# 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:** 2160
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43189 "2019-12-26T20:45:10Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1 supporters are touting a website that claims that Individual 1 has an IQ of 156. > [Trump supporters are promoting a bizarre website that claims the president's IQ is 156 'at the minimum' - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/trump-supporters-are-promoting-a-bizarre-website-that-claims-the-presidents-iq-is-156-at-the-minimum) Man, he’s not even the smartest person in the room when he’s alone. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43190 "2019-12-26T20:59:31Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Watching that video the thing that jumps out at me is how instinctively protective Bill is of Hillary, but I kind of doubt that that is the message that Gosar wanted to send. [Chelsea’s response](https://twitter.com/ChelseaClinton/status/1210196733415833600) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43191 "2019-12-26T21:00:54Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well, Aileen Wuornos was a real person, so not fictional. That said, the image is a screen cap of Smeagol first admiring his Precious (when he still looked like a hobbit). Ah, I read it as “character in a movie” and thought that could also apply to real people. :smack: ---
**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:** [December 27, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43192 "2019-12-27T19:27:41Z")
This year the New York Times commemorated the 400th anniversary of the first African slaves being transported to the New World by starting the 1619 Project. Today, Ben Domench, Meghan McCain’s husband and the publisher of the right wing rag The Federalist, announced the 1620 Project, celebrating the 400th arrival of the Pilgrims. Because we don’t have enough celebrations of white evangelicals. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43193 "2019-12-28T16:28:51Z")
Even as a kid I looked askance at how the pilgrims left England because they couldn’t practice religion the way they wanted to, then set up their colony to be intolerant of anybody else’s flavor of Christianity. 400 years of zero empathy. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43194 "2019-12-28T16:40:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > This year the New York Times commemorated the 400th anniversary of the first African slaves being transported to the New World by starting the 1619 Project. Today, Ben Domench, Meghan McCain’s husband and the publisher of the right wing rag The Federalist, announced the 1620 Project, celebrating the 400th arrival of the Pilgrims. Because we don’t have enough celebrations of white evangelicals. Celebrating the guys who outlawed Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43195 "2019-12-28T23:34:40Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Celebrating the guys who outlawed Christmas! It was Catholic Xmas they hated, a papist conspiracy. Drinking and fornicating elsewhen was just okay. Those Puritans polished their boots and buckles as well as glanses. They divorced a lot, too. But I digress. Russia and the US are at war. Supporting Russia is treason. Get the ropes. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43196 "2019-12-29T04:04:38Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well, Aileen Wuornos was a real person, so not fictional. That said, the image is a screen cap of Smeagol first admiring his Precious (when he still looked like a hobbit). A tangent since Wuornos was mentioned. The movie _Monster_, starring Charlize Theron is one of those movies, like _Schindler’s List_, you must watch. Once. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43197 "2019-12-29T04:51:10Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Even as a kid I looked askance at how the pilgrims left England because they couldn’t practice religion the way they wanted to, then set up their colony to be intolerant of anybody else’s flavor of Christianity. 400 years of zero empathy. But that’s what “practice religion the way they wanted to” was about: the English authorities allowed them to practice their religion, but not to force others to follow their religious edicts. That was the limitation that the Pilgrims couldn’t stand, and why they left (first for Holland, where they had similar problems, then eventually for America). ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43198 "2019-12-29T07:33:15Z")
That bastion of conservative sanity, Glenn Beck, says that The Left will kill the whistleblower. > **[Glenn Beck Claims the Left Will Have Whistleblower Killed](https://www.newsweek.com/glenn-beck-claims-left-will-have-whistleblower-killed-this-guy-more-dangerous-dnc-jeffrey-1470536)** > > On his "The Blaze" radio show on Thursday, Glenn Beck claims that the left will have the White House whistleblower killed because he's a danger to their party. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43199 "2019-12-29T07:43:23Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > A tangent since Wuornos was mentioned. The movie _Monster_, starring Charlize Theron is one of those movies, like _Schindler’s List_, you must watch. Once. I’ll put them on my bucket list, but in the interest of full disclosure, I think it’s only fair to mention that I haven’t seen _Despicable Me II_ yet. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43200 "2019-12-29T14:02:26Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > That bastion of conservative sanity, Glenn Beck, says that The Left will kill the whistleblower. > > [Glenn Beck Claims the Left Will Have Whistleblower Killed: 'This Guy is More Dangerous to the DNC than Jeffrey Epstein'](https://www.newsweek.com/glenn-beck-claims-left-will-have-whistleblower-killed-this-guy-more-dangerous-dnc-jeffrey-1470536) On what planet does that make sense? ---
**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 29, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43201 "2019-12-29T15:59:26Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > On what planet does that make sense? The same planet that came up with QANON, Pizzagate, the Ukraine conspiracy theory, climate change denial, the anti-vax movement, the birth certificate lie, and on, and on, and on… ---
**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 29, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43202 "2019-12-29T16:10:32Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > That bastion of conservative sanity, Glenn Beck, says that The Left will kill the whistleblower. > > [Glenn Beck Claims the Left Will Have Whistleblower Killed: 'This Guy is More Dangerous to the DNC than Jeffrey Epstein'](https://www.newsweek.com/glenn-beck-claims-left-will-have-whistleblower-killed-this-guy-more-dangerous-dnc-jeffrey-1470536) > [@davidm](#): > > On what planet does that make sense? I clicked the link and read the article and IMO none of what Beck is quoted as saying makes any sense. At all. He’s a fucking lunatic. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43203 "2019-12-29T16:11:38Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > The same planet that came up with QANON, Pizzagate, the Ukraine conspiracy theory, climate change denial, the anti-vax movement, the birth certificate lie, and on, and on, and on… We got a whole thread about it. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43204 "2019-12-29T18:38:36Z")
A Connecticut firefighter got his truck stolen. The cops found it and gave it back to him, but he didn’t want it because minorities might have sat in it, so he set it on fire. > **[Firefighter allegedly set recovered SUV on fire because minorities may have...](https://nypost.com/2019/12/24/firefighter-allegedly-set-recovered-suv-on-fire-because-minorities-may-have-driven-it/)** > > A firefighter in Connecticut torched his SUV after it was recovered by cops because it may have been driven by minorities, police said. Matthew David Bittner, a 38-year-old volunteer fireman for St… ---
**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:** [December 29, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43205 "2019-12-29T18:59:55Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > On what planet does that make sense? > [@zoid](#): > > The same planet that came up with QANON, Pizzagate, the Ukraine conspiracy theory, climate change denial, the anti-vax movement, the birth certificate lie, and on, and on, and on… IOW this planet, GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz.: **[‘Nothing Less Than a Civil War’: These White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/us/politics/trump-2020-trumpstock.html)** > [@](#): > > … > But this October morning was “Trumpstock,” a small festival celebrating the president. The speakers included the local Republican congressman, Paul Gosar, and lesser-known conservative personalities. There was a fringe 2020 Senate candidate in Arizona who ran a website that published sexually explicit photos of women without their consent; a pro-Trump rapper whose lyrics include a racist slur aimed at Barack Obama; and a North Carolina activist who once said of Muslims, “I will kill every one of them before they get to me.” > > All were welcome, except liberals. > … > > In interviews, people in the crowd described a white America under threat as racial minorities typified by Mr. Obama, the country’s first black president, gain political power. They described Mr. Trump as an inspirational figure who is undoing Mr. Obama’s legacy and beating back the perceived threat of Muslim and Latino immigrants, whom they denounced in prejudiced terms. > > “I don’t have a problem with Muslims,” said Angus Smith, an Arizona resident who attended the festival, “but can they take the rag off their head out of respect for our country?” > > At Mr. Trump’s official rallies, including a recent one in Florida, the president has referred to Mr. Obama by stressing his middle name, Hussein, and said Democrats were “trying to stop me because I’m fighting for you.” > > The Trumpstock speakers pushed even further, tying Mr. Obama’s middle name to a false belief that he is a foreign-born Muslim. > > And Democrats were portrayed as not just political opponents, but avatars of doom for Mr. Trump’s predominantly white voter base and for the country. > > “There is no difference between the democratic socialists and the National Socialists,” said Evan Sayet, a conservative writer who spoke at the event, referencing Nazi Germany. Democrats, he said, “are the heirs to Adolf Hitler.” > … > > Trumpstock attendees say they are used to being denounced, another quality they feel they share with the president. It’s part of why they are protective of him, to the point that they refuse to acknowledge the possibility of a Trump loss in 2020. > > Mark Villalta said he had been stockpiling firearms, in case Mr. Trump’s re-election is not successful. > > “Nothing less than a civil war would happen,” Mr. Villalta said, his right hand reaching for a holstered handgun. “I don’t believe in violence, but I’ll do what I got to do.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43206 "2019-12-29T21:04:06Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > IOW this planet, GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz.: > > **[‘Nothing Less Than a Civil War’: These White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/us/politics/trump-2020-trumpstock.html)** > :smack: Wow. but really, those wingnuts were around before a Trump presidency. They’re not going to do shit. If they were, they’d have already done so. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43207 "2019-12-29T21:27:31Z")
Those fucking morons are nothing to fear. I had a hoosier cow-orker who told me about a white power rally he encountered in Crown Point Indiana. “Crown Point?” I said. Hmm- those idiots sure are brave. Why didn’t they have it up the road in Gary do you suppose? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43208 "2019-12-29T22:24:50Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > Wow. but really, those wingnuts were around before a Trump presidency. They’re not going to do shit. If they were, they’d have already done so. Said it before, and I’ll say it again. These morons will loot a few Walmart’s for new TeeVee’s and call it a revolution. They will forget to get batteries for the remote and raid the local 7-11 for those and chips and beer. What else can be expected of them? They voted for, or at least support the biggest moron to ever cast a shadow in the White House. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2159) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2161)