google.com/amp/www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/republican-governor-hopes-fight-crime-prayer-patrols/amp) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34106 "2017-06-03T02:45:44Z")
What would be super super cool is if thousands of Hare Krishnas and Moonies flooded the state in volunteer ‘prayer patrols’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34107 "2017-06-03T03:03:00Z")
I wonder what the overlap between the ‘prayer patrol’ and ‘God will fix climate change’ people and the ‘if Muslims are allowed into America, that will inevitably lead to Sharia Law’ people. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34108 "2017-06-03T03:03:33Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > What would be super super cool is if thousands of Hare Krishnas and Moonies flooded the state in volunteer ‘prayer patrols’. > 😃 In college, we did a pretty good imitation of a ‘henge’ of druids. It was just to scare the sorority girls cutting through the cemetery on Friday nights, but it might work to scare Kentucky governors. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34109 "2017-06-03T03:52:48Z")
I see it working like a reverse version of this: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKl6YVubyv8) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34110 "2017-06-04T18:14:22Z")
Or through a group of [polite Canadians](https://youtu.be/7L50TyW9a8k?t=3944). ---
**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:** [June 4, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34111 "2017-06-04T18:28:50Z")
On Fox News, British hatemonger Katie Hopkins called for the shutting down of mosques and the rounding up of Muslims and deporting them or incarcerating them even if they haven’t committed crimes. > **[Fox Pundits Push For Internment Camps In Response To British Terrorist Attacks](https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2017/06/fox-pundits-push-internment-camps)** > > Fox & Friends hosts and Daily Mail columnist Katie Hopkins agree with Fox contributor and former Ukip leader Nigel Farage that internment camps are needed in order to deal with the threat of Islamic terrorism. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34112 "2017-06-05T04:10:15Z")
Wait, wait, that’s putting the cart before the horse, man. I mean, OK, between the beards and the headscarves, I figure you can skip past the yellow star, but you gotta at least put 'em in ghettos first and take all of their shit before you get to the cattle cars ! ---
**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:** [June 5, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34113 "2017-06-05T05:03:10Z")
If there’s one thing we humans are good at, it’s streamlining the process to make hatred and bigotry quicker and easier. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34114 "2017-06-05T05:21:04Z")
[No you’re not one of us Not one of us Not one of us](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbwQ0Wy3ljQ) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34115 "2017-06-05T11:54:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > On Fox News, British hatemonger Katie Hopkins called for the shutting down of mosques and the rounding up of Muslims and deporting them or incarcerating them even if they haven’t committed crimes. > [http://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2017/06/fox-pundits-push-internment-camps](http://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2017/06/fox-pundits-push-internment-camps) Misread incarcerated as incinerated at first. Glad they’re not taking the Nazi approach that far; yet. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34116 "2017-06-05T12:40:54Z")
> [@Mr.Accident](#): > > Misread incarcerated as incinerated at first. Glad they’re not taking the Nazi approach that far; yet. This is the same Katie Hopkins who got sacked from her radio job at LBC after tweeting “We need a final solution” after the Manchester Arena bombing. So…yeah. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34117 "2017-06-05T17:58:39Z")
In a Facebook post directed to “Christendom”, Congressman Clay Higgins calls for anyone suspected to be an “Islamic radical” should be hunted down and killed > **[Republican Congressman: Kill All Terrorism Suspects](https://www.newsweek.com/clay-higgins-terrorism-kill-them-all-621066)** > > The Louisiana Republican called on "Christendom" Sunday and said all "radicalized Islamic suspects" should be hunted down and killed. Here’s the Facebook post: > **[Log into Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/captclayhiggins/photos/a.655256107910738.1073741829.581436541959362/997878010315211/?type=3&theater)** > > Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34118 "2017-06-05T18:07:43Z")
Congressman Clay Higgins is suspected of being an Islamic radical. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34119 "2017-06-05T18:08:52Z")
And they will know we are Christians by [del]our love [/del] the trail of bodies. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34120 "2017-06-05T18:50:03Z")
The House overwhelmingly passes a bill allowing teens to spend 15 years in federal prison for sexting to each other. Or, even if they just \*ask \*their girlfriend/boyfriend for sexy pics. > **[This New Law Could Send Teens Caught Sexting to PRISON](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/teens-could-face-prison-sexting-law)** > > It just passed the House. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34121 "2017-06-05T19:12:00Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Congressman Clay Higgins is suspected of being an Islamic radical. You know who else was named Clay, don’t you? That’s right, Cassius Clay. And he went on to become a famous and very violent muslim! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1705) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1707)