# 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:** 1986
**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:** [November 29, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39702 "2018-11-29T23:25:54Z")
I’m starting to think we need to widen the circumstances under which someone can be involuntarily committed… ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39703 "2018-11-30T02:59:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Professional troll, James O’Keefe accomplice, and vile white supremacist Laura Loomer has [handcuffed herself to the front door of Twitter’s headquarters while wearing a yellow Star of David patch to protest being banned from the site.](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/far-right-activist-laura-loomer-handcuffs-herself-twitter-s-new-n941891) > > Twitter, hilariously enough, has chosen not to press charges or ask the police to remove her. Let’s all give Loomer three cheers! And let’s make every one of them “Kay!” I wonder if she, or any of her moron supporters, can fathom that. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39704 "2018-11-30T03:10:28Z")
I love her dedication to her cause! > [@](#): > > At about 6 p.m. ET, police, at Loomer’s request, used a bolt cutter to cut through her handcuffs. She was not arrested. That’s 2 whole hours! Freedom marchers got nothin’ on her! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39705 "2018-11-30T03:14:15Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Wait, I thought Popular Mechanics was controlled by the Bush cabal that did 9/11. Clinton Foundation shorted Craftsman stock, and financed whisper campaigns promoting Snap-On. Also, #_CraftsmanIsTotallyGay_, stuff like that. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39706 "2018-11-30T04:21:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Professional troll, James O’Keefe accomplice, and vile white supremacist Laura Loomer has [handcuffed herself to the front door of Twitter’s headquarters while wearing a yellow Star of David patch to protest being banned from the site.](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/far-right-activist-laura-loomer-handcuffs-herself-twitter-s-new-n941891) > > Twitter, hilariously enough, has chosen not to press charges or ask the police to remove her. They should have found some way to make sure she stayed attached to the door handle. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39707 "2018-11-30T04:26:16Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I love her dedication to her cause!That’s 2 whole hours! Freedom marchers got nothin’ on her! This idiot chained herself up and didn’t bring the key? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39708 "2018-11-30T04:29:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > They should have found some way to make sure she stayed attached to the door handle. “We wouldn’t want to ruin that nice pair of handcuffs, we’ll just take the door off its hinges…” ---
**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:** [November 30, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39709 "2018-11-30T04:29:58Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > This idiot chained herself up and didn’t bring the key? To be fair, it would be an ineffective protester indeed who brung along keys to the lock that they were using. Keys secreted upon one’s person can be retrieved and used. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39710 "2018-11-30T04:32:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > They should have found some way to make sure she stayed attached to the door handle. > [@Horatius](#): > > “We wouldn’t want to ruin that nice pair of handcuffs, we’ll just take the door off its hinges…” And then Twitter, Inc. (or however they style themselves) could have billed her for a replacement door… ---
**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:** [November 30, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39711 "2018-11-30T04:32:17Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > To be fair, it would be an ineffective protester indeed who brung along keys to the lock that they were using. Keys secreted upon one’s person can be retrieved and used. Not where I put 'em. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39712 "2018-11-30T04:54:32Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Not where I put 'em. [I THINK I get ya…](http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/File:Ass_Fighting_The_Venture_Bros._Adult_Swim) ---
**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:** [November 30, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39713 "2018-11-30T05:19:05Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > This idiot chained herself up and didn’t bring the key? Dying of exposure on a sub-freezing New York winter night is the _best_ way to own the libs. You may recall some of Loomer’s previous stunts, such as [interrupting a Congressional hearing and prompting a Congressman to launch into an auctioneer babble;](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy9pouWpRUo) getting banned from Uber _and_ Lyft [for harassing Muslim drivers;](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/laura-loomer-banned-uber-lyft-after-anti-muslim-tweetstorm-n816911) [trying to make illegal donations to Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4006454/hillary-clinton-video-project-veritas/); and [trying to start a “humanitarian pro-ISIS club” at her college.](https://forward.com/news/national/376973/watch-in-laura-loomers-first-stunt-she-made-an-isis-club/) …She’s not very good at this. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2018, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39714 "2018-11-30T06:03:52Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Dying of exposure on a sub-freezing New York winter night is the _best_ way to own the libs. > > You may recall some of Loomer’s previous stunts, such as [interrupting a Congressional hearing and prompting a Congressman to launch into an auctioneer babble;](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy9pouWpRUo) getting banned from Uber _and_ Lyft [for harassing Muslim drivers;](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/laura-loomer-banned-uber-lyft-after-anti-muslim-tweetstorm-n816911) [trying to make illegal donations to Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4006454/hillary-clinton-video-project-veritas/); and [trying to start a “humanitarian pro-ISIS club” at her college.](https://forward.com/news/national/376973/watch-in-laura-loomers-first-stunt-she-made-an-isis-club/) > > …She’s not very good at this. I wonder what happened with her lawsuits against Uber and Lyft. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39715 "2018-12-01T04:07:49Z")
[Romulans are such assholes](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/419168-arizona-state-lawmaker-african-americans-dont-blend-in?amp&__twitter_impression=true): > [@](#): > > A Republican state lawmaker in Arizona was recorded saying African-Americans “don’t blend in” and calling non-native English speaking students a “burden on taxpayers.” > > Arizona state Rep. David Stringer made the comments earlier this month after an Arizona State University lecture on the results of this month’s midterm elections, the Phoenix New Times reported Friday. > > Three students are heard on the audio confronting Stringer, who has made controversial comments about immigration and diversity in the past. > > Stringer is heard on the audio saying “diversity in our country is relatively new.” > > ASU sophomore Stephen Chmura responded by citing immigration from Ireland and Italy. > > “They were all European,” Stringer said. “So after their second or third generation, everybody looks the same. Everybody talks the same. That’s not the case with African-Americans and other racial groups because they don’t melt in. They don’t blend in. They always look different.” > > “Why does looking different matter?” Chmura asked. > > “I don’t know. Maybe it doesn’t. Maybe it doesn’t to a lot of people,” Stringer said. “It seems to matter to a lot of people who move out of Detroit, who move out of Baltimore. You know we have white flight in this country.” > > Chmura pointed out that his Polish great grandfather wanted a better life for himself, just like Venezuelans fleeing from a “socialist regime.” > > “The difference between the Polish-American immigrant and the immigrant from Somalia is the second-generation Polish immigrant looks like the Irish kid and the German kid and every other kid,” Stringer said. “But the immigrant from Somalia does not.” > > Stringer, throughout the conversation, continues to refer to immigrants and non-native English speakers as a “burden.” > > “It costs a lot of more to educate a child who doesn’t speak English as a native language,” Stringer said. “So that’s a burden on the taxpayers. It’s a pretty significant burden.” > > Stringer has previously said that “immigration today represents an existential threat to the United States.” > > He was recorded earlier this year lamenting about how there “aren’t enough white kids to go around” because 60 percent of children in Arizona schools were minorities. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39716 "2018-12-01T05:33:53Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I wonder what happened with her lawsuits against Uber and Lyft. AFAICT they exist only in her fantasies. I find no evidence online of any lawsuit, [not even the one she claimed was already in progress](https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/far-right-jewish-american-barred-from-uber-after-islamophobic-tweets-1.5462618). > [@](#): > > In response to being barred from Uber, Loomer said she is already suing the company for not responding properly to charges of rape and anti-Semitism. I can find no evidence of that lawsuit. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39717 "2018-12-01T05:36:16Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Romulans are such assholes](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/419168-arizona-state-lawmaker-african-americans-dont-blend-in?amp&__twitter_impression=true): :eek: > [@](#): > > He was recorded earlier this year lamenting about how there “aren’t enough white kids to go around” because 60 percent of children in Arizona schools were minorities. > > The Arizona Republican Party called on him to resign over the remarks but he refused. He won his reelection in Prescott earlier this month. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39718 "2018-12-01T17:53:41Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > This idiot chained herself up and didn’t bring the key? It’s like the sitcom plot “Couple decides to get a bit kinky and loses the key to the cuffs; now they’re trying to avoid anybody finding out what they’ve been up to”, only less funny. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39719 "2018-12-01T18:09:00Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It’s like the sitcom plot “Couple decides to get a bit kinky and loses the key to the cuffs; now they’re trying to avoid anybody finding out what they’ve been up to”, only less funny. That was a story on “Love American Style”. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39720 "2018-12-01T20:19:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > To be fair, it would be an ineffective protester indeed who brung along keys to the lock that they were using. Keys secreted upon one’s person can be retrieved and used. She ASKED to be released after 2 hours 😃 That’s like going on a hunger strike and asking when breakfast is. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39721 "2018-12-01T21:43:07Z")
I wouldn’t swear to it, but I read somewhere that Loomer did, in fact, bring keys to the handcuffs. She then, apparently, threw them grandiosely away sometime during the two hours. Funny as hell, if true. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1985) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1987)