Stupid Republican idea of the day

Almost certainly a joke. The caption labels him as a “conservative,” when he’s clearly a reactionary.

AND, THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ILLUSTRATES WHY PRESCRIPTIVISM MUST NEVER CAPITULATE TO DESCRIPTIVISM. IMPRECISE LANGUAGE LEADS DIRECTLY TO MADNESS AND DEGENERACY.

That is very well put. Where did you steal it?

Don’t know. My memory isn’t what it used to be. Or maybe it is, and I just don’t remember.

My favorite: “You shoulda fucked Trump instead. You might have gotten $130k.”

Generally, you have to be able to prove actual damages in such a lawsuit. So you have to wait until someone does violence to you, and then sue them, and include him as inciting that violence.

Might have a better case for suing him for slander.
But then you’d have to prove that he was speaking about you specifically, either by name or nickname or something that clearly identifies you to the public. If he just rants against ‘jews’ in general, it isn’t like any single Jewish person could sue him and win. That’s a consequence of our reverence for Freedom of Speech.

It’s often more productive to just make fun of them. Point out that when the Nazis said this, at least they wore sharp uniforms, without pot bellies.
Or ask them if Jesus was a Jew. He was born of a Jewish mother, after all. (And had two daddies.)

In California, I feel compelled to point out.

Your modesty does you credit, 'luci. Pretty sure he’s speaking from experience, dropzone.

“Experience” I get, having also been there for the '60s and '70s. It’s just that he phrased it so well. :wink:

And it was refreshingly pun-free, too.

That was a dead giveaway.

The House chaplain has rescinded his resignation.
Paul Ryan Reverses Course, Accepts House Chaplain Rescinding Resignation | HuffPost Latest News?

Like Costanza? Just show up on Monday like nothing happened? (I thought he was fired.)

Nah, he was ‘asked to resign’.

His letter rescinding his resignation questions Ryan’s ability to fire him.

“I answer to a higher authority.”

*The priest’s defenders have argued that the chaplain can be fired only by a vote of the full House, suggesting his term could last through the end of the year.

“You may wish to outright fire me, if you have the authority to do so, but should you wish to terminate my services, it will be without my offer of resignation,” Conroy wrote.*

“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”- Paul “Henry II” Ryan.

Can’t he be quietly reassigned to a small state legislature somewhere?

Well, he’s the House chaplain, so I figure he shows up on Sunday like nothing happened.

The man should go all out Christian Acts and Charity and Compassion of God on their asses.

He’s a Jesuit so that wouldn’t be pretty. :eek: