# 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:** 86
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1702 "2022-11-23T15:51:53Z")
But how do they allow someone like that Ali Alexander guy? There just has to be a _little_ more to it. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1703 "2022-11-23T18:43:10Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > But how do they allow someone like that Ali Alexander guy? He’s one of the “good ones”. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1704 "2022-11-24T23:21:33Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Did she cheer for Voldemort in the movies? Well, in real life she did… she cheered for ~~Voldi~~ Rick Scott, until he told her to stop demanding that the ~~Slytherin~~ GOP negotiate with the ~~Death Eaters~~ Putin Russians, instead of supporting Ukraine. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1705 "2022-11-25T01:48:57Z")
Some of the GOP are just shitty, shitty people. I mean, if you collected150 pounds of dog shit off the streets, and sculpted it into a shape resembling Empty Greene, I really don’t think that anyone could tell the difference. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1706 "2022-11-25T14:46:38Z")
The dog shit sculpture would only be disgusting to look at or to smell. Greene is disgusting to listen to as well. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1707 "2022-12-01T23:38:56Z")
> **[90 Republicans Vote Against Bill Protecting Pregnant Women from Solitary...](https://jezebel.com/house-republicans-pregnant-women-in-custody-act-1849843727)** > > The Pregnant Women in Custody Act bans prisons from putting incarcerated pregnant people in their third trimester in the hole, among other abuses. “All of these seem like basic, extremely bare-minimum demands, especially for ostensibly “pro-life” GOP lawmakers who claim to care about protecting children and mothers. Nonetheless, among the 90 Republicans who voted against the bill were self-identified “pro-life” Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.). Gaetz is so committed to protecting “life,” mind you, that he routinely writes off reproductive rights activists off as [unfuckable hags,](https://www.businessinsider.com/matt-gaetz-says-ugly-women-shouldnt-worry-about-abortions-video-2022-7) while Cawthorn, an [alleged sexual harasser](https://jezebel.com/which-race-of-girls-gives-the-best-blow-jobs-more-deta-1846379837), [refers](https://jezebel.com/madison-cawthorn-accused-sexual-harasser-calls-women-1848166146) to women as “earthen vessels” for babies. I, for one, am shocked that these gentlemen have no issue essentially leaving incarcerated pregnant people for dead.” Especially nice of Cawthorn to show up after clearing out his office. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1708 "2022-12-01T23:44:08Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Did she cheer for Voldemort in the movies? Could be. I do sometimes wonder if some Republicans think that Gilead are the good guys in _Handmaid’s Tale_, or that something like _The Purge_ would actually be a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1709 "2022-12-01T23:58:03Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > Could be. I do sometimes wonder if some Republicans think that Gilead are the good guys in _Handmaid’s Tale_, or that something like _The Purge_ would actually be a good idea. I know a couple of Republicans who think that The Handmaids Tale is subversive, anti-religious propaganda. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1710 "2022-12-02T00:14:46Z")
I’ve said it before: They’re not pro-life, they’re anti-choice. They’d be just as happy mandating abortion as prohibiting it, so long as it’s not the woman who gets to choose. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1711 "2022-12-02T01:08:42Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > they’re anti-choice. Why do they hate Freedom™? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1712 "2022-12-02T18:36:07Z")
This is totally consistent with their “pro-life” stance when you remember that the primary purpose of the anti-abortion legislation is to punish “sinful” women. Allowing them to avoid solitary confinement due to their condition would defeat the whole purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1713 "2022-12-03T19:48:27Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Do they have a way to test the blood of everyone before they enter the gathering? Maybe a finger prick and the blood comes out blue? Certainly no shortage of pricks among Republikan filth. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1714 "2022-12-07T19:35:30Z")
The cruelty is on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1715 "2022-12-08T16:44:12Z")
I’m not really sure what thread this should go in, but the Republican response to this should be interesting. [A restaurant in Virginia has refused service to a Christian group on religious grounds: they don’t like the group’s stance on LGBT+ issues or on abortion](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/metzger-restaurant-cancels-reservation-for-christian-family-foundation/). I love this. I’m looking forward to the conservatives’ suddenly having an issue with businesses and religious liberties. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1716 "2022-12-08T17:02:47Z")
There’s a food ‘truck’ in town. The owner refuses service to anyone wearing Trump paraphernalia. I give them as much business as I can. I suppose they have grounds here because their dress/hat or whatever is offensive. It’s certainly true to me. I find it VERY offensive. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1717 "2022-12-08T17:08:38Z")
Not particularly thrilled about this as a practice, given the potential for abuse, but sauce for the goose etc etc ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1718 "2022-12-08T17:33:41Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’m looking forward to the conservatives’ suddenly having an issue with businesses and religious liberties. The same old same old, their well polished ability to talk out of both sides of their ass – sometimes in the same sentence – about the Free Market being the perfect solution and Indivisible Freedoms of True Patriots™. e.g. the new owner of Twitter complaining bitterly about Apple not advertising with them any more. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1719 "2022-12-08T17:44:08Z")
I think the legal argument will be that religion is a protected class while sexual identity is not. Which is of course stupid since religion is a choice while sexuality is a in-born characteristic, but unfortunately that is that current state of the law. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1720 "2022-12-08T17:55:01Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > The same old same old, their well polished ability to talk out of both sides of their ass – sometimes in the same sentence – about the Free Market being the perfect solution and Indivisible Freedoms of True Patriots™. In their blog whine that they shat out in response, they did exactly that. Out one side of their butthole, they whined about how progressives think that a baker should have to make a cake for a SSM, and out the other side of thier shitter, they complain that they were turned away for their “biblical values.” Then they call that a double standard. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I think the legal argument will be that religion is a protected class while sexual identity is not. But they were not turned away because of their religion, they were turned away due to their political activities. Would it be okay to turn away KKK or Nazi groups? If so, then they should be perfectly fine with turning away these homophobic activists. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1721 "2022-12-08T18:32:08Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > In their blog whine that they shat out in response, they did exactly that. Out one side of their butthole, they whined about how progressives think that a baker should have to make a cake for a SSM, and out the other side of thier shitter, they complain that they were turned away for their “biblical values.” Then they call that a double standard. It is a double standard, but it’s the same double standard that some Christians and conservatives have espoused, except in reverse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=85) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=87)