# 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:** 1895
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37882 "2018-06-01T01:43:05Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > Eff you, **Chimera**. Coming from you, that is high praise. I shall wear it as a badge of honor. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37883 "2018-06-01T02:56:46Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > Eff you, **Chimera**. For what exactly? Do you deny it’s true? ---
**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 1, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37884 "2018-06-01T03:08:07Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > Eff you, **Chimera**. Honestly, what’s the problem here? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37885 "2018-06-01T03:16:07Z")
Popehat’s response to someone criticising this: _Hmm. What are the ethics of doxxing someone who makes and publishes enemies lists like her “Islamic accomplice” site?_ ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37886 "2018-06-01T03:26:11Z")
You don’t get to deliberately try to cause harm to others, and then hide behind anti-doxxing rules. If what you are doing is news, then the news can out you. Plus she apparently doxxed herself multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37887 "2018-06-01T05:27:24Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > Eff you, **Chimera**. News organizations report news. That includes doing journalism. Which includes investigative reporting. Which means digging to find facts about people. Which means publishing things that… get this… _other people don’t want to be known!_ (_Shock! Horror!_) Because if someone only publishes what others want to be known, they aren’t publishing news, they’re publishing press releases. **HINT:** When the Big People talk about Free Speech, _this is what they’re talking about._ ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37888 "2018-06-01T08:21:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Honestly, what’s the problem here? I took it as a subtle joke based on username. Hoping Chimera’s response was, as well. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37889 "2018-06-01T09:31:47Z")
Wasn’t that the mythological monster that swallowed Greek seamen? ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37890 "2018-06-01T09:49:04Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > I took it as a subtle joke based on username. Hoping Chimera’s response was, as well. He also subtly reanimated Chimera’s pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37891 "2018-06-01T11:45:01Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Wasn’t that the mythological monster that swallowed Greek seamen? You’re thinking of Charybdis. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37892 "2018-06-01T12:12:46Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > You’re thinking of Charybdis. More likely Scylla. Charybdis was a whirlpool (and therefore sold at Sears) ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37893 "2018-06-01T12:27:06Z")
The last 11 posts have gone completely over my head. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37894 "2018-06-01T12:42:59Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > The last 11 posts have gone completely over my head. Ditto. But I enjoyed the Whirlpool/Sears comment. ---
**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 1, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37895 "2018-06-01T12:46:15Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ditto. But I enjoyed the Whirlpool/Sears comment. It was worth it for that. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37896 "2018-06-01T15:11:15Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > The last 11 posts have gone completely over my head. I think you may be upside down. ---
**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 1, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37897 "2018-06-01T18:26:57Z")
Former Florida state legislator, now a Marco Rubio campaign volunteer, doesn’t understand what the big deal is about Roseanne Barr calling Valerie Jarrett a monkey. After all, she thinks Barrack Obama looks like a cute monkey. > **[Former Broward lawmaker & Marco Rubio campaign chair likens Obama to...](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-reg-broward-republican-barack-obama-curious-george-20180531-story.html)** > > Susan Goldstein, a Broward chairwoman for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign and former Republican state representative from Weston, said she thinks former President Barack Obama resembles the cartoon monkey Curious George. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37898 "2018-06-01T18:39:36Z")
Jesus Christ. Is it that hard? I mean, really, is it that fucking hard to not compare black people to monkeys? Is it in some people’s DNA or something that makes it imperative that they compare black people to monkeys? They just HAVE to do it? What the ever-loving fuck??? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37899 "2018-06-01T18:47:22Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Jesus Christ. Is it that hard? I mean, really, is it that fucking hard to not compare black people to monkeys? Is it in some people’s DNA or something that makes it imperative that they compare black people to monkeys? They just HAVE to do it? What the ever-loving fuck??? They’re just saying what they’re thinking. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37900 "2018-06-01T19:05:58Z")
Just a rehash from the past, it’s not as bad (their opinion) from back when rape was cool for Reprehensibleicans (R-fucking deaf) a short time ago. You know: She had it coming. He said she said. Dressing provocatively. It’s Og blessing. Man has dominion. She could have stopped the sperm (ducks can do it). Family doesn’t count. Wives don’t count. Not a real problem. And no abortion - rape/incest/life of the mother - ooooh, that would be murder.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37901 "2018-06-01T19:44:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Former Florida state legislator, now a Marco Rubio campaign volunteer, doesn’t understand what the big deal is about Roseanne Barr calling Valerie Jarrett a monkey. After all, she thinks Barrack Obama looks like a cute monkey. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: PSA FOR CLUELESS CONSERVATIVES: **YES, TO SOME EXTENT ALL HUMAN BEINGS _DO_ LOOK LIKE MONKEYS/APES.** (That is natural and expected, because of our close genetic relationship to monkeys/apes—oh sorry, do you need your creationism-friendly safe space?) And people have been using monkey/ape comparisons for decades, nay, centuries, to make fun of politicians and other public figures: [1863 political cartoon of Lincoln as a monkey](http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/cartoon-corner/emancipation-and-slavery/lincoln-as-a-monkey-holding-a-copy-of-the-emancipation-proclamation/) [1940 political cartoon of British politicians as monkeys](https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/portrays-chamberlain-attlee-and-hore-belisha-as-the-three-news-photo/591983324) [2008 political cartoon of George W. Bush as a chimpanzee](https://www.toonpool.com/cartoons/bush%20chimp_33184) But making monkey/ape comparisons about black people is not just a joke: it’s playing off centuries-old viciously racist ideas about the supposed inferiority of nonwhites. You can compare black public figures to vegetables, to cars, to trains, whatever non-racist comparison your clunky little brain thinks is funny. But for Ogsake **LAY OFF THE MONKEY/APE “JOKES” WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1894) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1896)