# 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:** 63
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1241 "2010-02-27T15:14:44Z")
AZ Rep Trent Franks: Slavery was bad but at least it’s better than what blacks have today, what with legalized abortion and all. [In this country, we had slavery for God knows how long. And now we look back on it and we say “How brave were they? What was the matter with them? You know, I can’t believe, you know, four million slaves. This is incredible.” And we’re right, we’re right. We should look back on that with criticism. It is a crushing mark on America’s soul. And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Half of all black children are aborted. Far more of the African American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by policies of slavery. And I think, What does it take to get us to wake up?](http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/02/rep-trent-franks-blacks-were-better-off-under-slavery.php) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1242 "2010-02-27T16:17:44Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > AZ Rep Trent Franks: Slavery was bad but at least it’s better than what blacks have today, what with legalized abortion and all. > > [In this country, we had slavery for God knows how long. And now we look back on it and we say “How brave were they? What was the matter with them? You know, I can’t believe, you know, four million slaves. This is incredible.” And we’re right, we’re right. We should look back on that with criticism. It is a crushing mark on America’s soul. And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Half of all black children are aborted. Far more of the African American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by policies of slavery. And I think, What does it take to get us to wake up?](http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/02/rep-trent-franks-blacks-were-better-off-under-slavery.php) Hey, that’s kind of brilliant! If the Republicans can claim aborted black babies as part of the black community, they finally have a segment of that community that they can truly say they try to serve! ---
**Author:** ![Dostoyevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Dostoyevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dostoyevsky)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1243 "2010-02-27T22:11:12Z")
Virtually any Republican attitude towards blacks would have to be superior to conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza’s: > [@](#): > > The American slave was treated like property, which is to say, pretty well. > [@](#): > > If America as a nation owes blacks as a group reparations for slavery, what do blacks as a group owe America for the abolition of slavery? > [@](#): > > Increasingly it appears that it is liberal antiracism that is based on ignorance and fear: ignorance of the true nature of racism, and fear that the racist point of view better explains the world than its liberal counterpart. > [@](#): > > [The Civil Rights Movement] sought to undermine white racism through a protest strategy that emphasized the recognition of basic rights for blacks, without considering that racism might be fortified if blacks were unable to exercise their rights effectively and responsibly. \*\*[Source\*\*](http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dinesh_D%27Souza#On_Race_Politics) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1244 "2010-02-28T01:41:17Z")
> [@Dostoyevsky](#): > > Virtually any Republican attitude towards blacks would have to be superior to conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza’s: Wow, is that guy on the Dope? Initials SA maybe? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1245 "2010-02-28T02:07:22Z")
Unfair. Pretty sure I know who you mean, a major butthole and a godzilla dick. But not a racist, so far as that word has meaning to me. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1246 "2010-03-02T01:13:33Z")
> [@](#): > > GOP Sen. Kyl: Unemployment Benefits Make People Not Want To Get A Job > **[GOP Sen. Kyl: Unemployment Benefits Make People Not Want To Get A Job](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-sen-kyl-unemployment_n_481526)** > > GOP Sen. Kyl: Unemployment Benefits Make People Not Want To Get A Job ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1247 "2010-03-02T01:31:28Z")
[QUOTE=Dinesh D’Souza] If America as a nation owes blacks as a group reparations for slavery, what do blacks as a group owe America for the abolition of slavery? [/QUOTE] Sweet fucking Jesus. That’s some hardcore stupid right there. I always thought Dinesh was a pretty smart guy - he was a Stanford fellow, after all - and then googling turned up some astonishingly idiotic quotes. For example: [QUOTE=Wikipedia] "Marriage does not civilize men. Women do. This point is even evident in the gay community: it helps to explain why lesbians are generally much better than male homosexuals in sustaining long-term relationships. The reason that society privileges marriage and gives it a special legal status is because marriage is the only known incubator for the raising of children. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1248 "2010-03-02T01:39:06Z")
Dinesh D’Souza (R-Fuckwit) > [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by Wikipedia > “The reason that society privileges marriage and gives it a special legal status is because marriage is the only known incubator for the raising of children.” Oh, please, let one of these asshats just TRY to deliver me a mandatory divorce decree… ---
**Author:** ![Dostoyevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Dostoyevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dostoyevsky)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1249 "2010-03-02T01:45:23Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > Dinesh D’Souza (R-Fuckwit) Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1250 "2010-03-02T02:07:49Z")
D’Souza is a creationist too. He’s an absolute moron (as well as a racist, a homophobe, a sexist and a religious bigot) posing as an intellectual, but because his audience is even dumber than he is, they buy his whole schtick. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1251 "2010-03-02T17:44:35Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > [GOP Sen. Kyl: Unemployment Benefits Make People Not Want To Get A Job | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/01/gop-sen-kyl-unemployment_n_481526.html) To be fair to him, he’s basically quoting the Republican SuperJesus, Saint Ronald. If anyone is going to be angry at Kyl for anything it’s that not a single article seems to have mentioned him genuflecting as he said it. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1252 "2010-03-03T23:05:45Z")
[Exclusive: RNC document mocks donors, plays on ‘fear’](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/33866.html) Slides depicting: The evil empire: Obama, Pelosi and Reid. Labelling your small downers ‘Reactionary’ and your big ones ‘Ego Driven’ > [@](#): > > “What can you sell when you do not have the White House, the House, or the Senate…?” it asks. > > The answer: "Save the country from trending toward Socialism!” Perhaps this is not a stupid strategy. What is stupid however, is leaving a copy of your slideshow lying around where a Democrat can get his hands on it, and get it published on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1253 "2010-03-03T23:58:36Z")
Harry Reid as Scooby Do? I don’t get it. I don’t even get it enough to think its stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Dostoyevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Dostoyevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dostoyevsky)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1254 "2010-03-04T01:19:57Z")
Could [this](http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2010/03/03/afa-tilikum-the-killer-whale-should-be-stoned-to-death/) count as Stupid Republican Idea of the Year? > [@](#): > > The American Family Association (AFA), a national religious group, has ignited a firestorm over comments they made about the whale that killed University of South Carolina graduate and veteran SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau. > > In a blog post on the AFA’s website, writer Bryan Fischer argued that Tilikum, the 12,000 pound killer whale that killed Brancheau by drowning her after a performance at SeaWorld last Wednesday, should be stoned to death. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1255 "2010-03-04T01:25:05Z")
What, fill the tank with five tons of Ready-Mix concrete? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1256 "2010-03-04T01:29:14Z")
Maybe they mean they want to install a giant bowl and stem one side of the tank, fill it full of weed and turn the tank into a giant bong. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1257 "2010-03-04T02:33:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Harry Reid as Scooby Do? I don’t get it. See, Harry and those darn kids (the other Democrat senators) are always spoiling the poor Republican’s [del]attempts to rob the nation blind[/del] fun. The **Scoob’s** a BAD guy! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1258 "2010-03-04T02:47:43Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [Exclusive: RNC document mocks donors, plays on ‘fear’](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/33866.html) I gotta say, the Obama as the Joker picture is pretty fucking cool. He should totally use that for the next campaign. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Maybe they mean they want to install a giant bowl and stem one side of the tank, fill it full of weed and turn the tank into a giant bong. I can think of worse ideas than giving an aggressive killer whale the munchies. But not many. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1259 "2010-03-04T03:15:39Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > \ > > I can think of worse ideas than giving an aggressive killer whale the munchies. But not many. This, right here? Is my new favorite quote. I might even have it put on a t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1260 "2010-03-04T04:58:21Z")
> [@](#): > > In a blog post on the AFA’s website, writer Bryan Fischer argued that Tilikum, the 12,000 pound killer whale that killed Brancheau by drowning her after a performance at SeaWorld last Wednesday, should be stoned to death. [Because it’s the Judeo-Christian way!](http://www.afa.net/Blogs/BlogPost.aspx?id=2147492239) > [@Bryan Fischer](#): > > Chalk another death up to animal rights insanity and to the ongoing failure of the West to take counsel on practical matters from the Scripture. > > According to the Orlando Sentinel, “SeaWorld Orlando has always know that Tillikum…could be a particularly dangerous killer whale…because of his ominous history.” > > The Sentinel then recounts that Tilly, as he was affectionately known, had killed a trainer back in 1991 in front of spectators at a now defunct aquarium in Victoria, British Columbia. > > Then in 1999 he killed a man who sneaked into SeaWorld to swim with the whales and was found the next morning draped dead across Tilly’s back. His body had been bit and the killer whale had torn off his swimming trunks after he had died. > > What about the term “killer whale” do SeaWorld officials not understand? > > If the counsel of the Judeo-Christian tradition had been followed, Tillikum would have been put out of everyone’s misery back in 1991 and would not have had the opportunity to claim two more human lives. > > Says the ancient civil code of Israel, “When an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner shall not be liable.” (Exodus 21:28) > > So, your animal kills somebody, your moral responsibility is to put that animal to death. You have no moral culpability in the death, because you didn’t know the animal was going to go postal on somebody. > > But, the Scripture soberly warns, if one of your animals kills a second time because you didn’t kill it after it claimed its first human victim, this time you die right along with your animal. To use the example from Exodus, if your ox kills a second time, “the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.” (Exodus 21:29) > > If I were the family of Dawn Brancheau, I’d sue the pants off SeaWorld for allowing this killer whale to kill again after they were well aware of its violent history. Gee, but now the victim’s family is only supposed to **sue** the rogue animal’s owner instead of putting them to death too, like Exodus says? Why so soft on crime all of a sudden, Mr. Fischer? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=64)