# 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:** 1724
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34462 "2017-07-03T01:15:17Z")
[Guns And KKK Members At Gettysburg Confederate Rally](https://www.yahoo.com/news/guns-kkk-members-gettysburg-confederate-201512331.html), But No Foes To Fight. “Although many came expecting violence … the only bloodshed came when a lone militia group member accidentally shot himself in the leg.” :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34463 "2017-07-03T02:49:20Z")
So the reporters contacted Antifas in Central PA to get their input, and the said they weren’t gonna be there. Who did they call? “Hello, Antifas Central Committee for Pennsylvania, how may I direct your call?” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34464 "2017-07-03T03:04:00Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > So the reporters contacted Antifas in Central PA to get their input, and the said they weren’t gonna be there. Who did they call? > > “Hello, Antifas Central Committee for Pennsylvania, how may I direct your call?” I started our own little Pit thread on this. Likely they contacted a right wing troll pretending to be Antifas. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34465 "2017-07-03T04:33:27Z")
I’m still not clear on why the Deplorables think calling people anti-fascists is an _insult_. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34466 "2017-07-03T04:39:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m still not clear on why the Deplorables think calling people anti-fascists is an _insult_. Because they’ve made up a meaning for it that defines it as “violent revolutionary against the Glorious Leader Trump”. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34467 "2017-07-03T10:57:22Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Link goes to a Dope thread which I can’t find “park” or “forest” in. But was it any chance a t-shirt with Smokey Bear on it that said “Only you can prevent forest fires. No, seriously: we’ve been defunded. It’s just you now.” That’s the one. I seem to be having link-posting issues lately. Le sigh. > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > “Run for governor, and you can have a residence there.” - a quip that would have been right at home here at snark-central, but is an actual quote from that load of dicks, Chris Christie. My personal favorite quote from that story: > [@](#): > > “He did not get any sun,” Murray added. “He had a baseball hat on.” That makes it all okay, I guess. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34468 "2017-07-03T11:19:37Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > [Guns And KKK Members At Gettysburg Confederate Rally](https://www.yahoo.com/news/guns-kkk-members-gettysburg-confederate-201512331.html), But No Foes To Fight. > “Although many came expecting violence … the only bloodshed came when a lone militia group member accidentally shot himself in the leg.” :smack: > 😃 And they retold the myth of black Confederates. _sigh_ ---
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34469 "2017-07-03T21:02:01Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Perhaps less stupid than simply contemptuous: [Christie and his spawn](http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/07/christie_pictured_at_island_beach_state_park_durin.html) got Island Beach State Park all to themselves this weekend simply by shutting down the NJ state government. [Nice photoshop](http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/3a8362de30ff0ea0ed9707630fa7bb621aca04fe.JPG) ---
**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:** [July 4, 2017, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34470 "2017-07-04T11:05:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m still not clear on why the Deplorables think calling people anti-fascists is an _insult_. > [@jayjay](#): > > Because they’ve made up a meaning for it that defines it as “violent revolutionary against the Glorious Leader Trump”. 😕 What world are we in that _that’s_ an insult? ---
**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:** [July 4, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34471 "2017-07-04T20:18:12Z")
Thanks to Republican Gov. Rick “Weazel Nutz” Scott, any resident of Florida [may now challenge](http://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Florida-law-allows-residents-to-challenge-school-11262506.php) what children learn in public schools. **Any** parent or county resident can file a complaint, regardless of whether they have a student in the school system. If a “hearing officer” deems the challenge justified, **he or she can require schools to remove the material in question**. :eek: And yes, this includes the removal of library books. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34472 "2017-07-04T20:38:28Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Thanks to Republican Gov. Rick “Weazel Nutz” Scott, any resident of Florida [may now challenge](http://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Florida-law-allows-residents-to-challenge-school-11262506.php) what children learn in public schools. > > **Any** parent or county resident can file a complaint, regardless of whether they have a student in the school system. If a “hearing officer” deems the challenge justified, **he or she can require schools to remove the material in question**. :eek: > > And yes, this includes the removal of library books. Ugh, that effin’ guy. I once had to shake Rick Scott’s hand. It was during a work event, and one of our managers happened to know him. So he turned up for a meet and greet, and it happened too fast for me to duck into the bathroom. Next thing I knew I was in a group saying hello to him. I was polite, I smiled, and for the next hour fought an urge to disinfect my hand with a waffle iron. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34473 "2017-07-04T20:45:15Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Thanks to Republican Gov. Rick “Weazel Nutz” Scott, any resident of Florida [may now challenge](http://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Florida-law-allows-residents-to-challenge-school-11262506.php) what children learn in public schools. > > **Any** parent or county resident can file a complaint, regardless of whether they have a student in the school system. If a “hearing officer” deems the challenge justified, **he or she can require schools to remove the material in question**. :eek: > > And yes, this includes the removal of library books. If I lived there, I’d be doing a lot of challenging of right wing instructional aids. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34474 "2017-07-04T22:10:34Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > **Any** parent or county resident can file a complaint, regardless of whether they have a student in the school system. If a “hearing officer” deems the challenge justified, **he or she can require schools to remove the material in question**. :eek: > > And yes, this includes the removal of library books. Florida Dopers, you know what to do. When life gives you AIDS, make lemonades. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34475 "2017-07-05T02:42:01Z")
Every year, NPR tweets out the Declaration of Independence, line by line. This year, Trump fans decided that NPR was calling for a revolution against the Orange Chimp and claimed they were doing it because Trump’s budget cuts funding for NPR. [https://twitter.com/DoubleEmMartin/status/882323633439358976/photo/1](https://twitter.com/DoubleEmMartin/status/882323633439358976/photo/1)? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34476 "2017-07-05T05:00:28Z")
If the shoe fits… ---
**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:** [July 5, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34477 "2017-07-05T16:48:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Every year, NPR tweets out the Declaration of Independence, line by line. This year, Trump fans decided that NPR was calling for a revolution against the Orange Chimp and claimed they were doing it because Trump’s budget cuts funding for NPR. > [x.com](https://twitter.com/DoubleEmMartin/status/882323633439358976/photo/1)? Yeah **Rick Kitchen**. NPR tweets out Declaration of Independence, [Trump supporters mistake it as call to overthrow president](http://www.metro.us/news/politics/npr-tweets-declaration-independence). :smack: As George Carlin [said](http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/43852-think-of-how-stupid-the-average-person-is-and-realize), “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” ---
**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:** [July 5, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34478 "2017-07-05T18:23:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Every year, NPR tweets out the Declaration of Independence, line by line. This year, Trump fans decided that NPR was calling for a revolution against the Orange Chimp and claimed they were doing it because Trump’s budget cuts funding for NPR. > [x.com](https://twitter.com/DoubleEmMartin/status/882323633439358976/photo/1)? Actually, they’ve read the Declaration on the air for 29 straight years. If I’m not mistaken, this was the first year on Twitter. But holy cow. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34479 "2017-07-05T19:14:55Z")
> **[Auschwitz Memorial Slams GOP Congressman For Recording Video Inside Gas Chamber](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/clay-higgins-auschwitz_n_595c9960e4b0da2c7325cb9d)** > > Rep. Clay Higgins called for "invincible" military while in death chamber. Using the actual, literal gas chambers of Auschwitz as a back drop, Rep. Clay Higgins brings us a message of peace through fear. > [@](#): > > …Higgins, a former police officer who now sits on the House Homeland Security Committee, made headlines last month when he wrote on Facebook that “all of Christendom… is at war with Islamic horror” and called for killing any “radicalized Islamic suspect.” > > “Every conceivable measure should be engaged to hunt them down,” he wrote. “Hunt them, identify them, and kill them. Kill them all.”… I have an abundant supply of snark vocabulary and scathing vitriol to apply as needed. In this case, wholly inadequate, be like hunting rhino with a Nerf bat. Where curses fail, perhaps a blessing… May the sweet Baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind. Amen. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34480 "2017-07-05T19:17:19Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Actually, they’ve read the Declaration on the air for 29 straight years. If I’m not mistaken, this was the first year on Twitter. If that’s true—and a search of the NPR Twitter account suggests that it is—then I can sort of see why some Trump supporters might interpret it as a dig at the President. After all, Twitter has been a “thing” for quite a while now. NPR began tweeting in 2007, and has accumulated over 122,000 tweets over the last ten years. That’s an average of over 30 posts per day. And yet, before this year, it has never seen fit to tweet the full Declaration. It seems like a bit more than a coincidence that they chose to do this for the first time now that we have a President who is both a petulant child AND obsessed with Twitter. I reckon, even if only subconsciously, there was some Trump-trolling going on here. Doesn’t change the stupidity of the Trump supporters who took the bait, of course. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34481 "2017-07-05T19:17:59Z")
The Republican National Committee official Twitter account called for inputs from the Clintons, Joe Manchin, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren for help with coming up with a healthcare plan, and, predictably and appropriately, they were roundly roasted. This link is to Raw Story, but it contains an amalgam of the Twitter responses. > **['GOP admits to being out of ideas': RNC buried in mockery after demanding...](https://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/gop-admits-to-being-out-of-ideas-rnc-buried-in-mockery-after-demanding-health-care-plan-from-clintons/)** > > The Republican National Committee challenged Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Democratic lawmakers to come up with their own health care plan, if they didn't like what GOP senators were cooking up -- and social media users pounced.The RNC's official... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1723) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1725)