# 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:** 385
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7682 "2019-09-27T17:07:35Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Sorry, it’s Lil- Abner. It’s actually [Li-l Abner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capp). ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7683 "2019-09-27T17:12:21Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > It’s actually [Li-l Abner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capp). Everyone should click and enlarge that li’l strip cartoon on the right side of “Early Life.” It’s one of the funniest things Al Capp ever did. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7684 "2019-09-27T17:38:24Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > It’s like Alice falling down the rabbit hole. The rabbit hole goes deeper than sane people suspect – apparently “Liddle” is some kind of codeword for Q-Anon “pedophile conspiracy” crackpottery. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7685 "2019-09-27T17:56:01Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The rabbit hole goes deeper than sane people suspect – apparently “Liddle” is some kind of codeword for Q-Anon “pedophile conspiracy” crackpottery. If it wasn’t before - it sure in the fuck is now. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7686 "2019-09-27T18:52:30Z")
> [@simster](#): > > [Abe appeared on Star Trek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Savage_Curtain) and also had a most [excellent adventure](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/) In between being a vampire hunter. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7687 "2019-09-27T19:22:47Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > The rabbit hole goes deeper than sane people suspect – apparently “Liddle” is some kind of codeword for Q-Anon “pedophile conspiracy” crackpottery. Heh. Not surprised. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7688 "2019-09-27T19:27:18Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Charlie Pierce, whose writing I enjoy immensely, has called this tweet [the dumbest thing ever transmitted from the White House](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a29262984/liddle-hypen-apostrophe-president-trump-tweet/). From the article: > [@](#): > > But there’s something else to consider in all of this. The president, you see, is insanely fucking stupid. Part of what Trumpographer Tim O’Brien called his “radical solipsism” is an almost militant incuriosity. \*\*Anything worth knowing about the world, Donald Trump believes he already knows. If he doesn’t know it, it’s not worth knowing. \*\*Besides, if there are inconvenient features of observable reality, they can be bent or twisted or simply denied, relentlessly, until they cease to exist. Other things can be invented and made real through sheer force of repetition. But one thing you don’t need to do is sit down and learn new things, or listen when people talk about boring stuff. [my bold] Yeah, Trump knows more about [insert any topic here] than anybody. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7689 "2019-09-27T19:49:41Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Charlie Pierce, whose writing I enjoy immensely, has called this tweet [the dumbest thing ever transmitted from the White House](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a29262984/liddle-hypen-apostrophe-president-trump-tweet/). And our friends at [Merriam-Webster](https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1177559300245471233)just twisted the knife. > [@Merriam-Webster twitter](#): > > For those looking up punctuation early on a Friday morning: > > A hyphen is a mark - used to divide or to compound words. > An apostrophe is a mark ’ used to indicate the omission of letters or figures. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7690 "2019-09-27T19:52:56Z")
That’s just friggin’ fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7691 "2019-09-27T20:08:30Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > And our friends at [Merriam-Webster](https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1177559300245471233)just twisted the knife. Their Twitter account is always fire. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7692 "2019-09-27T20:15:43Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > With all the other stuff that’s going on, Trump takes a few minutes out of his day to get enraged about this: > > > [@](#): > > > > **Originally Posted by Former President Trump** > > To show you how dishonest the LameStream Media is, I used the word Liddle’, not Liddle, in discribing Corrupt Congressman Liddle’ Adam Schiff. Low ratings @CNN purposely took the hyphen out and said I spelled the word little wrong. A small but never ending situation with CNN! > > 1. Liddle, or if you prefer, liddle’, isn’t a word, you fuckling dumbass. Neither is ‘discribing’. > > 2. The punctuation mark you appear to be ‘discribing’ is called an apostrophe, you fucking dumbass. > > 3. Other than perhaps being amused at the depths of your dumbassery (hey, I can make up words too), no one gives a rat’s ass, you fucking dumbass. I feel like we’re living in the final scene of the Bradbury story _A Sound of Thunder._ ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7693 "2019-09-27T20:26:20Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > He _may_ have meant to type “Lil,’” as in Lil’ Abner. I’ve seen this tweet of his float past me all day and I could not make hide nor hair of it. I remarked on Twitter something along the lines of, “does he think plopping an apostrophe at the end of ‘liddle’ makes it a real word?” I just didn’t get what he was even trying to say. This … this is the only explanation that makes sense and that will chase this whatthefuckery out of my mind. Also it makes the whole shit-show that much more hilarious as well, so that’s a bonus. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7694 "2019-09-27T20:36:20Z")
Reading that tweet feels like falling through an endless series of trapdoors made of stupidity. It almost takes my breath away. I really thought I had a pretty good handle on how catastrophically ignorant our president is, but like him, I know nothing. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7695 "2019-09-27T20:37:47Z")
And all this time I’ve been trying to figure out who Congressman Liddle was, and why adding a “hyphen” to his name would mean anything. ---
**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 27, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7696 "2019-09-27T20:43:47Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > And our friends at [Merriam-Webster](https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1177559300245471233)just twisted the knife. Did the president just get trolled by the dictionary? “Pick the ‘interesting’ setting”, they all said, “it’ll be more fun and fulfilling”. I swear, next life I’m going easy and boring, even if it comes with an XP penalty. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7697 "2019-09-27T20:49:32Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > He is doing a great job of proving he’s the stupidest fuck in the land. Yet another accomplishment to put on his application for the NoBell prize. I think he’s more likely to win the Dumbbell prize. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7698 "2019-09-27T21:08:07Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’ve seen this tweet of his float past me all day and I could not make hide nor hair of it. I remarked on Twitter something along the lines of, “does he think plopping an apostrophe at the end of ‘liddle’ makes it a real word?” I just didn’t get what he was even trying to say. This … this is the only explanation that makes sense and that will chase this whatthefuckery out of my mind. > > Also it makes the whole shit-show that much more hilarious as well, so that’s a bonus. Let’s do a deep dive into the tweet, in reverse order of importance. First: the mark is an apostrophe, not a hyphen. Second: An apostrophe is used to indicate that letters have been removed. Nothing has been removed (presumably) from “liddle”, so CNN did you a favor by correcting your improper usage. Third: The more traditional means of employing a demeaning dimunitive would be “Li’l” (as in “Li’l Abner”), or even better, “Widdle” as it uses baby talk. “Liddle” is just stupid. Fourth: Adam Schiff is 5’11". I suppose compared to your massive bulk this constitutes “little” but no one else sees it that way. Finally: WTF ARE YOU GOING ON TWITTER AND CALLING A US CONGRESSMAN NAMES? Jesus H Christ on a pogo stick, don’t you have anything better to do? How about acting presidential instead of like a 10 year schoolyard bully??? PS: You spelled “describing” wrong, moron. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7699 "2019-09-27T21:50:58Z")
In the end Trump wins because nobody can deny his insanity plea…or a diminished mental capacity defense. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7700 "2019-09-27T22:54:55Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’ve seen this tweet of his float past me all day and I could not make hide nor hair of it. I remarked on Twitter something along the lines of, “does he think plopping an apostrophe at the end of ‘liddle’ makes it a real word?” I just didn’t get what he was even trying to say. This … this is the only explanation that makes sense and that will chase this whatthefuckery out of my mind. It’s like the other day, he was trying to dismiss the whistleblower’s account. He appeared to be searching for “first-hand information”, but chased desperately all around it, then gave up: > [@](#): > > You know the so-called whistleblower? The one that didn’t have any first-class, or first-rate, or second-tier information, from what I understand. You’ll have to figure that out for yourself. [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-conference-3/](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-press-conference-3/) ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/7701 "2019-09-27T23:32:07Z")
Guarantee Trump has been sitting around all day trying to figure out a way to explain his last post. Can’t wait to see it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=384) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=386)