# 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:** 96
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1902 "2023-04-11T18:44:08Z")
> **[Texas Lawmaker Allegedly Invited Underage Intern Over to Drink, Gave Her...](https://jezebel.com/texas-lawmaker-allegedly-invited-underage-intern-over-t-1850322992?utm_source=YPL)** > > Texas state Rep. Bryan Slaton (R), who's tweeted, "We must protect Texas kids from sick adults who want to sexualize them," is now facing calls to resign. > Texas state Rep. Bryan Slaton (R) allegedly had an “inappropriate relationship” with an underage female intern, according to an internal complaint obtained by the Texas Tribune. Slaton, who is married, allegedly called the intern after 10 p.m. on Friday, March 31, and invited her to his Austin apartment. A source who works in the Capitol with direct knowledge of the incident told the Tribune that the intern was under 21 and that Slaton drank alcohol with her. > Slaton graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth and, according to his website, has worked as a youth minister at several Southern Baptist churches in Texas. Because of course he did. > Slaton is, of course, vehemently opposed to drag shows and abortion. He introduced a bill, HB 4129, that would ban drag shows with minors present and has tweeted about drag shows leading to the grooming of children. He also loves to tweet the sentence: “We must protect Texas kids from sick adults who want to sexualize them.” Of course we should. Unless he’s the one doing the grooming. He’s evil in other ways the article mentions, I just got tired of quoting. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1903 "2023-04-11T19:38:57Z")
> [@Texas state Rep. Bryan Slaton (R)](#): > > “We must protect Texas kids from sick adults who want to sexualize them.” Republicans! Get out now! The bad guy in IN THE HOUSE! ---
**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:** [April 11, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1904 "2023-04-11T20:08:22Z")
As has been said many times before: Every Accusation Is A Confession. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1905 "2023-04-12T14:24:40Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Is that a good way to silence your enemy? Ones that are your fellow citizens? I no longer consider MAGA Republicans to be fellow citizens. Their loyalty is to a country that does not yet exist, Fascist America. They are doing everything in their power to turn the USA into FA. In FA, elections will no longer be held or when a Democrat wins an election, it will be considered illegitimate and the Republican candidate will be sworn into office. In FA, abortion and contraception will be outlawed. Books considered subversive will be burned, libraries will be shuttered, and the internet will be monitored. Anyone posting content that criticises the FA government will be incarcerated if not executed. Minorities and women will no longer be allowed to vote. Minority religions, with the possible exception of Judaism, will be banned. The US will partner with Russia and China to obliterate western democracies throughout the world. To be honest, I think the world would be better off if anyone who voted for DJT in the past could be sent off to form a colony on Mars. They are more dangerous than Hitler, Stalin, and Mao combined. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1906 "2023-04-12T16:05:09Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > To be honest, I think the world would be better off if anyone who voted for DJT in the past could be sent off to form a colony on Mars. Fuck that, why do these asshole get the free trip to Mars? Reminds me of a short story I read once. They set up a penal colony on the Moon, and space geeks everywhere started committing crimes so they could be sentenced to living on the Moon. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1907 "2023-04-12T16:19:31Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Fuck that, why do these asshole get the free trip to Mars? I’m leaning towards “The Marching Morons”. They only _think_ they’re going to Mars. Elmo can be on the first ship, to get things ready. If we must. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1908 "2023-04-12T17:18:31Z")
I’m fine with them getting the free trip to Mars, if the only supplies sent with them is a box of bootstraps. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1909 "2023-04-12T17:36:52Z")
[Just clarifying for SuntanLotion: Nobody here thinks that it is actually feasible or seriously considered in any real-world terms to subject MAGA Republicans to either military airstrikes or planetary deportation, and nobody is taking any steps to try to implement any such measures. It’s just a way of letting off steam.] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1910 "2023-04-12T18:20:12Z")
At this point it should be the first question a journalist asks when (R) morons introduce such legislation -: “who did you molest?” “What was the last time you committed a sex crime?” They shouldn’t be able to get a word in edgewise. Everything they say should be drowned out. It should be treated as a confession and be complete political suicide. Attack ads should be cued and ready to go: such and such introduced a bill against buggering little boys: republicans only do that when it weighs heavy on their mind: here are 3000 examples. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1911 "2023-04-12T22:07:06Z")
👋 I do. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1912 "2023-04-12T23:19:33Z")
You do? That is, you seriously believe that military airstrikes and/or planetary deportation targeting MAGA Republicans is practically feasible, and/or actually under consideration by the powers that be? I mean, I like a good hyperbolic rant as much as the next person, but actually believing in the real-world possibility of such things is well into CT territory. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1913 "2023-04-12T23:22:31Z")
Glad we can all agree we’re not ridiculous. After all, this is the Dope, not the Republican National Convention. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1914 "2023-04-12T23:22:46Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I mean, I like a good hyperbolic rant as much as the next person, but actually believing in the real-world possibility of such things is well into CT territory. Just because firing Republicans into the sun isn’t scientifically possible right now doesn’t mean I don’t think it’s a good idea. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1915 "2023-04-12T23:28:11Z")
It’s a terrible idea. It’s much less energy-intensive to throw them into deep space instead. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1916 "2023-04-13T01:07:29Z")
Let’s put it this way. There is not a misfortune you can imagine that, were it to actually come about for the whole MAGA cult, would not make me get up and dance like the Six Flags guy. 1/6 changed everything. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1917 "2023-04-13T02:45:24Z")
Preach it. There is no forgiving what happened that day until they earn our trust back. Damned if I know how they can do that, but that’s their problem, not mine. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1918 "2023-04-13T04:49:44Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > There is no forgiving what happened that day until they earn our trust back. Damned if I know how they can do that, but that’s their problem, not mine. Repudiate the racists and other bigots. And not just with words, but with meaningful actions. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1919 "2023-04-13T04:56:34Z")
And their sincerity is proven how? McConnell and Graham were four-square against it for a day or two after but backslid within the week. And let’s not talk about Collins’ ‘concern.’ ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1920 "2023-04-13T05:08:25Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I no longer consider MAGA Republicans to be fellow citizens. Agreed. I’ve concluded the subhuman scum is the worst demographic in history, more reprehensible even than whoever were Aryan supporters among the German citizenry of WWII. Cake-takers, there. Unreachable. Absolutely fuck them. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1921 "2023-04-13T09:44:15Z")
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