# What are we to do with these insects we refer to as Republicans? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076 "2019-10-01T04:34:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 322
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/322 "2019-10-04T05:49:45Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > My disdain for socialism and communism comes from the lessons of today and of history. You asked where it came from but artificially restricted the answer to the US as if the US in the 21st century is the only place and time to contemplate. “Socialism and communism”??? Oh my. You bragged about reading a book, but couldn’t even read or understand my post. All you could do is ignore it once you deduced it didn’t come from Donald Trump, Sean Hannity or Alex Jones. Pitiful. I stand by my claim that **Northeast Refugee** is much smarter than **octopus** , but just now noticed his post in another thread, confirming that he is ignorant scum a la HurricaneDitka > [@What's up with Giuliani?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-giuliani/841181/6): > > Thanks for the warning, but it does look like classic fake news. A claim being made there that "Israeli officials were “boiling mad and demanding answers” is clearly a lie. > Israel named a town square and a [future settlement](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c44f90d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2021x1137+0+0/resize/840x473!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca-times.brightspotcdn.com%2F94%2Ffc%2F1d6d7bef92b49a83411b4018dfa9%2Fla-1560718859-ljp17mk0in-snap-image) in honor of Donald Trump, as well as a proposed train station near Western wall. > Those are not the actions of anyone who’s “boiling mad”. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076)._