# 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:** 1850
**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:** [March 11, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36982 "2018-03-11T00:15:32Z")
Congress candidate Rick Saccone sounds a little unhinged. [https://twitter.com/HYClinton/status/971972108434616320](https://twitter.com/HYClinton/status/971972108434616320) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36983 "2018-03-11T00:18:40Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Steve Bannon, attempting to stay relevant, tells far-right French “[Let them call you racist](https://www.yahoo.com/gma/steve-bannon-let-them-call-racist-wear-badge-190903180--abc-news-topstories.html).” > > So, nationalists of different countries don’t see the conflict of interest when talking to each other. When an American nationalist who would by extension oppose French migration to the US tells French people it’s OK to be xenophobes, that would by extension mean they should resist his American influence. > > But his French counterpart Marine Le Pen seems to think that any country that rejects outsiders are part of the same brotherhood. From [BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38321401): > > Just so it’s all white. They’ve gone through the looking glass into international nationalism. Left and right really DO meet at the extremes… ---
**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:** [March 11, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36984 "2018-03-11T02:07:33Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > They’ve gone through the looking glass into international nationalism. Left and right really DO meet at the extremes… Tell me about it. I went to a far-far-right wing school, where they were advocating anarchy (no government, no police, just the free market). Just like the far-far-lefties were (this was late sixties/seventies). ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36985 "2018-03-11T06:34:28Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Tell me about it. I went to a far-far-right wing school, where they were advocating anarchy (no government, no police, just the free market). Just like the far-far-lefties were (this was late sixties/seventies). Want to make a leftist Anarchist really, really angry? Suggest that rightist Anarchists are Anarchists. I’m quite serious: It is pretty much an article of faith among the Anarcho-Syndicalists I’m familiar with that Anarcho-Capitalism isn’t Anarchism at all. What it _is_ is a heresy, which means they treat it as a joke, which means they can’t articulate the how it would be _practically_, as opposed to _theoretically_, different from their preferred brand, which means they don’t have any practice to point to at all so these theoretical differences actually seem important to them. Frankly, without a government, there would be nothing to stop private entities from taking all the power, and screaming “ANARCHISM MEANS NO COERCION” at them will only make them _more_ eager to shoot you, if only to shut you up. And, no, holding the _moral_ high ground isn’t militarily useful. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36986 "2018-03-11T17:51:17Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > They’ve gone through the looking glass into international nationalism. Left and right really DO meet at the extremes… The far right and far left loons meet a pox parties. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36987 "2018-03-12T09:53:20Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > I’ll start my own state, with blackjack, and hookers! This is perfect. I applaud you, sir or madam. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36988 "2018-03-12T17:04:01Z")
Isn’t that, like, Nevada? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36989 "2018-03-12T17:44:00Z")
You need monkey knife fights, too. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36990 "2018-03-12T17:48:07Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Isn’t that, like, Nevada? There’s nothing like Nevada. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36991 "2018-03-12T20:11:32Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > There’s nothing like Nevada. Does that mean Nevada’s like a dame? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36992 "2018-03-12T20:13:01Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Does that mean Nevada’s like a dame? Yes, which makes Vegas her crotch. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36993 "2018-03-12T20:13:13Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Does that mean Nevada’s like a dame? A very dry and generally empty dame. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36994 "2018-03-14T02:49:50Z")
[‘Skinhead lesbian’: GOP candidate attacks Parkland teen Emma Gonzalez](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/skinhead-lesbian-gop-candidate-attacks-parkland-teen-emma-gonzalez-n856311) > [@](#): > > A Republican candidate for the Maine House of Representatives has used Twitter to attack two students who survived a mass shooting at a Florida high school, calling one of them, who is openly bisexual, a “skinhead lesbian” and the other a “bald-faced liar.” > > “There is nothing about this skinhead lesbian that impresses me and there is nothing that she has to say unless you’re frothing at the mouth moonbat,” Leslie Gibson wrote about 18-year-old Emma Gonzalez, one of the most visible student activists to emerge from the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 people dead. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36995 "2018-03-14T02:58:21Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > There’s nothing like Nevada. > [@Derleth](#): > > Does that mean Nevada’s like a dame? > [@Chimera](#): > > Yes, which makes Vegas her crotch. > [@jayjay](#): > > A very dry and generally empty dame. You young’ns totally missed what **Derleth** was referencing. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36996 "2018-03-14T03:00:29Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You young’ns totally missed what **Derleth** was referencing. Nah. I recognize a South Pacific reference when I see it. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 14, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36997 "2018-03-14T04:31:53Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [‘Skinhead lesbian’: GOP candidate attacks Parkland teen Emma Gonzalez](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/skinhead-lesbian-gop-candidate-attacks-parkland-teen-emma-gonzalez-n856311) Is this phrasing intentional URL manipulation? > **['Skinhead lesbian': GOP candidate attacks Parkland teen Emma Gonzalez](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/skinhead-lesbian-gop-candidate-attacks-parkland-teen-emma-gonzalez-n856311)** > > A Republican candidate for the Maine House, who is running unopposed, has used Twitter to attack two students who survived a mass shooting at a Florida school. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36998 "2018-03-14T04:35:47Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Is this phrasing intentional URL manipulation? > ['Skinhead lesbian': GOP candidate attacks Parkland teen Emma Gonzalez](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/skinhead-lesbian-gop-candidate-attacks-parkland-teen-emma-gonzalez-n856311) It matches the actual headline. _‘Skinhead lesbian’: GOP candidate attacks Parkland teen Emma Gonzalez_ Except for the quotes. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36999 "2018-03-14T04:46:24Z")
He also does use the word “moonbat”, which is restricted to the vocabulary of fuckwipes who need to be taught first-hand how solid building supplies are. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37000 "2018-03-14T06:07:05Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You young’ns totally missed what **Derleth** was referencing. Ya know, at 34, I’m one of the _younger_ active Dopers. (And this marks my first post on my birthday. And I deliberately delayed so it would be.) > [@jayjay](#): > > Nah. I recognize a South Pacific reference when I see it. 🙂 I saw a perfect opening, and you know the rule: When you see a good chance, never let it go! > [@foolsguinea](#): > > Is this phrasing intentional URL manipulation? > ['Skinhead lesbian': GOP candidate attacks Parkland teen Emma Gonzalez](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/skinhead-lesbian-gop-candidate-attacks-parkland-teen-emma-gonzalez-n856311) We’re a little ways from an era when a skinhead lesbian could be a GOP candidate. Modern GOPpers are more likely to be a Bob than a Louise in general, and I wonder if Log Cabin Republicans even still exist. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37001 "2018-03-14T13:35:13Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [‘Skinhead lesbian’: GOP candidate attacks Parkland teen Emma Gonzalez](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/skinhead-lesbian-gop-candidate-attacks-parkland-teen-emma-gonzalez-n856311) Where’s all the conservative denunciation of this moron? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1849) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1851)