# 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:** 2066
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41305 "2019-06-16T18:17:20Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Is that a confession that there is, in fact, child porn on his servers? Enough probable cause for a search? From that Daily Beast article: > [@](#): > > …a company tasked with screening Infowars’ emails found 12 threatening messages that contained images of child porn. So 12 email messages with child porn images were emailed to some people at Infowars. Describing this as ‘planting pornography on our servers’ is quite a stretch. In fact, it’s entirely possible that the email messages aren’t even on the company’s servers, but rather on the servers of the email provider. ---
**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 16, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41306 "2019-06-16T19:18:15Z")
June 16, 2019 Right winger Candace Owens thinks people should have their citizenship revoked if they burn the flag. > ---
**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:** [June 16, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41307 "2019-06-16T19:27:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > June 16, 2019 > Right winger Candace Owens thinks people should have their citizenship revoked if they burn the flag. > [https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1140235720843550720](https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1140235720843550720) Dogs hump others as a show of dominance. Should Trump’s citizenship be revoked for humping the flag? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41308 "2019-06-16T22:45:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > June 16, 2019 > Right winger Candace Owens thinks people should have their citizenship revoked if they burn the flag. > [https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1140235720843550720](https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1140235720843550720) Well that obviously is pretty smart wrt the first amendment, but there’s another layer of smartness : so, OK, say you’re a US citizen born and raised, citizen by birth and you’ve got no “back where you came from !” to go to. You get your citizenship revoked…and then what ? Do they kick you out to sea ? Do we get to enslave you because you’re not a citizen of anywhere ? Inquiring minds want to know where this no doubt carefully thought out policy goes. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41309 "2019-06-16T22:55:50Z")
“If I were President, the punishment for burning the U.S flag would be the renunciation of citizenship.” A: That’s not it works. B: “renunciation” . . . “renunciation”, BWHAHAHA the stupid burns so much. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41310 "2019-06-17T12:45:42Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I posted this over in the MPSIMS thread on Sanders but it belongs here too. > > Sarah Huckabee Sanders would like to be remembered as “[transparent and honest](https://boingboing.net/2019/06/14/sarah-sanders-hopes-shell-be.html)”: I liked [Stormy Daniel’s reply](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stormy-daniels-sarah-huckabee-sanders_n_5d04a04be4b0dc17ef0a31a9) to Sarah’s comment: And I hope to be remembered for being a virgin **eyeroll** ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41311 "2019-06-17T23:07:03Z")
The plot thickens… [Alex Jones sent Sandy Hook victims files with child sex abuse images, say lawyers](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/17/claim-alex-jones-child-sex-abuse-images-sandy-hook-victims) > [@](#): > > Lawyers for relatives of some victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting allege that far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones sent them documents relating to the court battle they are fighting that included electronic files containing images of child sexual abuse, as the latest twist in the defamation case against the Infowars website host. > > Jones denied the allegations during his web show last Friday and accused one of the lawyers involved of framing him. > > Lawyers say the imagery was among documents they had requested from Jones as part of the discovery process of the lawsuit. This guy needs to seriously just shut up and go away. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41312 "2019-06-17T23:34:11Z")
Truly he is Richard Linklater’s worst decision. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41313 "2019-06-18T00:57:14Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > The plot thickens… > > [Alex Jones sent Sandy Hook victims files with child sex abuse images, say lawyers](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/17/claim-alex-jones-child-sex-abuse-images-sandy-hook-victims) When I read about his bellyaching that someone was trying to frame him with child porn files, my first thought was, “Yeah? Smart money is you sent it yourself.” > [@](#): > > This guy needs to seriously just shut up and go away. He needs to shut up and _be put away_. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41314 "2019-06-18T01:11:22Z")
The irony, of course, is that Republicans tend to view flag desecration as a sign of patriotism. Flying a flag 24/7? Wearing flag-pattern clothes? That “Blue Lives Matter” flag? All desecration, according to the Flag Code. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41315 "2019-06-18T01:40:16Z")
Didn’t Abbie Hoffman get arrested around 1968 for wearing an American flag shirt…? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41316 "2019-06-18T01:43:07Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Didn’t Abbie Hoffman get arrested around 1968 for wearing an American flag shirt…? Exactly right: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/2855/33844103521_75ea430f63_z.jpg "Hoffman arrested for American flag shirt: 1968") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/washington_area_spark/33844103521) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41317 "2019-06-18T03:37:35Z")
Sure that isn’t Bernie? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41318 "2019-06-18T13:10:04Z")
**DSYoungEsq** promises that South Carolina will secede again if it loses its outsized influence on Presidential elections. > [@The proposed National Popular Vote Interstate Compact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proposed-national-popular-vote-interstate-compact/805797/411): > > I can tell you for a fact that you simply won’t be able to convince large swathes of the country to accept your idea of a popularly elected President. I live in South Carolina. I know the people here pretty well by now. And I can tell you without fear of contradiction that, if it ever comes to the point that the people of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York get to choose who the President over South Carolina is, the compact that is the United States will most likely unravel post haste. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41319 "2019-06-18T14:34:47Z")
And here I thought the question had been settled. Silly me – I hadn’t foreseen the Enabler in Chief. ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41320 "2019-06-18T17:00:59Z")
Why do we as a country continue to act as if done voters inherently deserve to count more than others? Why should living in Wyoming entitle a person to more say in who is president? Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41321 "2019-06-18T17:14:05Z")
I think it’s one of those things that made good sense almost 250 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41322 "2019-06-18T17:52:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Dogs hump others as a show of dominance. Should Trump’s citizenship be revoked for humping the flag? And what about the time he wiped his ass with the American flag? At least, the guy who plays him did. > **[Watch Saturday Night Live Clip: Buckwell's Follies - NBC.com](https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/buckwells-follies/n10799)** > > Watch Saturday Night Live highlight: > Buckwell's Follies - NBC.com ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41323 "2019-06-19T02:14:57Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > **DSYoungEsq** promises that South Carolina will secede again if it loses its outsized influence on Presidential elections. If **DSYoungEsq** was at all serious in that post, he is a fucking moron. Since 1900 South Carolina has voted for the winning candidate in 17 out of 31 elections. The 14 losses include both Clinton terms and both Obama terms. If the US electing a black man President didn’t spark the 2nd Ft. Sumter, nothing will. ---
**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 19, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41324 "2019-06-19T04:07:32Z")
TODAY 3:43 PM Mitch McConnell says proposals to make District of Columbia and Puerto Rico states are “full bore socialism”. [https://www.thenation.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-puerto-rico-full-bore-socialism/](https://www.thenation.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-puerto-rico-full-bore-socialism/) From the 2016 Republican Party platform: “We support the right of the United States citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2065) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2067)