# 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:** 1886
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37702 "2018-05-17T01:09:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Senate has voted to overturn the FCC rule on ending net neutrality. > [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/05/16/net-neutrality-is-getting-a-big-vote-in-the-senate-today-heres-what-to-expect/?utm\_term=.808dca38cf34](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/05/16/net-neutrality-is-getting-a-big-vote-in-the-senate-today-heres-what-to-expect/?utm_term=.808dca38cf34) > > I doubt if the House will follow along, and I severely doubt that Trump will sign it. It does serve a political purpose, though; Democrats can run as the party of net neutrality. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37703 "2018-05-17T01:49:56Z")
Already the party of savagely violent and grossly sexualized video games. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37704 "2018-05-17T02:11:05Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Already the party of savagely violent and grossly sexualized video games. :dubious: ---
**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:** [May 17, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37705 "2018-05-17T02:13:47Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > It does serve a political purpose, though; Democrats can run as the party of net neutrality. Except that the right-wing liars will preach that net neutralists are Marxists who want to ban fair and balanced news from the Internet and replace it with ads for child sex slaves. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37706 "2018-05-17T02:58:00Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Except that the right-wing liars will preach that net neutralists are Marxists who want to ban fair and balanced news from the Internet and replace it with ads for child sex slaves. And - you can order / pick up **pizza** too! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37707 "2018-05-17T03:19:30Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > :dubious: Shit, not me! I lost a world war to Gandhi! Fuckin’ _Gandhi_! ---
**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:** [May 17, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37708 "2018-05-17T03:53:21Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Shit, not me! I lost a world war to Gandhi! Fuckin’ _Gandhi_! Yeah, but AI Gandhi’s a fucking bastard. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37709 "2018-05-17T04:39:05Z")
It is hard getting through to people who believe that climate change is a hoax, but Pizzagate is real. (Trolls are now trying to link the Clintons to the "Allison Mack sex cult scandal which, AFIK, only involved consenting adults, but which they (the trolls) are saying also involved kids.) ---
**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:** [May 17, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37710 "2018-05-17T11:57:00Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Already the party of savagely violent and grossly sexualized video games. Welp, they’ve got **my** vote. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37711 "2018-05-17T15:14:41Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Yeah, but AI Gandhi’s a fucking bastard. Only if you attack him first ! Or, Heavens forbid, let him get hold of nukes before you do. Then all bets are off. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37712 "2018-05-17T17:28:56Z")
Mo Brooks: Sea levels rising is caused by rocks falling into the ocean. > **[GOP lawmaker says rocks falling into ocean to blame for rising sea levels](https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/388161-gop-lawmaker-says-rocks-falling-into-the-ocean-is-causing-higher/)** > > A Republican lawmaker on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee said Thursday that rocks from the White Cliffs of Dover and the California coastline, as well as silt from river… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37713 "2018-05-17T17:33:48Z")
Alabama should change its state seal to a barrel of hair and a bag of hammers. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37714 "2018-05-17T18:28:17Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Alabama should change its state seal to a barrel of hair and a bag of hammers. 😃 ---
**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:** [May 17, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37715 "2018-05-17T20:57:38Z")
Republican Congressional candidate videotapes herself harassing a transgender woman trying to use a public bathroom and driving her out of the place because of her harassment. The article doesn’t say she’s Republican, but Ballotpedia says she is. > **[Congressional Candidate Accosts Trans Woman Using Bathroom](https://www.thedailybeast.com/congressional-candidate-accosts-trans-woman-using-bathroom)** > > Jazmina Saavedra, running in CA's 44th District, filmed her confrontation with a trans woman. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37716 "2018-05-18T04:34:27Z")
Have there been any incidents of actual, but shall we say aesthetically challenged, women getting hassled for using the ladies restroom? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37717 "2018-05-18T11:02:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mo Brooks: Sea levels rising is caused by rocks falling into the ocean. > [http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/388161-gop-lawmaker-says-rocks-falling-into-the-ocean-is-causing-higher](http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/388161-gop-lawmaker-says-rocks-falling-into-the-ocean-is-causing-higher) I thought the Democrat who was concerned Guam would tip over was the benchmark for stupid politician statements but Republicans have really been in “Hold my beer” mode lately and have left him far behind. > [@E-DUB](#): > > Have there been any incidents of actual, but shall we say aesthetically challenged, women getting hassled for using the ladies restroom? As per a quick Google, [yes there have](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Man-Follows-Woman-Into-Restroom-Over-Perceived-Gender-377761751.html). ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37718 "2018-05-18T14:26:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Republican Congressional candidate videotapes herself harassing a transgender woman trying to use a public bathroom and driving her out of the place because of her harassment. The article doesn’t say she’s Republican, but Ballotpedia says she is. > [Congressional Candidate Accosts Trans Woman Using Bathroom](https://www.thedailybeast.com/congressional-candidate-accosts-trans-woman-using-bathroom) That asshole woman is also wearing a trump shirt. I would call that woman “deplorable”. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37719 "2018-05-18T14:46:42Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Have there been any incidents of actual, but shall we say aesthetically challenged, women getting hassled for using the ladies restroom? > [@Gyrate](#): > > As per a quick Google, [yes there have](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Man-Follows-Woman-Into-Restroom-Over-Perceived-Gender-377761751.html). By the by, to forestall any unfortunate digressions here I want to make it clear I was assuming that by “actual woman” you meant “ciswoman”, with no disrespect to transwomen intended by you (and certainly none was intended by me). We all have moments where unconsidered mental and verbal shortcuts lead us into minefields. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37720 "2018-05-18T15:16:02Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Have there been any incidents of actual, but shall we say aesthetically challenged, women getting hassled for using the ladies restroom? Back in the day we had a local actress challenged by a local “tightie whitie” councilman who didn’t know who she was (he barged right into the stall), that’s why the store where it happened changed the Employee Washroom, which was was right next to the other rest rooms, so it kind of makes sense, anyhow to this day we still have rest rooms for Men, Women, and Bea Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37721 "2018-05-18T17:00:27Z")
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