# The many, many examples of GOP compassion **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582 "2023-09-04T15:58:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582/41 "2023-09-11T13:55:45Z")
Vivek the Drek Dan ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582/42 "2023-09-12T08:16:08Z")
I’d love to hear Ramaswamy’s take on [this rather important Supreme Court case from 1923](https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/feb/19): > On February 19, 1923, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling legally barring all Indians from becoming U.S. citizens and revoking citizenship from many who had attained it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582/43 "2023-09-12T16:55:03Z")
Interesting. From the link: > …the court ruled that the words “white people” in American statutory language had to be taken at their common meaning and that “the average man knows perfectly well that there are unmistakable and profound differences.” If our laws were based on what “the average man knows”, we would be truly fucked. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582/44 "2023-09-13T12:37:33Z")
Apparently we are at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582/45 "2023-09-13T12:47:19Z")
After centuries of oppression, the Republican party is finally giving Christian white men a fair chance. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582/46 "2023-09-14T01:36:02Z")
but only the “elderly” ones … b/c they truly deserve it ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582/47 "2023-09-14T01:54:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > After centuries of oppression, the Republican party is finally giving Christian white men a fair chance. > [@Al128](#): > > but only the “elderly” ones … b/c they truly deserve it And only the straight ones, because gay people can’t be Christians, don’cha know. /s [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582.md?page=2)