# Would the world be better off without Republicans? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 21, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679 "2020-08-21T16:48:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/61 "2020-08-29T18:41:20Z")
Nationalism isn’t patriotism. It’s patriotism’s evil twin. ---
**Author:** ![redhook77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@redhook77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redhook77)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/62 "2020-08-30T00:47:58Z")
Oh and I was not wearing a mask during my travel. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/63 "2020-08-30T01:20:16Z")
We knew that already. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/64 "2020-08-30T04:15:08Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > What good are Republicans anymore, either to America or humanity at large? When was the last time the party or ideology did anything good for its country or its people? Lincoln? WW2? > > They worship at the altars of stupidity and selfishness, following barbaric, undemocratic traditions scorned by the civilized world. It’s an ideology of idiocy and oppression, blind patriarchy mixed with skin-deep ethnonationalism. > > I believe the world would be a better place without Republicans, and Americans would be would safer, healthier, happier, kinder, better educated, less impoverished, freer, more represented in government. I can’t think of a single positive that the GOP brings to the USA or the planet we live on. > > Are there any redeeming factors at all? As far as I can tell, modern day Republicans are just fascist terrorists. Why does anyone pretend like they’re still American, much less patriotic? Republicans are pure filth, and the world would definitely be better off if not a single one of them existed. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/65 "2020-08-30T04:36:51Z")
> [@redhook77](#): > > Oh and I was not wearing a mask during my travel. Troll harder you fucking loser. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/66 "2020-08-30T05:04:30Z")
Sam is also making the argument of ‘Democrats can’t run cities in countries run by Republicans’ which isn’t the slam dunk he apparently thought it was. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/67 "2020-08-31T05:07:09Z")
> [@MrMrmrmr](#): > > I made a mistake, white nationalism is not the same as nationalism. > I think people should want the best for their country but only if it is best for all the people in the country. Once again, _nationalism_ does not mean what you think it means. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/68 "2020-08-31T07:45:18Z")
You guys are a strange bunch, worshipping the least American president ever and holding him up as some sort of idol when he’s just Putin’s little bitch, calling yourselves pro life and then murdering more Americans than all the “terrorists” of the last few decades combined, your own family and friends included, pretending to be nationalists when you don’t give a fuck about your nation or its future or its people, just the tiny group of insecure violent sadists who cower behind guns, because your souls are as empty as your ideology. When did family values turn into a suicide cult? You don’t scare the actual Americans, people who risk their lives protecting democracy, not tyranny. Jesus fucking Christ. You don’t deserve the cops who protect you. You don’t deserve the flag you fly. There’s only one word I can think of that accurately describes what the GOP has become. Traitors. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/69 "2020-08-31T11:56:42Z")
I think it does. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/70 "2020-08-31T16:04:30Z")
My analogy on patriotism vs nationalism. After several hours of solid drinking, the bartender decides to cut Smantha off, and amidst the profanity filled tirade that follows bouncer gets her into a taxi to send her home to her two sons, Pat and Nat, who have different reactions. Pat: Mom, you know I love you, but I think you may have an alcohol problem. I really think that we need to consider what your drinking is doing to you and your family. I want you to go to rehab. Nat: Those assholes, how dare they throw my mother out, I’m going to march over there with a bat to teach those guys a lesson. Yes, mom I’ll stop by the liquor store on the way back and get you your bottle of scotch. Unlike Pat, I actually love you. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/71 "2020-08-31T19:17:09Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > You don’t deserve the cops who protect you … selectively ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/72 "2020-08-31T19:42:34Z")
So maybe republicans should all be jailed, or put in re education camps. Its not like anyone should ever have a differing opinion. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/73 "2020-08-31T20:38:25Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > So maybe republicans should all be jailed, or put in re education camps. Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/74 "2020-08-31T20:55:29Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Its not like anyone should ever have a differing opinion. It goes well beyond mere opinion, though. The Republicans take their opinions and put them into policy. They deregulate businesses that were regulated in the first place for valid reasons. They implement tax cuts where they do not belong, when cutting taxes in the ways that they do has consistently been shown to have net-negative effects. They say stupid shit that is clearly all kinds of wrong, and base their actions on base ignorance. When something is broken and what we have been doing has clearly not been helping, they tell us we just have not been doing enough of that thing, and we need to do it harder. So, yeah, you are welcome to your opinion, just fail to force me to eat your fucked-up mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/75 "2020-08-31T22:51:57Z")
Would the world be better off without a violent, anti-democratic, anti-science, fanatical religious political movement? Yes, yes it would. Ask Afghanistan. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/76 "2020-09-01T18:41:05Z")
Yeah, Pat sucks. Love it or leave it, Pat, and just be glad that I don’t kick your ass for you badmouthing our family. /s in case you need it ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/77 "2020-09-01T18:51:34Z")
Its nice Biden read the teleprompter well. I still wonder what he was referring to with 100 years. Notie the support our troops and omitting God bless America ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/78 "2020-09-01T19:01:02Z")
God has stopped blessing America, or haven’t you noticed? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/79 "2020-09-01T22:31:34Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > So maybe republicans should all be jailed, or put in re education camps. Its not like anyone should ever have a differing opinion. [This is what passes](https://twitter.com/Loco412Coco/status/1300466662290980865?s=20) for [Republican “opinion”](https://twitter.com/Loco412Coco/status/1300611262154452994?s=20) these days. Come here and we’re armed, and we’ll shoot you on sight. The fact that you’re feigning concern about the inability to discuss differing opinions in America is laughable. When I watch “lamestream” media I hear reports of events (biased as they may be). When I tune into “fair and balanced” media I hear for calls to kill people. Republican opinions (and discussion thereof) boils down to “this is what I want, and I’ll kill you if I don’t get it.” Pardon the rest of us if that doesn’t feel like an opinion worthy of consideration. ---
**Author:** ![redhook77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@redhook77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redhook77)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/80 "2020-09-02T01:43:23Z")
Is it trolling if it is true? I think most of you do a lousy job of risk assessment. Oh and a hardy fuck you too demorat loser. Hugs and kisses without social distancing that does not effect approved activities, like looting,rioting, burning buildings, tearing down statues or harassing patrons in a diner/or other venue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679.md?page=5)