What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

[Pocket]

So, funny thing about that verse he's invoking. "The rod of correction" is extremely vague language, and there's a very good chance it was a metaphor referring to measuring sticks. Back in Bible times and for quite a long time afterward, it was common for people in charge of things to own rods used both as symbols of their authority and as gold standards for units of measurement. If anyone disagreed on how big something was or should be, the person in charge could step in and set the record straight. That's why we still call them rulers. In contrast, there's not a single verse in Scripture where someone actually uses a stick to hit their child.

 

[KidTDragon]

Being a scripture verse makes it a pretty solid argument against allowing teachers to hit disabled students, IMHO.

 

[Covert Agent Rodimal]

The entire republican party needs a cosmic level b*tch slap at this point. Also a bunch of democrats for letting them get this far.

 

[Paladin]

With Support from Heritage Action, Republican U.S. Senator Mike Lee Introduces SCREEN Act for 119th Congress to Protect Children from Pornography Online

With Support from Heritage Action, Republican U.S. Senator Mike Lee Introduces SCREEN Act for 119th Congress to Protect Children from Pornography Online

goldrushcam.com

it is remarkable just how much they hate porn.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Oh, no, they just hate that other people can have porn.

Not worried, porn is a multibillion dollar a year industry: the porn will win.

 

[Ungnome]

Worst part of that is they somehow consider me wearing a knee-length dress with a modest neckline and opaque tights, or heck, even a pair of high-rise jeans and a fem-cut t-shirt to be pornographic simply because of the equipment I was born with....

 

[wonko the sane?]

Not your fault you're hung like a horse.

Sorry sister, once I had the thought: I couldn't resist.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

How many of them have stock in VPNs, I wonder.

 

[Ironbite4]

None. It's just an excuse by Project 2025 to make sure women know their place.

 

[Ungnome]

Not your fault you're hung like a horse.

Sorry sister, once I had the thought: I couldn't resist.

Heh. There's more down their than I'd like, but not THAT much.

 

[Dekafox]

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/04/congress/gop-town-halls-richard-hudson-00210024

The chair of the House GOP's campaign arm told Republican lawmakers Tuesday to stop holding in-person town halls amid a wave of angry backlash over the cuts undertaken by President Donald Trump's administration.

Hudson's directive, while important coming from the House GOP's top campaign official, is not binding or enforceable. Some Republicans said they aren’t planning to stop their in-person town halls despite the pushback.

 

[Dekafox]

A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes

Four months after Missouri voted to legalize abortion, Republican lawmakers are proposing a 100% tax credit — capped at $50,000 per year — for taxpayers who donate to crisis pregnancy centers.

www.propublica.org

 

[Paladin]

Miss Beetlejuice has an opinion on raising cane.

Lauren Boebert Accuses Black Lawmaker of Waving ‘Pimp Cane’ at Trump

Rep. Lauren Boebert suggested that the Black lawmaker who yelled at President Donald Trump during a joint address to Congress is a "pimp."

www.mediaite.com

 

[Axaday]

Republican cites Bible to defend hitting disabled students

Oklahoma State Senator Shane Jett argued a bill seeking to ban using corporal punishment in schools was "in violation of Scripture."

www.newsweek.com

I'm not going to sit here and say that the Bible doesn't endorse corporal punishment, but I don't see anything that says you can beat OTHER PEOPLE's children.

And that reference to Psalm 23 is AMAZING! The passage was written by King David from the perspective of a sheep talking to his shepherd. When the sheep says "When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil because your rod and staff comfort me" does this man think that sheep feel safe from evil because the shepherd beats them when they are evil? The sheep feels safe from evil because the shepherd will beat predators, dummy.

 

[Axaday]

there's not a single verse in Scripture where someone actually uses a stick to hit their child.

Proverbs 23:13-14 ESV​

Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.

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I was spanked when I was a kid and so was my wife. When we had kids, we decided not to. You can be a Christian and not do it and if somebody says that makes me a sellout, well, he can explain his position. Because:

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ESV
​

18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives,20 and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

He is probably a sellout too.

 

[Axaday]

Republican cites Bible to defend hitting disabled students

Oklahoma State Senator Shane Jett argued a bill seeking to ban using corporal punishment in schools was "in violation of Scripture."

www.newsweek.com

I didn't notice earlier that this was Oklahoma. I mentioned it to my dad and he knew all about it. My sister is a special ed teacher in Oklahoma.

 

[Rhinox]

I'm just going to say this. If I ever saw anyone laying hands on a disabled child there would be a confrontation. How that confrontation went is up to them, but the beating would stop immediately.

 

[Axaday]

I'm not going to sit here and say that the Bible doesn't endorse corporal punishment, but I don't see anything that says you can beat OTHER PEOPLE's children.

And that reference to Psalm 23 is AMAZING! The passage was written by King David from the perspective of a sheep talking to his shepherd. When the sheep says "When I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil because your rod and staff comfort me" does this man think that sheep feel safe from evil because the shepherd beats them when they are evil? The sheep feels safe from evil because the shepherd will beat predators, dummy.

I guess I was a little myopic. Someone else pointed out to me that the wolves in this metaphor can be people too, so in this case beating the disruptive disabled kids that are causing trouble is a comfort to the good kids who are trying to learn. Ugh. We're torturing a metaphor at this point, but I think that if you are a teacher in a school, all of the kids are your flock and that's the only way this makes sense to me.

 

[Paladin]

This is what jive like "DEFENDING GIRLS' SPORTS" opened the door to & where the "trans debate" was ALWAYS going to wind up.

Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail

The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Axaday]

I mean...start through the Bill of Rights...oh the first one.