# The Republican Party is the Party of Evil **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187 "2021-03-04T17:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 175
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3482 "2026-06-01T20:44:18Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > A canal that is built is a sunk cost. Its investors will have regrets after a lower cost technology is introduced. But just because it’s no longer economically viable to dig a new canal, doesn’t imply that existing canals will vanish. I realize we’ve gone way off the topic of Republicans, but as a single data point: the Croydon Canal in South London in the early 19th century became economically unviable when the railroads came in. The canal got sold to the railroad who filled it in and built the rail line on it. So it does happen. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3483 "2026-06-01T21:18:51Z")
Wiki on the Croydon Canal is interesting. The canal was never especially profitable and it makes sense to me that the best use of its land in a congested area (South London) would be supplant it with a railroad. Parts of it persisted as boating lakes and the like for a while. Still, it’s more typical for barge traffic to continue for a while, followed by canal repurposing the following century, than quickly vanish. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3484 "2026-06-02T00:15:39Z")
To yank this thread gently back to the present day, the idea that simple malice is part of the DNA of the modern MAGA GOP certainly explains the impulse to give the man who murdered George Floyd a moment of silence. > **[Opinion | Minnesota GOP observes a ridiculous moment of silence for George...](https://www.ms.now/opinion/derek-chauvin-minnesota-republicans-convention-george-floyd-pretti-good)** > > At their state convention, Minnesota Republicans held a moment of silence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3485 "2026-06-03T05:18:57Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > To yank this thread gently back to the present day, the idea that simple malice is part of the DNA of the modern MAGA GOP certainly explains the impulse to give the man who murdered George Floyd a moment of silence. > > [Opinion | Minnesota GOP observes a ridiculous moment of silence for George Floyd’s murderer](https://www.ms.now/opinion/derek-chauvin-minnesota-republicans-convention-george-floyd-pretti-good) These people are fucking insane. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3486 "2026-06-03T05:23:14Z")
Mike Flynn, Trump acolyte, former general and all around embarrassment is now a registered Russian agent (once removed). > **MAGA Freaks Out After Trump Ally Registers as Foreign Agent** > > _It looks like Michael Flynn isn’t all that America First._ > > Far-right blogger Scott McMahan [posted](https://x.com/BiggerTruth/status/2061485525236691042?s=20) a Foreign Agents Registration Act form Monday that was dated October 2025, and stated that Donald Trump’s former national security adviser was now making $100,000 per month from the Republic of Srpska. The confederated entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina is run by Milorad Dodik, a [key ally](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/29/milorad-dodik-sanctions-lifted-bosnian-bear-00628378) of Russian President Vladimir Putin. > > “$100,000 per month?” right-wing troll Phillip Buchanan, known as Catturd, [wrote on X](https://x.com/catturd2/status/2061576200930169028?s=20) in response. > > Sebastian Gorka, the pugnacious far-right influencer angling to be the next head of the National Counterterrorism Center, pointed out that Flynn may very well have broken the law. > **[MAGA Freaks Out After Trump Ally Registers as Foreign Agent](https://newrepublic.com/post/211218/maga-donald-trump-ally-michael-flynn-foreign-agent)** > > It looks like Michael Flynn isn’t all that America First. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3487 "2026-06-03T05:55:20Z")
So, _now_ they’re freaking out? [![](https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/v2/https%3A%2F%2Fexpo.advance.net%2Fimg%2F5281c373b1%2Fwidth2048%2F9b2_717trump1.jpeg?auth=78b0eeaffb4ebd9e050965e58104c625e9f4ad299bd6a57c860181e6f575940c&width=1280&smart=true&quality=90) ](https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/v2/https%3A%2F%2Fexpo.advance.net%2Fimg%2F5281c373b1%2Fwidth2048%2F9b2_717trump1.jpeg?auth=78b0eeaffb4ebd9e050965e58104c625e9f4ad299bd6a57c860181e6f575940c&width=1280&smart=true&quality=90) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3488 "2026-06-07T21:34:22Z")
Using their own data​🙄 [![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/owlw18jywz4vwh7gaovp) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/v200/owlw18jywz4vwh7gaovp) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3489 "2026-06-13T06:30:12Z")
Whitewashing history Imagine flying 179 combat missions for your country, get promoted to four star general, and nearly 50 years after you die, your portrait that recognises your service, gets removed because you are black. [https://archive.md/lKdHF](https://archive.md/lKdHF) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3490 "2026-06-13T06:51:11Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Whitewashing history That was a very moving and painful piece. Thanks for posting it! ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3491 "2026-06-16T03:44:12Z")
Just saw this exchange reposted on Facebook. (Clay Higgins is a Republican who represent Louisiana’s third congressional district.) > Rep. Clay Higgins > You millennial leftists who never lived one day under nuclear threat can now reflect upon your woke sky. > You made quite a non-binary fuss to save the world from intercontinental ballistic tweets. > > Dictionarycom > Replaying to RepClayHiggins > We’re not entirely sure what this tweet is supposed to mean, and we’re literally the dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3492 "2026-06-16T20:33:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > We’re not entirely sure what this tweet is supposed to mean Basically what it always means: > [@](#): > > _ **I want to feather my nest by forcefully expressing disdain for Dear Leader’s opponents, even though I have NOTHING to accuse them of.** _ (An imaginary quote, to be clear. They are never that self-aware in real life.) ---
**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:** [June 17, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3493 "2026-06-17T00:39:20Z")
True. But you’d think Higgins would hire at least one person who is capable of writing a coherent sentence. It’s not that uncommon a skill. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3494 "2026-06-17T12:03:08Z")
Sounds like a Beck lyric. Rather poetic, really! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3495 "2026-06-17T12:22:41Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Imagine flying 179 combat missions for your country, get promoted to four star general, and nearly 50 years after you die, your portrait that recognises your service, gets removed because you are black. But we can’t take down statues of traitors, because that would be erasing history! > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Just saw this exchange reposted on Facebook. (Clay Higgins is a Republican who represent Louisiana’s third congressional district.) He does know, does he not, that we Millennials quite clearly remember the Cold War? ---
**Author:** ![keeganst94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3496 "2026-06-17T15:08:55Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > He does know, does he not, that we Millennials quite clearly remember the Cold War? I mean, most of them probably don’t. Millennial is what, 80-95, roughly? So maybe about a third, those born 80-85 remember it. I have a hard time believing anyone under 5 understood or had clear memories of the cold war, and obviously later millennials wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3497 "2026-06-17T15:18:50Z")
I have a hard time believing that anyone, of any age, understood the Cold War. But even without understanding it, the fear was definitely there. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3498 "2026-06-17T15:48:11Z")
[Let’s find out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-through-the-cold-war-were-you-afraid-of-nuclear-war/1030976) FWIW, I was born in 1979, and while we were fascinated with nuclear weapons as kids, I never felt anything akin to “fear.” Never did duck and cover, never watched the news in terror. It was a hypothetical threat but it never really came up, and then it was “over” when I was 10. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3499 "2026-06-17T16:07:24Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > FWIW, I was born in 1979, and while we were fascinated with nuclear weapons as kids, I never felt anything akin to “fear.” Never did duck and cover, never watched the news in terror. It was a hypothetical threat but it never really came up, and then it was “over” when I was 10. I was born in 1960. No real fear because leaders at least knew what it meant. MAD. Trump does not understand or care. And, at 80 years old probably thinks he has nothing to lose, because he dosen’t give a shit about anyone anyway. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3500 "2026-06-20T20:12:33Z")
The ultimate _He who dies with the most toys, wins_. I was born in 1950. I didn’t see the “Duck and Cover” short until[_The Atomic Cafe_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atomic_Cafe) came out but I remember full well the fear of an unanticipated atomic attack. At my elementary school we were issued badges color-coded by what direction we lived from the school. A staff member would lead us back to our neighborhoods on foot. This was particularly acute during the Cuban missile stand-off. During my stint on the navy I worked at direction-finding sites, working to pinpoint Soviet surface assets. Even today, when I see SovCit I have to correct my first impression from “Soviet Citizen.” ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/3501 "2026-06-20T21:34:05Z")
J D Vance, how the hell did he get into Yale Law School? Schooled by CNN. [![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_60,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_100,w_80,c_scale,f_avif/v200/mqrxxm2icsrjiqgcd1p4) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_60,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_100,w_80,c_scale,f_avif/v200/mqrxxm2icsrjiqgcd1p4) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=176)