# 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:** 2083
**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:** [July 30, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41645 "2019-07-30T10:09:29Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Didn’t Christ tell them not to build on a foundation of sand? Christ was an idiot. It’s fine as long as you flog the house really quick (preferably to poor people who don’t have the means to sue) and you’re mates with the inspector. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41646 "2019-07-30T11:59:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 07/29/19 > Senator Steve Daines of Montana has introduced a resolution to condemn Socialism. > [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/455247-gop-senator-introduces-resolution-to-formally-condemn-socialism](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/455247-gop-senator-introduces-resolution-to-formally-condemn-socialism) It’s about time someone went after the -isms. I await his thoughts on fascism and racism. I’m sure they’re brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41647 "2019-07-30T12:08:44Z")
That’s easy: anyone in Monty’s categories are also the _real_ Fascists and racists, amirite? ---
**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:** [July 30, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41648 "2019-07-30T12:43:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 07/29/19 > Senator Steve Daines of Montana has introduced a resolution to condemn Socialism. > [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/455247-gop-senator-introduces-resolution-to-formally-condemn-socialism](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/455247-gop-senator-introduces-resolution-to-formally-condemn-socialism) I keep picturing this as some [Navin Johnson-like pronouncement](https://youtu.be/fe9EZh85gwE): “Socialism, I damn thee!” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41649 "2019-07-30T12:45:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 07/29/19 > Senator Steve Daines of Montana has introduced a resolution to condemn Socialism. > [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/455247-gop-senator-introduces-resolution-to-formally-condemn-socialism](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/455247-gop-senator-introduces-resolution-to-formally-condemn-socialism) Jeez, how come no one ever thought of that before, condemning socialism? Would have nipped it right in the bud. In the bud! > [@bobot](#): > > It’s about time someone went after the -isms. I await his thoughts on fascism and racism. I’m sure they’re brilliant. On the other hand, I’m not at all sure I want to hear his notions on feminism. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41650 "2019-07-30T13:43:46Z")
Apropos of nothing: > [@](#): > > Barney Fife: First sign of youngsters goin’ wrong, you got to nip it in the bud. > > Andy Taylor: I’m gonna have a talk with 'em. Now what more do you want me to do? > > Barney Fife: Well just don’t mollycoddle them. > > Andy Taylor: I won’t. > > Barney Fife: Nip it! You go read any book you want on the subject of child discipline and you’ll find that every one of them is in favor of bud-nippin’. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41651 "2019-07-30T15:38:23Z")
Why am I suddenly thinking of circumcision? ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41652 "2019-07-30T15:47:30Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Why am I suddenly thinking of circumcision? That’s an _ision_, not an _ism_. Take it somewhere else, ya commie! God wants us to cut the ends of our dicks off, it’s in the constitution or something. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41653 "2019-07-30T15:58:23Z")
> [@Running\_with\_Scissors](#): > > …God wants us to cut the ends of our dicks off, it’s in the constitution or something. Says the poster called Running with Scissors!! :eek: ---
**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:** [July 30, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41654 "2019-07-30T16:20:53Z")
Consider yourself lucky. Could have been Running With Shotguns. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41655 "2019-07-30T17:23:25Z")
Dilbert creator/Trumpsucker Scott Adams has created an app where people can go to peddle their stories for money. And Scott takes a percentage off the top. He is actively soliciting Gilroy shooting witnesses to sign up with his app to sell their stories. So that he can profit. > **[‘Dilbert’ Creator Tries to Sell Interviews From Mass Shooting](https://www.thedailybeast.com/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-tries-to-sell-interviews-with-gilroy-garlic-festival-shooting-survivors)** > > After the mass shooting, he advertised his new app that would somehow let people set a price for their stories—and give him a 20 percent cut. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41656 "2019-07-30T17:46:24Z")
I still love and read Dilbert every day, but Scott Adams’s antics are really starting to stick in my craw. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41657 "2019-07-30T18:57:34Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I still love and read Dilbert every day, but Scott Adams’s antics are really starting to stick in my craw. I still re-read the books I already own but I long ago stopped doing anything that would give Scott Adams money. The more money he gets, the more he can do bad shit with it. ‘Starve the beast’ etc. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41658 "2019-07-30T23:47:58Z")
I don’t have the strength to start a new thread for this, and this one seems as good as any other, so: Reagan was a racist fuck. I mean, you knew that, but in recently released recordings from 1971, Reagan complains to Nixon about the UN recognizing China. He singles out the delegates from some African nations for particular scorn: > [@](#): > > “Last night, I tell you, to watch that thing on television as I did,” Reagan said. “Yeah,” Nixon interjected. Reagan forged ahead with his complaint: “To see those, those monkeys from those African countries—damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” Nixon gave a huge laugh. > **[Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/ronald-reagans-racist-conversation-richard-nixon/595102/)** > > In newly unearthed audio, the then–California governor disparaged African delegates to the United Nations. Trump is not an anomaly. He is who they have always been. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41659 "2019-07-31T00:16:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Dilbert creator/Trumpsucker Scott Adams has created an app where people can go to peddle their stories for money. And Scott takes a percentage off the top. He is actively soliciting Gilroy shooting witnesses to sign up with his app to sell their stories. So that he can profit. > [‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams Tries to Sell Interviews With Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting Survivors](https://www.thedailybeast.com/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-tries-to-sell-interviews-with-gilroy-garlic-festival-shooting-survivors) Just the other day, I was thinking “Scott Adams can’t _really_ be as creepy as they say, can he?” I’ll admit it: when I’m wrong, I’m wrong! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41660 "2019-07-31T00:26:56Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Just the other day, I was thinking “Scott Adams can’t _really_ be as creepy as they say, can he?” > > I’ll admit it: when I’m wrong, I’m wrong! Makes no sense that a man that made fun of idiots in power for a lifetime, now supports them. I kinda think something is broken with Scott. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41661 "2019-07-31T00:41:32Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Makes no sense that a man that made fun of idiots in power for a lifetime, now supports them. I kinda think something is broken with Scott. Yeah, you’re right–his entire success was built on the idea that ‘_the people in charge are idiots_.’ Now he’s gone full-authoritarian, and seemingly sees nothing but a golden god when he looks at The Idiot Trump. Maybe he did suffer a blow to the head at some point. It’s not impossible (and the public, probably, would not have been told about it). ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41662 "2019-07-31T01:33:57Z")
Isn’t he one of the sufferers of 9/11 Derangement Syndrome, like Dennis Miller? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41663 "2019-07-31T02:38:02Z")
I have a friend who worked with Scott Adams. Said he was weird even before he got weird. Pinged this guy’s _Not Quite Right meter_ back in the 90s. But I was impressed; he was the first person I ever heard of who quit his job, then got hired back as a consultant at a much higher hourly rate. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41664 "2019-07-31T03:08:04Z")
I read one of Scott Adams’ books, _The Dilbert Future_, and it had some weird shit in it near the end. [I’ll let Insolitology sum it up](https://www.insolitology.com/rloddities/dilbert.htm): > [@](#): > > It all began, says Adams, with a childhood friend who never seemed to lose at games and whose family bragged about their ‘Irish luck’, winning supposedly unbeatable carnival games and eventually bagging $120,000 in an Irish sweepstakes. Though he claims to understand how statistics allows for the clustering of seemingly unlikely events, he was struck by the fact that they always seemed to expect to win, and he came to believe that the expectation was somehow self-fulfilling. It was this unnaturally lucky Irish family that made him wonder if the universe really worked the way he’d been taught, though he seems to notice neither the possibility that their luck was exaggerated by selective validation (our tendency to remember the hits and forget the misses), nor the rather quaint ethnic bias that echoes the age-old justifications for racial hatred over the ages. These Irish (Jews, Blacks, Methodists, insert your favorite ethnic group) are too lucky for chance explanations – they must be cheating by manipulating the very fabric of the universe (or through witchcraft, pacts with the devil, once again feel free to insert your favorite phrase). … OK, I won’t quote the whole page, but it only gets worse from there. My point is, Adams is one of those people who’s primed to believe weird shit, for whatever reason, and those people tend to believe _lots_ of weird shit. [Crank magnetism](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Crank_magnetism) is very real. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2082) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2084)