# 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:** 957
**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:** [February 9, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19122 "2015-02-09T20:47:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I wonder of Justice Moore will stand in the doorways of the courthouses to prevent those marriages from happening, and then tell the Governor to call out the National Guard to enforce his order. And someone goes “ooh! I know how this ends!” and shoots him in the spine. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19123 "2015-02-09T20:49:09Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > So if I am Professor Jones and I’m working at Georgia State University, I can’t sign a letter to the editor stating that I am Professor Jones of Georgia State University? And that’s not limiting my speech? Ummmm … how is that not limiting my free speech rights? Can I at least claim that I hold a professorship? Or use my name? Or have an opinion? IMHO you are so far down the old slippery slope that you are about out of slope to slip on. What’s your field, Professor? Sociology? Let’s say “yes.” IIUC, the point of this bill would not prevent you from writing an Op-Ed piece in which you support (or oppose) a particular policy position, with your thesis based on sociological factors that you are an expert on. It _might_ direct your university to adopt a policy forbidding you from writing an Op-Ed that essentially states _Governor Nathan Deal is a poopy-head who should be removed from office post-haste, and this is a professor of sociology at Georgia State University saying it, so you know it’s true._ I don’t know if such a policy would be consistent with your First Amendment protections. Even if it would, things might get a little more problematic if you were to publish an Op-Ed in which you state, in essence _My studies in sociology have provided me with expertise in such sociological factors as (A), (2), (iii), and (Four). As a professor of Sociology at Georgia State, I can confidently assert that Governor Deal’s actions (a) and (10), along with his pursuit of policies (:mad:) and (:rolleyes:) cast serious doubt upon his fitness to serve as the chief executive of this state._ ---
**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:** [February 9, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19124 "2015-02-09T23:04:53Z")
[Jeb’s new IT chief goes back into his twitter history to remove anti-gay and anti-woman tweets](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/jeb-bushs-new-web-chief-scrambles-to-erase-embarrassing-tweets-about-gays-and-women/). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19125 "2015-02-09T23:26:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Jeb’s new IT chief goes back into his twitter history to remove anti-gay and anti-woman tweets](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/jeb-bushs-new-web-chief-scrambles-to-erase-embarrassing-tweets-about-gays-and-women/). I would just clarify that it was Czahor’s account, not Bush’s account. Pesky pronouns and all that. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19126 "2015-02-09T23:33:00Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I would just clarify that it was Czahor’s account, not Bush’s account. Pesky pronouns and all that. Thanks. Now that I re-read that, it is confusing. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19127 "2015-02-09T23:45:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Jeb’s new IT chief goes back into his twitter history to remove anti-gay and anti-woman tweets](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/jeb-bushs-new-web-chief-scrambles-to-erase-embarrassing-tweets-about-gays-and-women/). Stupidity should be permanent. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19128 "2015-02-10T00:01:15Z")
Yeah, social media presents some privacy & security concerns, but those Twitter & Facebook histories are fun. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19129 "2015-02-10T00:32:44Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I hope Roy Moore appreciates the irony of ignoring the SCOTUS when other clerks and judges ignore him. He’ll lose his job for it, blame his firing on the evil feds, and get re-elected by the state’s rights pubbies. [Just like he did the last time.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Moore#Removal_from_office) ---
**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:** [February 10, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19130 "2015-02-10T01:40:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I wonder of Justice Moore will stand in the doorways of the courthouses to prevent those marriages from happening, and then tell the Governor to call out the National Guard to enforce his order. This was the photo ABC News used to illustrate Moore’s actions: [http://www.alabamacivilrights.ua.edu/tuscaloosa/photos/wallace\_large.jpg](http://www.alabamacivilrights.ua.edu/tuscaloosa/photos/wallace_large.jpg) Remember, kids, that if you don’t vote Dem next year, Roy Moore might get on the Supreme Court. :eek: ---
**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:** [February 10, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19131 "2015-02-10T03:08:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kansas has Florida and Texas envy. > > Eric Bolling: [No religion has ever killed anybody except for Islam](http://crooksandliars.com/2015/02/foxs-bolling-zero-people-have-been-killed). I wonder how he’d react if [someone read this to him](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/09/christian-militias-slaughtering-african-muslims-because-christianity-is-a-religion-of-peace/) on the air? ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19132 "2015-02-10T04:44:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Jeb’s new IT chief goes back into his twitter history to remove anti-gay and anti-woman tweets](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/jeb-bushs-new-web-chief-scrambles-to-erase-embarrassing-tweets-about-gays-and-women/). I’m not sure I’d classify those tweets as anti-gay or anti-woman. Distasteful, yes, but no cause for outrage. I hope there isn’t a push to get him resigned as it could backfire on the Dems. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19133 "2015-02-10T06:34:45Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > _shrug_ They’re state employees. Their freedom of speech is already curtailed by the Little Hatch Acts. Using the name of a state institution arguably sends the message that the columns are endorsed by the institutions. Nobody is limiting their _speech_. > > That is not to say I think this is a good idea. But the legislation is limiting the speech of newspapers and not of other journalism outlets such as radio or television (and it’s not clear but perhaps other print journalism such as magazines). I’d expect a challenge from newspapers on this one. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19134 "2015-02-10T07:31:31Z")
> [@Pashnish\_Ewing](#): > > I’m not sure I’d classify those tweets as anti-gay or anti-woman. Distasteful, yes, but no cause for outrage. I hope there isn’t a push to get him resigned as it could backfire on the Dems. > [@](#): > > New study confirms old belief: college female art majors are sluts, science majors are also sluts but uglier. Not sure I’d want this “tech genius” to be my IT guy. I wonder if he also deleted his tweets complaining that Bill Gates never sent his 200 bucks. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2015, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19135 "2015-02-10T07:47:56Z")
OK, so you have Czahor, R-Homophobia – we have all seen very well what means – and a PAC called “Ready to Rise”. No hidden message there. Nope. Not at all. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19136 "2015-02-10T08:05:40Z")
> [@Pashnish\_Ewing](#): > > I’m not sure I’d classify those tweets as anti-gay or anti-woman. Distasteful, yes, but no cause for outrage. I hope there isn’t a push to get him resigned as it could backfire on the Dems. > [@](#): > > i know lindsey lohan is supposed to die soon, but i’d sure like to sleep with her before that happens I don’t see the problem; he said “before”. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19137 "2015-02-10T08:10:02Z")
I don’t really see anything so wrong with those tweets - A bit off colour sure, But unless they form part of a larger pattern of behaviour, Meh - I certainly know I have made similar jokes - things like, What’s the difference between a bitch and a slut, What did the arts graduate say to the engineering graduate There is too much scrutiny sometimes such that to succeed in a public life you have to be an emotionless drone ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19138 "2015-02-10T11:08:23Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > I don’t really see anything so wrong with those tweets - > > A bit off colour sure, > But unless they form part of a larger pattern of behaviour, > > Meh - > > I certainly know I have made similar jokes - > > things like, > What’s the difference between a bitch and a slut, > What did the arts graduate say to the engineering graduate > > There is too much scrutiny sometimes such that to succeed in a public life you have to be an emotionless drone I submit that we can refrain from calling women bitches, sluts, and ugly sluts without descending to dronedom. Not being a gay man, I think the homophobic tweets are more insulting to straight men, by implying they all do not control the bodily functions in public and assume everyone else is obsessed with their junk as they are. But I will defer to others better qualified on that point. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19139 "2015-02-10T15:45:37Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > So far down the slippery slope from what? What slippery slope are you talking about, for that matter? > > Yes, you can use your name and the fact that you hold a professorship. You can’t use the name of any Kansas state educational institution. The free speech slippery slope, of course. Free speech for everyone! Except … university system employees … ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19140 "2015-02-10T17:03:14Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > I don’t really see anything so wrong with those tweets - > > A bit off colour sure, > But unless they form part of a larger pattern of behaviour, > > Meh - > > I certainly know I have made similar jokes - > > things like, > What’s the difference between a bitch and a slut, > What did the arts graduate say to the engineering graduate > > There is too much scrutiny sometimes such that to succeed in a public life you have to be an emotionless drone There’s an excluded middle a country mile wide here. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19141 "2015-02-10T17:09:12Z")
> [@Pashnish\_Ewing](#): > > I’m not sure I’d classify those tweets as anti-gay or anti-woman. Distasteful, yes, but no cause for outrage. I hope there isn’t a push to get him resigned as it could backfire on the Dems. As with any potential scandal, the issue is more the coverup than the crime. He should have left the tweets up and then defended them when the issue came up. It’s tasteless jokes. I’m sure if you look far enough into Al Franken’s history he probably wrote some pretty awful stuff. But it’s comedy, so he gets a pass, and rightfully so. But by removing them, he himself is admitting that the tweets are a problem. And so now they are. I’m not going to bother to defend something he himself won’t stand by. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=956) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=958)