# 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:** 1839
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36762 "2018-02-23T22:50:56Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Hey, speaking of South Carolina, [check out what SC Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman said recently on her Facebook page](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/watch-south-carolina-education-chief-promises-parents-school-shootings-can-avoided-sharing-christs-love/)::rolleyes: > > Yeah, if there’s anything we can all agree on, it’s that religions don’t beget violence, right? :dubious: > > And no person who is religious has ever carried out a violent act, right? :dubious: Death to the infidel. Burn the heretic. Deus vult. No one expects the Spanish inquisition. We will put you in the comfy chair. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36763 "2018-02-23T23:04:05Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Harden the schools with what exactly? More Broward County deputies who failed to do their job? … and NO it was not just that one deputy, there were several deputies. There is fixing to be a squabble between the Sheriff Dept and the Police Dept, over the deputies failures. [Coral Springs police upset at some Broward deputies for not entering school](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sources-coral-springs-police-upset-at-some-broward-deputies-for-not-entering-school/ar-BBJvA3b?li=BBnb7Kz) > [@](#): > > When Coral Springs police officers arrived at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14 in the midst of the school shooting crisis, many officers were surprised to find not only that Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson, the armed school resource officer, had not entered the building, but that three other Broward County Sheriff’s deputies were also outside the school and had not entered, Coral Springs sources tell CNN. The deputies had their pistols drawn and were behind their vehicles, the sources said, and not one of them had gone into the school. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36764 "2018-02-24T03:30:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > At tonight’s town hall in Parkland, Marco Rubio told the audience that if Congress banned the AR-15, theyd have to ban all semi-automatic weapons. > > The crowd responded by _erupting in applause_. > > Way to score points against your own team, Little Marco. One of the kids from Parkland said they should rename AR15s “Marco Rubio” because they’re so easily bought. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36765 "2018-02-24T03:38:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > One of the kids from Parkland said they should rename AR15s “Marco Rubio” because they’re so easily bought. That’s genius, and I’m going to repeat it at my first opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36766 "2018-02-24T04:00:46Z")
The CPAC head of communications apparently said “We elected Mike Steele as chairman because he was a black guy, that was the wrong thing to do.” Yep, communicatin’ like crazy. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36767 "2018-02-24T04:04:12Z")
Another one of the kids just tweeted “Hey FedEx why do you support the NRA?” (They offer a 25% discount) Not a good weekend to be in FedEx Public Relations… ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36768 "2018-02-24T04:14:36Z")
Another great tweet “The Republican Governor of Missouri was taken into custody after using the threat of revenge porn to cover up his affair and the state party is blaming a global Jewish conspiracy and it’s not even like, the top five weirdest thing happening right now.” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36769 "2018-02-24T04:20:27Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Another one of the kids just tweeted “Hey FedEx why do you support the NRA?” > > (They offer a 25% discount) > > Not a good weekend to be in FedEx Public Relations… The AP had a story up earlier today about the NRA’s corporate partners. I started a thread about this after debating for some time whether to fold it into an existing discussion or not; I finally decided it might become a big enough topic for [it’s own thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20809057). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36770 "2018-02-24T04:22:32Z")
> [@wonky](#): > > The CPAC head of communications apparently said “We elected Mike Steele as chairman because he was a black guy, that was the wrong thing to do.” > > Yep, communicatin’ like crazy. Lemme help you out here: [http://thehill.com/homenews/news/375399-michael-steele-addresses-cpac-officials-painfully-stupid-comment-about-race](http://thehill.com/homenews/news/375399-michael-steele-addresses-cpac-officials-painfully-stupid-comment-about-race) ---
**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:** [February 24, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36771 "2018-02-24T04:22:59Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Another great tweet > > “The Republican Governor of Missouri was taken into custody after using the threat of revenge porn to cover up his affair and the state party is blaming a global Jewish conspiracy and it’s not even like, the top five weirdest thing happening right now.” And Greitens himself is Jewish. So I guess the state Republicans think liberal Jews are going after Greitens for apostasy or something. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36772 "2018-02-24T04:30:47Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Lemme help you out here: [http://thehill.com/homenews/news/375399-michael-steele-addresses-cpac-officials-painfully-stupid-comment-about-race](http://thehill.com/homenews/news/375399-michael-steele-addresses-cpac-officials-painfully-stupid-comment-about-race) Michael Steele is shocked – shocked! – to learn that CPAC is a bunch of racist fucks. Once he absorbs that, maybe someone can tell him about the NRA (little known fact: NRA board member Ted Nugent is kind of racist). Eventually he may be ready for the truth about the Republican party. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36773 "2018-02-24T04:53:43Z")
The NRA has awarded Ajit Pai their “Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award”. The award is a Kentucky long rifle, which the NRA was not allowed to bring to the arena where CPAC is being held because of metal detectors. > **[NRA honors FCC chair with rifle for repealing 'net neutrality'](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet/nra-honors-fcc-chair-with-rifle-for-repealing-net-neutrality-idUSKCN1G800N)** > > The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday honored the head of the Federal Communications Commission with a rifle after braving death threats and other opposition as he worked to undo the Obama administration's 2015 net neutrality rules. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36774 "2018-02-24T05:07:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The NRA has awarded Ajit Pai their “Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award”. The award is a Kentucky long rifle, which the NRA was not allowed to bring to the arena where CPAC is being held because of metal detectors. > [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet/nra-honors-fcc-chair-with-rifle-for-repealing-net-neutrality-idUSKCN1G800N](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet/nra-honors-fcc-chair-with-rifle-for-repealing-net-neutrality-idUSKCN1G800N) Putting aside for the moment the fact that Pai is under investigation for alleged ethics violations by his own agency, what the fuck does the NRA care about FCC matters? What does net neutrality have to do with guns? ---
**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:** [February 24, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36775 "2018-02-24T05:08:59Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Another great tweet > > “The Republican Governor of Missouri was taken into custody after using the threat of revenge porn to cover up his affair and the state party is blaming a global Jewish conspiracy and it’s not even like, the top five weirdest thing happening right now.” The party of family values. If your family values revenge porn, you might be a Republican. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36776 "2018-02-24T05:26:54Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Putting aside for the moment the fact that Pai is under investigation for alleged ethics violations by his own agency, what the fuck does the NRA care about FCC matters? What does net neutrality have to do with guns? Breaking net neutrality might allow the NRA to buy throttling from the big ISPs so that sites carrying the anti-gun message do not get as good access to the public? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36777 "2018-02-24T06:13:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The NRA has awarded Ajit Pai their “Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award”. The award is a Kentucky long rifle, which the NRA was not allowed to bring to the arena where CPAC is being held because of metal detectors. > [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet/nra-honors-fcc-chair-with-rifle-for-repealing-net-neutrality-idUSKCN1G800N](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet/nra-honors-fcc-chair-with-rifle-for-repealing-net-neutrality-idUSKCN1G800N) It would be really hysterical if Big Data decided they didn’t like the NRA and throttled the crap out of their webservers. Which they can totally do if they like with net neutrality dead. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36778 "2018-02-24T06:27:40Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > It would be really hysterical if Big Data decided they didn’t like the NRA and throttled the crap out of their webservers. Which they can totally do if they like with net neutrality dead. That would be funny but unfortunately AT&T, Comcast, etc. are slimy in their own special way - profits above all else. Now granted AT&T wont be actively complicit in getting your children shot, but they have actually stated in the past that they feel they have the right to collect data on what they do online and sell it to whoever they please. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36779 "2018-02-24T06:51:15Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > That would be funny but unfortunately AT&T, Comcast, etc. are slimy in their own special way - profits above all else. Now granted AT&T wont be actively complicit in getting your children shot, but they have actually stated in the past that they feel they have the right to collect data on what they do online and sell it to whoever they please. The first person’s browser history I’m buying and posting online will be Ajit Pai’s. 😃 ---
**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:** [February 24, 2018, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36780 "2018-02-24T10:11:03Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Putting aside for the moment the fact that Pai is under investigation for alleged ethics violations by his own agency, what the fuck does the NRA care about FCC matters? What does net neutrality have to do with guns? The NRA likes killing. It really, really, really likes killing. [del]It’s reason d’etre is killing.[/del] Whoops, sorry for using that anti-'merican lingo. Pai killed the internet, so the NRA gave him a gun for him kill even more of those darned unpatriotic internets. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36781 "2018-02-24T12:15:01Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Putting aside for the moment the fact that Pai is under investigation for alleged ethics violations by his own agency, what the fuck does the NRA care about FCC matters? What does net neutrality have to do with guns? Liberal tears. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1838) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1840)