# 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:** 2124
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42469 "2019-10-18T19:45:54Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Hm, I will have to look into that. I am perhaps unusually athletic for an internet poster, so I doubt it. But still, same question: we’re hating people for their hormones now? What happened to liberty? > > But I guess when Jesus mandated strict gender roles, that extended to a certain ppm of testosterone v estrogen. Crossing that line is evil on a level of eating shellfish or mixing wool and linen I suppose. Still, what happened to liberty? Why can’t rednecks concern themselves with real problems? I’m wasting my time, aren’t I? Oddly, one of the best breakdowns of the Soy nonsense is from HBomberguy: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/C8dfiDeJeDU/maxresdefault.jpg "SOY BOYS: A MEASURED RESPONSE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8dfiDeJeDU) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42470 "2019-10-18T19:47:48Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I kind of enjoyed this bit from that link: > > Who knew you had to pay a commercial enterprise for their service? Who knew? Right-wingers often turn into hardcore collectivists when it comes to their interests. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42471 "2019-10-18T20:25:33Z")
In an [opinion piece in the Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitch-mcconnell-withdrawing-from-syria-is-a-grave-mistake/2019/10/18/c0a811a8-f1cd-11e9-89eb-ec56cd414732_story.html?wpisrc=al_trending_now__alert-national--alert-world--alert-politics&wpmk=1), Moscow Mitch criticizes the withdrawal from Syria; mentions Obama 3 times but Trump gets not a single mention. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42472 "2019-10-18T20:25:40Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Is almond milk ok? Not sure about the right-whingers, but there does seem to be some dispute about is palatability. [Do you like the idea of fellating elves](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=662047)? ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42473 "2019-10-18T20:37:26Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [Do you like the idea of fellating elves](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=662047)? Lemme guess: asking for a friend? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42474 "2019-10-18T22:05:53Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Is almond milk ok? Seaweed chips? If I go vegetarian for my own health but don’t flaunt it, is that ok too, or is such an expression of liberty simply beyond the pale? 😕 Remember, this is the crowd that got so incensed that some people opted to drive Prius (Priuses ?) that they modded their trucks to be as polluting as possible. You care about something, anything ? Fuck you, faggot. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42475 "2019-10-19T02:32:11Z")
> [@Running\_with\_Scissors](#): > > In an [opinion piece in the Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitch-mcconnell-withdrawing-from-syria-is-a-grave-mistake/2019/10/18/c0a811a8-f1cd-11e9-89eb-ec56cd414732_story.html?wpisrc=al_trending_now__alert-national--alert-world--alert-politics&wpmk=1), Moscow Mitch criticizes the withdrawal from Syria; mentions Obama 3 times but Trump gets not a single mention. Wow. I am heartened by this. No, not the opinion piece. I have no interest in anything Moscow Mitch has to say. I am heartened by the comments. I read through about 50 of the comments and not one was positive for Mitch. Perhaps folks are finally wising up to Banana Republican lies. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42476 "2019-10-19T05:19:36Z")
I don’t mean to harsh your buzz, but the WaPo’s comments section leans very heavily anti-Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42477 "2019-10-19T05:46:08Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > I don’t mean to harsh your buzz, but the WaPo’s comments section leans very heavily anti-Trump. Ah. I see. Consider my buzz harshed. Does make me wonder why Moscow Mitch would choose WaPo to publish this Op Ed. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42478 "2019-10-19T11:42:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The right wingers claim that soy contains estrogen, and if men consume soy products it turns them into girly men. > Thus the pejorative “soy boy” used by incels and other whacko right wingers to attempt to criticize liberals. Are the whingeing incels also right-wingers? I thought they wanted socialism so the taxpayers would buy them sex dolls. Or is this what the right-wing has come to? — _No socialism for hungry black kids, but free sex toys for white boys._ ```auto Deliberately allowing the Kurds to be massacred because a fellow dictator promised to shine up the gilt on 'Trump Towers' was the final straw for me. I don't think I can joke about America's right-wing anymore; I'm filled with sorrow and bitterness. The following quote sums up modern right-wing "philosophy" for me: [QUOTE=Lumpy] My position? Don't blame me for anything Trump has done; this is what you pushed us to. [/QUOTE] How many guns does **Lumpy** own? Did he trade one in for a year's supply of Viagra? In this quote one can almost hear the whining of a bitter impotent man hiding behind his surrogate penis. ``` ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42479 "2019-10-19T13:55:41Z")
> [@Septimus](#): > > The following quote sums up modern right-wing “philosophy” for me: > > > [@Originally Posted by Lumpy](#): > > > > My position? Don’t blame me for anything Trump has done; this is what you pushed us to. Yep, a total denial of responsibility for what they vote for and defend. When asked to defend their positions, they can’t. They go into a circular ‘logic’ that they think is a good argument. Rinse and repeat. They voted for a corrupt moron for President. They love the lies because that lottery ticket just might be the one. They believe their lot in life has nothing to do with the choices that they have made. And in the same breath deride programs that would help them (education, health care etc.) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42480 "2019-10-19T13:57:55Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > How many guns does **Lumpy** own? Did he trade one in for a year’s supply of Viagra? In this quote one can almost hear the whining of a bitter impotent man hiding behind his surrogate penis. And can I say that these types of put downs don’t help. Never will. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42481 "2019-10-19T14:06:08Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > Ah. I see. Consider my buzz harshed. Does make me wonder why Moscow Mitch would choose WaPo to publish this Op Ed. Because in spite of what Trump would have people believe the Washington Post is not lying liberal fake news, but instead is a world class news paper that is read by everyone who has a real interest in national politics, and regularly publishes opinions from those on the right side of the political spectrum\*, particularly those of politicians. So this is exactly the sort of thing they regularly publish, and the best way for McDonnell to get his message across to those who need to hear it. Its not like he could publish this in a right wing rag. \*Although since most of its columnists have half a brain, very few, even the conservative ones, are pro Trump. Still in the last year or so they scraped the bottom of the barrel and [found](https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/marc-a-thiessen/)[two](https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/gary-abernathy/) who would be willing to defend the indefensible. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42482 "2019-10-19T15:25:19Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > And can I say that these types of put downs don’t help. Never will. I strongly doubt I’ll be asked to assist a campaign, but I’d adjust my dosages if it happened. But I’m curious: Do you think there’s any chance at all that **Lumpy, Ditka, octopus, Annoying** or one of the other oafs would change their disgusting political attitudes if we spoke gently and softly to them? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42483 "2019-10-19T15:36:03Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > …But I’m curious: Do you think there’s any chance at all that **Lumpy, Ditka, octopus, Annoying** or one of the other oafs would change their disgusting political attitudes if we spoke gently and softly to them? You’re making a joke, right? The ONLY reason they persist is **because they get a reaction**. There is no ideology, philosophy, stance, opinion, or anything else involved. They will not change their minds, because thought processes and reasoning are not involved. And anyway, who cares? They. Get. Outraged. Reactions. Consistently. _Period_. It’s as simple as that. It’s not rocket surgery. Ceasing to respond will solve the problem, but most people _can’t resist the bait._ ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42484 "2019-10-19T15:43:06Z")
I realize that **Annoying** is a “troll” and **Ditka** is a “sealion.” However, I’ll guess that **Lumpy** and **octopus** are actually sincere. Closed-minded to the point of ugliness, but sincere. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42485 "2019-10-19T15:53:52Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > Ah. I see. Consider my buzz harshed. Does make me wonder why Moscow Mitch would choose WaPo to publish this Op Ed. Well, it makes him look somewhat reasonable to WaPo readers, even though he slams Democrats pretty good. But, he also calls out Obama three times and Schumer once - with nary a mention of Trump. Trump will only notice that and the fact that it appears in the Amazon Post ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42486 "2019-10-19T16:00:31Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > You’re making a joke, right? > > The ONLY reason they persist is **because they get a reaction**. There is no ideology, philosophy, stance, opinion, or anything else involved. They will not change their minds, because thought processes and reasoning are not involved. And anyway, who cares? > > They. Get. Outraged. Reactions. Consistently. _Period_. > > It’s as simple as that. It’s not rocket surgery. > > Ceasing to respond will solve the problem, but most people _can’t resist the bait._ Yeah, that doesn’t work. They just get bolder. Plus, silence is endorsement. They crow that unopposed arguments mean that they won. Meanwhile, when you cite facts, they have no valid response. That’s why they scream “FAKE NEWS!” every time the facts are not on their side. This “ignore them” shit only works for people who just want the victims of this crap to shut up about it. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42487 "2019-10-19T16:06:18Z")
Jesus Fuck, Barr is ordering an investigation into the beginning of the Mueller investigation, because the giant orange baby can’t stand criticism. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42488 "2019-10-19T18:14:59Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > You’re making a joke, right? > > The ONLY reason they persist is **because they get a reaction**. There is no ideology, philosophy, stance, opinion, or anything else involved. They will not change their minds, because thought processes and reasoning are not involved. And anyway, who cares? > > They. Get. Outraged. Reactions. Consistently. _Period_. > > It’s as simple as that. It’s not rocket surgery. > > Ceasing to respond will solve the problem, but most people _can’t resist the bait._ And every single last one of them is on my Ignore list so I don’t have to worry about resisting the bait. Or them, really, since they’ve proven themselves to be humans with a total lack of empathy or compassion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2125)