# Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 19, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428 "2016-11-19T15:52:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/181 "2016-11-29T16:01:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This is what it would have looked like if Captain Queeg had had access to Twitter. Has he had his strawberry moment yet? As afraid as I am to see what that might look like, it’s when we just might see the more intelligent Trump supporters figure out the mistake they made. Then we will truly be living in interesting times. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/182 "2016-11-29T16:26:26Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > From the Despot-Elect this morning, tweeted 6:55 am-"“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag — if they do, there must be consequences — perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” > > All right, Trumpettes-defend _this_. I can picture the Trump Inner Circle drawing straws, to see who gets to break the news to the boss that he doesn’t have the power to decide what’s a crime, and that he doesn’t get to define “free speech”. I’m envisioning one of those Hitler Downfall videos. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/183 "2016-11-29T17:35:40Z")
You guys apparently have no skills in Boss Suckanomics. No one _needs_ to tell him, just insist that he is right, and when other people tell him he can’t actually do that shit, blame _them_. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/184 "2016-11-29T17:41:14Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > I’m normally not one for conspiracy theories, but at this point, I think it’s pretty obvious that Trump is using Twitter to distract. This morning he is suggesting that burning the flag be [punishable by a year in jail and/or loss of citizenship](http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/29/politics/donald-trump-flag-burning-penalty-proposal/). There is no reason to make this proclamation right now except to distract everyone. Indeed, I think he’s been using his ridiculous tweets to distract the media from the much bigger issues going on, for example the massive conflict of interest between his presidency and his business. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/185 "2016-11-29T18:18:38Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You guys apparently have no skills in Boss Suckanomics. No one _needs_ to tell him, just insist that he is right, and when other people tell him he can’t actually do that shit, blame _them_. Of course; an elegant solution. “Absolutely, Mr. President - one of our congressional toadies will be submitting the Crucifixion for Flag Burners Act of 2017 as soon as Congress is back in session.” ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/186 "2016-11-29T18:30:26Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Indeed, I think he’s been using his ridiculous tweets to distract the media from the much bigger issues going on, for example the massive conflict of interest between his presidency and his business. He’s not distracting the media. He’s distracting the people, because the people, as a whole, don’t give a flying fuck about his conflicts of interest. They should, but they don’t. Instead, Donnie’s tweetstorms get more eyeballs looking at commercials, so that is what the media runs with. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/187 "2016-11-29T19:27:11Z")
Well, if you do care, there are small things you can do. The voicemail for the House Oversight Committee has been full for several weeks now (I’m sure this is just an oversight. See what I did there?), but if you call the chairman’s office (Chaffetz) directly (1-202-225-7751) a live person answers the phone, and will chat with you. She assured me that the President elect is totally going to make changes to his business arrangements, and we should give him time. It’s worth calling just to hear that. Not saying this is going to change the world, but I hope people call. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/188 "2016-11-29T19:44:30Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > Has he had his strawberry moment yet? As afraid as I am to see what that might look like, it’s when we just might see the more intelligent Trump supporters figure out the mistake they made. Then we will truly be living in interesting times. No… I think the strawberry moment is still to come…God help us all. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/189 "2016-11-29T19:46:43Z")
I wonder if he is trying to goad people into burning the flag to marginalize the protests against him? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/190 "2016-11-29T19:58:52Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This is what it would have looked like if Captain Queeg had had access to Twitter. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > No… I think the strawberry moment is still to come…God help us all. If someone takes his phone away he’ll probably strip search everyone in Trump Tower. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/191 "2016-11-29T20:25:28Z")
What good are brains? They apparently don’t make you rich. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/192 "2016-11-29T20:29:12Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > If someone takes his phone away he’ll probably strip search everyone in Trump Tower. Just the cute female ones. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/193 "2016-11-29T21:39:38Z")
“Hmmm. Couldn’t find it. Better check Ivanka again.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/194 "2016-11-29T22:17:21Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > What good are brains? They apparently don’t make you rich. Just the cute female ones. (stolen from above) ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/195 "2016-11-29T22:18:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > All right, Trumpettes-defend _this_. Good lord, people are dense. What, exactly, is anyone supposed to defend? Is there some concrete proposal being put forward? No. He said something on the internet. On _Twitter_, FFS. The medium specifically designed for people to transmit every half-assed idea and feeling that rolls through their head. Trump makes a statement about his _emotional_ reaction to flag burning; it’s one that the vast majority of Americans share. When people criticize him, they’re putting themselves on the pro-flag burning side. “but first amendment, supreme court, blah blah blah…” Of course. Trump knows all that as well as you do, which is why he’s not making a serious proposal. He’s saying shit on Twitter, and by reflecting the feelings most people have about flag-burning, he builds trust with them; moreover, he makes the people who can’t help criticizing him put themselves on the pro-flag burning side. Your hatred of him lets him live in your head. _It’s rhetoric, not dialectic._ Trump has been making fools of people who don’t understand the difference for two years now. When you know the difference, you can meet rhetoric with rhetoric, dialectic with dialectic. When you don’t, you’re a sperg who takes jokes seriously, takes profanity literally, and asks people to “defend your position” on Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/196 "2016-11-29T22:27:53Z")
Ah. So your defense is that Trump is a liar full of half-assed ideas. That’s your defense. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/197 "2016-11-29T22:28:13Z")
You Americans are just never satisfied, are you? You complain when everything a presidential candidate says sounds rehearsed and focus-grouped and microscopically vetted, and you complain when a candidate talks off the cuff and says things that are stupid. You clearly want some kind of Sorkin-ideal where all the dialog is sparkly and witty and profound and _sounds_ spontaneous, but you voted for a Tourette’s-afflicted Mister Ed, and you’re just gonna have to suck it up for four years. [/fair and balanced criticism #allyanksaredopes] ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/198 "2016-11-29T22:46:42Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Good lord, people are dense. > > What, exactly, is anyone supposed to defend? Is there some concrete proposal being put forward? No. He said something on the internet. On _Twitter_, FFS. The medium specifically designed for people to transmit every half-assed idea and feeling that rolls through their head. > > Trump makes a statement about his _emotional_ reaction to flag burning; it’s one that the vast majority of Americans share. When people criticize him, they’re putting themselves on the pro-flag burning side. > > “but first amendment, supreme court, blah blah blah…” Of course. Trump knows all that as well as you do, which is why he’s not making a serious proposal. He’s saying shit on Twitter, and by reflecting the feelings most people have about flag-burning, he builds trust with them; moreover, he makes the people who can’t help criticizing him put themselves on the pro-flag burning side. Your hatred of him lets him live in your head. > > _It’s rhetoric, not dialectic._ Trump has been making fools of people who don’t understand the difference for two years now. When you know the difference, you can meet rhetoric with rhetoric, dialectic with dialectic. When you don’t, you’re a sperg who takes jokes seriously, takes profanity literally, and asks people to “defend your position” on Twitter. Or, you’re a twat who’s just blubbering his fool mouth off defending an ignoramus. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/199 "2016-11-29T23:01:03Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Trump makes a statement about his _emotional_ reaction to flag burning; it’s one that the vast majority of Americans share. When people criticize him, they’re putting themselves on the pro-flag burning side. Where do I start with this? 1. Good thing a Trump isn’t a woman. Because the whole making statements based on emotions thingy would have us all wondering if he’s on his period right now. 2. It’s crazy he lets himself get emotional about flag burning in the first place. So that isn’t a defense. 3. When people criticize him, he sees that akin to them burning the flag? To feel that way means Trump sees support for him as indistinguishable with patriotism. As if he _is_ the United States. Egomaniacal, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/200 "2016-11-29T23:05:39Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > You Americans are just never satisfied, are you? You complain when everything a presidential candidate says sounds rehearsed and focus-grouped and microscopically vetted, and you complain when a candidate talks off the cuff and says things that are stupid. You clearly want some kind of Sorkin-ideal where all the dialog is sparkly and witty and profound and _sounds_ spontaneous, but you voted for a Tourette’s-afflicted Mister Ed, and you’re just gonna have to suck it up for four years. > > [/fair and balanced criticism #allyanksaredopes] Well I sure didn’t vote for him. Apparently a lot of others didn’t either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=11)