# 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:** 436
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8702 "2020-05-28T13:40:41Z")
> [@solost](#): > > …Trump responds by getting ready to announce an executive order against social media companies. A quote from the draft: _“In a country that has long cherished the freedom of expression, we cannot allow a limited number of online platforms to hand-pick the speech that Americans may access and convey online,” the draft order says. “This practice is fundamentally un-American and anti-democratic. When large, powerful social media companies censor opinions with which they disagree, they exercise a dangerous power.”_ > [https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/politics/trump-twitter-social-media-executive-order/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/politics/trump-twitter-social-media-executive-order/index.html) Wonder who wrote that? I’d guess Barr. Neither Miller or Jarad could do it. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8703 "2020-05-28T13:48:36Z")
So baby Trump wants to punish suppressing freedom of speech by suppressing freedom of speech? ---
**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:** [May 28, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8704 "2020-05-28T13:56:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > So baby Trump wants to punish suppressing freedom of speech by suppressing freedom of speech? Yeah, it doesn’t seem to be a well-thought out plan. I’m shocked. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8705 "2020-05-28T13:59:02Z")
I just had a thought: what if somebody tells him (he won’t ever read it) that past president John Adams enacted the Alien and Seditions Acts to, among other things, punish those who criticize the federal government? Would he assume Adams was a great Republican (actually a Federalist) and seek to renew it? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8706 "2020-05-28T14:01:59Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > So baby Trump wants to punish suppressing freedom of speech by suppressing freedom of speech? The order is expected to call for the rollback of a law that legally protects social media companies from the content that’s posted on their sites. So, in a case of truly epic irony, it would give Twitter 1000% more incentive to delete Trump’s lies, slanders and threats so that they are not legally responsible for the potential fallout from Trump tweets. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8707 "2020-05-28T14:06:37Z")
> [@solost](#): > > The order is expected to call for the rollback of a law that legally protects social media companies from the content that’s posted on their sites. So, in a case of truly epic irony, it would give Twitter 1000% more incentive to delete Trump’s lies, slanders and threats so that they are not legally responsible for the potential fallout from Trump tweets. This is what I was thinking. Doesn’t that give Twitter more reason to tag his lies and delete his slanders? Wouldn’t the first thing they’d delete are all his tweets accusing Joe Scarborough of murder? Throwing a tantrum is really not the most contructive first reaction to…pretty much anything. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8708 "2020-05-28T14:10:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > So baby Trump wants to punish suppressing freedom of speech by suppressing freedom of speech? He wants to punish _what he thinks_ is suppressing freedom of speech (it isn’t) by _actually_ suppressing freedom of speech. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8709 "2020-05-28T14:14:26Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > He wants to punish _what he thinks_ is suppressing freedom of speech (it isn’t) by _actually_ suppressing freedom of speech. #TrumpSpeechMattersFuckEveryoneElse ---
**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:** [May 28, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8710 "2020-05-28T14:33:05Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > He wants to punish _what he thinks_ is suppressing freedom of speech (it isn’t) by _actually_ suppressing freedom of speech. Bingo. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8711 "2020-05-28T14:46:00Z")
Trump retweets a video from “Cowboys for Trump” in which the first line of the video is “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat”. Trump: “Thank you Cowboys. See you in New Mexico!” > **['You lunatic!' Trump sparks horror by promoting video that says 'only good...](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/you-lunatic-trump-sparks-horror-by-promoting-video-that-says-only-good-democrat-is-a-dead-democrat/)** > > President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening promoted a video from the Cowboys for Trump Twitter account which began with the line, "I've come to the conclusion that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat."The video in question features Cowboys for... ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8712 "2020-05-28T14:52:58Z")
It’s not even June yet and we have 5 months until election. Trump will literally be flinging his own poo at reporters by Labor Day. This is going to be EPIC. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8713 "2020-05-28T15:36:50Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > It’s not even June yet and we have 5 months until election. > > Trump will literally be flinging his own poo at reporters by Labor Day. > > This is going to be EPIC. And his followers will be scooping it up and preserving it for its miraculous powers (like devoted followers of saints in the Middle Ages). ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8714 "2020-05-28T15:46:36Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And his followers will be scooping it up and preserving it for its miraculous powers (like devoted followers of saints in the Middle Ages). And we shall know them by their shit eating grimace. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8715 "2020-05-28T16:06:06Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > It’s not even June yet and we have 5 months until election. > > Trump will literally be flinging his own poo at reporters by Labor Day. > > This is going to be EPIC. Sure. If Trump starts flinging actual feces from the podium, the press will simply normalize the behavior: "Today, our panel will be discussing the latest poop that Trump flung from the podium yesterday. Ted? Ted: Thanks Shana. Well today’s feces was certainly browner in color there can be no doubt about that. Shana: What do you think that means Ted: Well obviously, this means a shift in thinking on monetary policy from the Trump team Carol: I disagree Ted. The feces was browner certainly, but the absence of nuts or corn indicate that immigration policy may be about to be softened." ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8716 "2020-05-28T16:12:27Z")
that’s worse than the guy who threw the shoes at Bush Jr. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8717 "2020-05-28T16:17:24Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > … > > Ted: Well obviously, this means a shift in thinking on monetary policy from the Trump team > … Don’t you mean a “shit” in thinking on monetary policy? Now we need the pundits to sit on their stools for an hour and anal-yze exactly what he meant by this, amirite? You joke (and I laughed so hard I almost… _you know_), but hasn’t it just about come to this? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8718 "2020-05-28T16:20:29Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Don’t you mean a “shit” in thinking on monetary policy? Now we need the pundits **to sit on their stools** for an hour and anal-yze exactly what he meant by this, amirite? > > You joke (and I laughed so hard I almost… _you know_), but hasn’t it just about come to this? Eeewww. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8719 "2020-05-28T16:44:08Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Sure. If Trump starts flinging actual feces from the podium, the press will simply normalize the behavior: Right wing media will normalize. The rest have had their outrage cranked to 11 since he came down the escalator. I just can’t anymore. It’s exhausting. Not because the critics are wrong but because the critics are impotent. I’ve been tuning more and more into BBC America for my news and it’s incredible how much better and more informed I feel about what else is going on in the world that isn’t consumed with the daily antics of the orange buffoon and his ass-clown posse. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8720 "2020-05-28T17:28:21Z")
[Trump retweets a video saying ‘the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat’](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/28/trump-retweets-video-saying-only-good-democrat-is-dead-democrat/) The speaker said he wasn’t being literal — but later suggest he might have been, at least in part. And this is part of a pattern for Trump. > [@](#): > > If there was ever a tweet tailor-made for promotion by President Trump, it might be this one: A video by an account called “Cowboys for Trump” in which the speaker begins by saying, “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” The speaker quickly qualifies that he’s not speaking literally. > > At precisely midnight, the president felt this was the kind of message that people needed to see. “Thank you Cowboys. See you in New Mexico!” he said in a retweet. > … > > What lay ahead was entirely predictable. People are rightly pointing out that a president just promoted the idea of dead Democrats. Trump will have the kind of plausible deniability he craves — the guy even said he wasn’t being literal! — and the world will keep turning. > > But the speaker has also made clear he wasn’t being entirely figurative. And Trump’s history with this kind of thing makes clear he knows exactly what he’s injecting into the national dialogue. > > … > > In the same interview, Griffin also suggested certain top Democrats might be executed for treason, citing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D). > > “You get to pick your poison: You either go before a firing squad, or you get the end of the rope,” Griffin said. > > It’s exactly the kind of thing Trump does: He’s saying this thing, but he’s also saying that he’s not really saying this thing, and it’s your fault for misinterpreting. Stay classy, Donald. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8721 "2020-05-28T17:50:11Z")
\*If we stipulate that there have ever been Republicans who were good Americans (let alone good people), they existed so long ago that they’ve been dead for several years by now. That is, all of the Republicans who can be characterized with the word “good” are dead by now. IOW, **The only good Republican is a DEAD Republican**. This is not to imply that causing the death of a current Republican will render that Republican “good.” That ship has sailed.\* Anybody care to hazard a guess as to which part of the above gets pulled as the money quote? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=435) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=437)