# 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:** 2107
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42129 "2019-09-17T14:05:15Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Given Yiannopoulos’s usual fanbase, I assume he was just planning to go to troll the attendees. Some of the attendees might be literal trolls. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42130 "2019-09-17T14:33:02Z")
Reading the last seven posts… :eek: That’s four minutes of my life I’ll never get back. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42131 "2019-09-17T17:27:45Z")
It seems that the _Dancing With the Stars_ judges [gave Sean Spicer low marks](https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/sean-spicer-dancing-with-the-stars/index.html). Obviously, this indicates their anti-Christian bias. (Or maybe they just couldn’t see the nuances of his performance through the eye protection they needed to gaze upon his outfit.) ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42132 "2019-09-17T17:38:24Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Great. Now we gotta worry about Nazi furries. Is there no depths of depravity this world will leave unplumbed ?! Gives a whole new meaning to Hitler’s _Werwolf_ corps, doesn’t it? > **[Werwolf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werwolf)** > > Werwolf (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced \[ˈveːɐ̯vɔlf\], German for "werewolf") was a Nazi plan which began development in 1944, to create a resistance force which would operate behind enemy lines as the Allies advanced through Germany in parallel with the Wehrmacht fighting in front of the lines. There is some argument t Ho... ---
**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:** [September 17, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42133 "2019-09-17T18:14:41Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It seems that the _Dancing With the Stars_ judges [gave Sean Spicer low marks](https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/sean-spicer-dancing-with-the-stars/index.html). Obviously, this indicates their anti-Christian bias. > > (Or maybe they just couldn’t see the nuances of his performance through the eye protection they needed to gaze upon his outfit.) Holy crap, I saw that picture on a link to The Onion, and just assumed they photoshopped it…I guess I’m officially out of touch with this new reality. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42134 "2019-09-17T19:50:26Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It seems that the _Dancing With the Stars_ judges [gave Sean Spicer low marks](https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/sean-spicer-dancing-with-the-stars/index.html). Obviously, this indicates their anti-Christian bias. > > (Or maybe they just couldn’t see the nuances of his performance through the eye protection they needed to gaze upon his outfit.) I haven’t watched DWtS in a few seasons - but this happens _every single time_ someone right wing sucks at dancing. There’s a weird contingent of red state viewers who go nuts and yell how it must be because of hollywood liberal bias rather than that the person they are cheering for is extremely uncoordinate and deeply rhythm impaired and can’t find the beat with a state of the art GPS system. Every single year, there were one or two of them and every single time the Republican voters seemed to think that voting for \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ on DWtS was the same thing as voting for their Senator based on policy positions. Except way more important because they were proving something to someone. (it was hard to tell what they were trying to prove. But dadgum it, they were out to prove it.) It’s a very weird extension of tribalism. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42135 "2019-09-17T20:25:37Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It seems that the _Dancing With the Stars_ judges [gave Sean Spicer low marks](https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/sean-spicer-dancing-with-the-stars/index.html). Obviously, this indicates their anti-Christian bias. “Sean Spicer just tried to turn ‘Dancing’ into some sort of culture-war proxy” And this is yet another good reason to never invite republicans to anything. ---
**Author:** ![kirkrapine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@kirkrapine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirkrapine)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42136 "2019-09-17T21:38:16Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It seems that the _Dancing With the Stars_ judges [gave Sean Spicer low marks](https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/sean-spicer-dancing-with-the-stars/index.html). Obviously, this indicates their anti-Christian bias. > > (Or maybe they just couldn’t see the nuances of his performance through the eye protection they needed to gaze upon his outfit.) At least Spicer, unlike Huckabee Sanders, looked like he was embarrassed to lie. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42137 "2019-09-18T00:14:39Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It seems that the _Dancing With the Stars_ judges [gave Sean Spicer low marks](https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/sean-spicer-dancing-with-the-stars/index.html). … > [@Horatius](#): > > Holy crap, I saw that picture on a link to The Onion, and just assumed they photoshopped it…I guess I’m officially out of touch with this new reality. …making you the envy of millions. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42138 "2019-09-18T01:03:56Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It seems that the _Dancing With the Stars_ judges [gave Sean Spicer low marks](https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/politics/sean-spicer-dancing-with-the-stars/index.html). Obviously, this indicates their anti-Christian bias. > > (Or maybe they just couldn’t see the nuances of his performance through the eye protection they needed to gaze upon his outfit.) It shouldn’t be any surprise that Spicer was pretty bad on DWTS. He wasn’t much better at dancing around the facts for his former boss. But yeah, he seems to be going for some sort of participation trophy. I thought Republicans were against that sort of thing. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42139 "2019-09-18T01:50:16Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > But yeah, he seems to be going for some sort of participation trophy. I thought Republicans were against that sort of thing. You misunderstand. They’re against that sort of thing _for other people_. ---
**Author:** ![cutman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@cutman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cutman74)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42140 "2019-09-18T02:07:56Z")
It seems we’ve forgotten about “merit based” ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42141 "2019-09-18T03:01:21Z")
> [@cutman74](#): > > It seems we’ve forgotten about “merit based” Nope. The 'pubblies haven’t forgotten about it. They just define it differently. For example, they believe their merit began with being born to someone in the country, being born not a minority, being born to someone not even remotely poor, etc. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42142 "2019-09-18T03:05:56Z")
Aye; Brojustice Kavanaugh is all about “merit-based” employment, for instance, remember? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42143 "2019-09-18T03:25:30Z")
Crazy “prophet” Mark Taylor says that Christians must carry weapons to defend themselves because since there are fewer abortions, the Red Cross is kidnapping people off the streets to get enough blood to feed to Baal. > **[Christian prophet: The Red Cross is ‘kidnapping people off the streets to use...](https://deadstate.org/christian-prophet-the-red-cross-is-kidnapping-people-off-the-streets-to-use-their-blood-for-sacrifices)** > > As time goes on, Mark Taylor‘s prophecies are getting increasingly incoherent. It’s almost as if he needs to convolute his prophecies more and more so it’s more difficult to point out the fact that they never come true. Either way, we have a new... ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42144 "2019-09-18T04:19:25Z")
Michele Malkin decides to use the day of Cokie Roberts’s death to criticize her. > **[Michelle Malkin Claims the Late Cokie Roberts Propagated Fake News](https://www.newsweek.com/michelle-malkin-accuses-cokie-roberts-fake-news-hours-after-her-death-1459851)** > > Michelle Malkin unleashed a firestorm of controversy as she accused journalist Cokie Roberts of lying to the public just hours after Roberts' death. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42145 "2019-09-18T06:12:20Z")
[Right-wing talk show host broadcasts detailed plan for mass murder against antifascist protesters](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/he-drew-up-plans-for-an-antifa-slaughter-then-got-invited-on-a-national-radio-show). > [@](#): > > Conservative radio host Lars Larson brags that his radio show is broadcast on over 20 stations in the Pacific Northwest and has featured interviews with everyone from Paul Ryan to Sean “Commander” Spicer, as Larson referred to the then-press secretary over Skype in the White House briefing room last year. > > But on Thursday last week, Larson offered something a little different to his thousands of listeners: A detailed plan on how to “slaughter” scores of left wing activists in their sleep. > > The plan came from Shane Kohfield, who earlier this summer had his guns confiscated by the FBI and was briefly taken to a VA hospital after announcing a similar plan in front of the mayor of Portland’s house. Right Wing Watch flagged the interview on Monday. I’d say I hope the FBI is watching this guy, but given that the FBI recently “lost” its file on Stormfront, I have little hope that that’s the case. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42146 "2019-09-18T06:19:21Z")
Also: [Fox News reporter Michelle Malkin attacks dead reporter for “fake news” literally hours after her death](https://www.thedailybeast.com/michelle-malkin-smears-cokie-roberts-on-the-day-of-her-death-one-of-the-first-guilty-culprits-of-fake-news). Fucking scumbag. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42147 "2019-09-18T09:46:24Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > [Right-wing talk show host broadcasts detailed plan for mass murder against antifascist protesters](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/he-drew-up-plans-for-an-antifa-slaughter-then-got-invited-on-a-national-radio-show). > > I’d say I hope the FBI is watching this guy, but given that the FBI recently “lost” its file on Stormfront, I have little hope that that’s the case. Lars Larson? Sounds like a Marvel Comics supervillain. Yeah, I know a different mook actually came up with the plan. And the plan is paramilitary death squads, basically? How very Central American (and unoriginal). ---
**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:** [September 18, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42148 "2019-09-18T12:29:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Crazy “prophet” Mark Taylor says that Christians must carry weapons to defend themselves because since there are fewer abortions, the Red Cross is kidnapping people off the streets to get enough blood to feed to Baal. > [https://deadstate.org/christian-prophet-the-red-cross-is-kidnapping-people-off-the-streets-to-use-their-blood-for-sacrifices](https://deadstate.org/christian-prophet-the-red-cross-is-kidnapping-people-off-the-streets-to-use-their-blood-for-sacrifices) WHOA! Here’s another story from that site: **[Christian prophet: ‘Patriots’ will drag dead Democrats through the streets if Trump doesn’t carry out ‘mass arrests’ by January](https://deadstate.org/christian-prophet-patriots-will-drag-dead-democrats-through-the-streets-if-trump-doesnt-carry-out-mass-arrests-by-january/)** This story would be hilarious if it weren’t for the fact that people believe this crap. Like: > [@](#): > > …Taylor has claimed in the past that Trump’s operation has already arrested Satanic pedophile rings, saying that the “Clintons are going to go down, Obama is going to go down, they’re all going to go down.” > … BTW, God told him all of this stuff-- he’s not making it up. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2106) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2108)