# 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:** 439
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8762 "2020-05-29T19:16:12Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Fuck. Trump. All his stupid tweet will do is stir up the mouthbreathing morons in the suburbs. There has already been at least one incident of a MAGAmoron trying to drive through the protests in a jacked up pick’m’up truck, Trump stickers plastered all over, driver shouting ignorant crap at people. When his truck was pelted with rocks, he played victim. Fuck him. Fuck Trump. [Emphasis added] There is (or was, back [DEL]in the middle ages[/DEL] when I was in school) a concept in the RCC called “Occasion of Sin.” It held that putting oneself in a position where one is likely to commit a sin was in itself sinful. Regarding the emphasized part, I wonder if Trumpism has given rise to “Occasion of Stupid.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8763 "2020-05-29T19:21:27Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > \*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? Here’s the context of Couy Griffin’s statement: “I’ve come to a place where I’ve come to a conclusion where the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” Griffin seems to be implying that this is a recent conclusion. It’s not. He’s publicly called for people to be killed on several previous occasions: “If there’s political leaders such as governors…y’all better start paying real close attention, because we’re moving to you. And you better make sure that you haven’t been doing anything where you would be guilty of the charge of treason, because I don’t care if you are a governor, you can still swing at the end of a rope.” “If we have political leaders in our country today… that are guilty of treason, which is to directly undermine the United States of America…such things like the Mueller Report… all this fake stuff that was constructed to try to destroy our president and in turn bring our nation down in my opinion is treason in its truest form. Treason is punishable by death.” “They’re gonna milk this coronavirus deal as long as they possibly can…Maybe they’re doing it because some of them might be guilty of treason, and treason’s a hanging offense. I don’t know why they’re doing it, but they’re doing it, and we can’t let them win. We’ve gotta fight back; we’ve gotta push back.” “There Will Come A Day When Politics Won’t Be Able To Hide Treasonous Acts. Hang Em High Mr. President!” “It might be a lead up to a civil war and if we do have a civil war over this, maybe that’s gonna be the uniforms. Maybe one of the uniforms will have masks on and the other ones won’t.” “Don’t allow the state police to operate inside of your county unconstitutionally. And if y’all don’t have enough deputies to get the job done, call on us, because there’s a lot of us ready. Form a sheriff’s posse. We’re ready. I’d rather push back now than later.” “If a man wants to put an army together, that’s where you would put it together at, through all of our hunters. Y’all are the guys that can protect our borders and get our Country back.” “I ask you state police officers - I hope you watch this video; I hope it’s shared with the governor - don’t start a war. Don’t come out and think you’re gong to shut businesses down…because if you do, I’d be willing to bet the rent that Sheriff Tony Mace and his deputies are going to make sure that doesn’t happen.” “Draw the hard line, hold it, God bless you. And if you need any patriots all you gotta to do is call and we’ll come running. We’ll sign up for whatever posses you want us to sign up for. We’ll stand in any battles that you want to lead us into…We will stand with you. We will stand shoulder to shoulder with you through any battle that you choose to lead us into.” So we have a man who is an elected official telling people they should organize armed paramilitary groups, disobey laws, fight against the police, hang Democrats for treason, and have a civil war. To their credit, other Republican officials in New Mexico have publicly denounced Griffin. The only fellow Republican who has announced his support for Griffin is Donald Trump. (And all of the statements I quoted were made before Trump said he supports Griffin.) ---
**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 29, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8764 "2020-05-29T19:40:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So we have a man who is an elected official telling people they should organize armed paramilitary groups, disobey laws, fight against the police, hang Democrats for treason, and have a civil war. In a regular country, this man would never have been elected in the first place, and if mistakenly elected, he would have been swiftly removed by his own party if these statements were made after his election. The USA is not a regular country. It is a failed state. ---
**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 29, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8765 "2020-05-29T19:43:46Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Taylor Swift went after Trump today on twitter. She said he stokes white supremacy. “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost middle America” — LBJ’s (perhaps apocryphal) reaction to Cronkite’s newly dubious/critical observations on the Vietnam War ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8766 "2020-05-29T21:43:23Z")
So, Trump’s “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” Tweet has drawn a lot of condemnation, including even some kind of limited action from Twitter itself. Joe Biden, naturally, was harshly critical of the President’s statement, saying Trump is “calling for violence against American citizens during a moment of pain for so many. I’m furious, and you should be too. This is no time for incendiary tweets; it’s no time to encourage violence”. But, there was also a statement about the “looting and shooting” Tweet from the “Oath Keepers”, a _very_ hard-core right-wing group: > [@](#): > > National Guardsman would be DUTY BOUND to refuse those orders to shoot people for stealing. Arson, yes, since it’s deadly. Stealing? I’m sure we’ll catch grief over stating this, but it needed to be said. Right [is] right, wrong is wrong. We have laws, and the Supreme Law of the Land is the U.S. Constitution. It was wrong to shoot looters in New Orleans during Katrina, and men went to jail for doing it. No. President Trump, you have a good chance to do the right thing here, to be sure justice is done. Don’t be on the wrong side of history. Wow. Stupid Mussolini is really screwing the pooch, here, ain’t he? I just hope it all matters for something in November. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8767 "2020-05-29T21:54:09Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > So, Trump’s “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” Tweet has drawn a lot of condemnation, including even some kind of limited action from Twitter itself. Joe Biden, naturally, was harshly critical of the President’s statement, saying Trump is “calling for violence against American citizens during a moment of pain for so many. I’m furious, and you should be too. This is no time for incendiary tweets; it’s no time to encourage violence”. > > But, there was also a statement about the “looting and shooting” Tweet from the “Oath Keepers”, a _very_ hard-core right-wing group: > > Wow. Stupid Mussolini is really screwing the pooch, here, ain’t he? > > I just hope it all matters for something in November. Wow. Even the ultra-right militant Oath Keepers think Trump stepped over the line? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8768 "2020-05-29T21:56:13Z")
Guess I should’ve checked Twitler’s feed first. He’s walking it back. You think he gets tired of walking back so much stupid shit he says? \*\* Looting leads to shooting, and that’s why a man was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday night - or look at what just happened in Louisville with 7 people shot. I don’t want this to happen, and that’s what the expression put out last night means. It was spoken as a fact, not as a statement. It’s very simple, nobody should have any problem with this other than the haters, and those looking to cause trouble on social media. Honor the memory of George Floyd!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8769 "2020-05-29T22:06:48Z")
What’s the difference between “a fact” and “a statement”? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8770 "2020-05-29T22:11:52Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > What’s the difference between “a fact” and “a statement”? Not even that dumbshit could explain it. He heard his homeboys, the Oath Keepers, were down on him and he had to shit out something as quick as possible to make amends. ---
**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 29, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8771 "2020-05-29T22:20:35Z")
I guess Swift is so big now she won’t mind if she loses some fans who are Trumpers ---
**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:** [May 29, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8772 "2020-05-29T22:38:00Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Not Trump, but his social media director: > > “Twitter is targeting the President of the United States 24/7, while turning their heads to protest organizers who are planning, plotting, and communicating their next moves daily on this very platform. Twitter is full of shit - more and more people are beginning to get it” > > Where does he post this argument? On Twitter, of course. Is that irony, or idiocy, or something else? > [@wguy123](#): > > Guess I should’ve checked Twitler’s feed first. He’s walking it back. You think he gets tired of walking back so much stupid shit he says? > > \*\* > Looting leads to shooting, and that’s why a man was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday night - or look at what just happened in Louisville with 7 people shot. I don’t want this to happen, and that’s what the expression put out last night means. It was spoken as a fact, not as a statement. It’s very simple, nobody should have any problem with this other than the haters, and those looking to cause trouble on social media. Honor the memory of George Floyd!\*\* That is not walking it back. It’s yet another lame attempt from that damn dirty lying sack of dung to make himself look good and put the blame for what he’s stoke onto others instead of on himself and his minions. In other words, it’s yet another failure from fail-fail. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8773 "2020-05-29T22:45:55Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > That is not walking it back. It’s yet another lame attempt from that damn dirty lying sack of dung to make himself look good and put the blame for what he’s stoke onto others instead of on himself and his minions. In other words, it’s yet another failure from fail-fail. Yeah, you are right. I’m just having a hard time coming up with any sort of explanation for all the shit that motherfucker throws at the wall. There is so much sticking, it is sad. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8774 "2020-05-29T23:21:05Z")
Chicago’s Mayor Lightfoot has a response to Trump’s racist tweet about shooting. "“His goal is to polarize to destabilize local government and inflame racist urges, and we can absolutely not let him prevail,” Lightfoot added. “And I will code what I really want to say to Donald Trump. It’s two words. It begins with F. It ends with you.” This bit can be found easily at the following video by starting 4 minutes in, and watching for a minute. > **[Lightfoot Lobs Coded F-Bomb at Trump Over Minnesota Tweet](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lightfoot-trumps-call-for-violence-against-minneapolis-protesters-profoundly-dangerous/2280166/)** > > Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot offered a scathing rebuke of President Trump Friday after several other prominent Democrats accused the president of inciting violence by protesters demonstrating over the death of George Floyd. Early Friday morning, the... ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8775 "2020-05-29T23:28:02Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > That is not walking it back. It’s yet another lame attempt from that damn dirty lying sack of dung to make himself look good and put the blame for what he’s stoke onto others instead of on himself and his minions. In other words, it’s yet another failure from fail-fail. I guess nobody ever told him that if you can’t talk right, ya ought-ta keep yer fuckin’ trap shut. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8776 "2020-05-29T23:53:47Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > I guess Swift is so big now she won’t mind if she loses some fans who are Trumpers She endorsed Hillary in 2016, so it’s not exactly new for her. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8777 "2020-05-29T23:58:48Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Chicago’s Mayor Lightfoot has a response to Trump’s racist tweet about shooting. > > "“His goal is to polarize to destabilize local government and inflame racist urges, and we can absolutely not let him prevail,” Lightfoot added. “And I will code what I really want to say to Donald Trump. It’s two words. It begins with F. It ends with you.” > This bit can be found easily at the following video by starting 4 minutes in, and watching for a minute. > [Lightfoot Lobs Coded F-Bomb at Trump Over Minnesota Tweet – NBC Chicago](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lightfoot-trumps-call-for-violence-against-minneapolis-protesters-profoundly-dangerous/2280166/) A woman, and even worse, a black woman calling out Chief Dipshit. How long till the tweets that contain the words “nasty” (woman) and “dog” or “low iq” come out? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8778 "2020-05-30T00:22:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Here’s the context of Couy Griffin’s statement: > > “I’ve come to a place where I’ve come to a conclusion where the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” > > Griffin seems to be implying that this is a recent conclusion. It’s not. He’s publicly called for people to be killed on several previous occasions: > > “If there’s political leaders such as governors…y’all better start paying real close attention, because we’re moving to you. And you better make sure that you haven’t been doing anything where you would be guilty of the charge of treason, because I don’t care if you are a governor, you can still swing at the end of a rope.” > > “If we have political leaders in our country today… that are guilty of treason, which is to directly undermine the United States of America…such things like the Mueller Report… all this fake stuff that was constructed to try to destroy our president and in turn bring our nation down in my opinion is treason in its truest form. Treason is punishable by death.” > > “They’re gonna milk this coronavirus deal as long as they possibly can…Maybe they’re doing it because some of them might be guilty of treason, and treason’s a hanging offense. I don’t know why they’re doing it, but they’re doing it, and we can’t let them win. We’ve gotta fight back; we’ve gotta push back.” > > “There Will Come A Day When Politics Won’t Be Able To Hide Treasonous Acts. Hang Em High Mr. President!” > > “It might be a lead up to a civil war and if we do have a civil war over this, maybe that’s gonna be the uniforms. Maybe one of the uniforms will have masks on and the other ones won’t.” > > “Don’t allow the state police to operate inside of your county unconstitutionally. And if y’all don’t have enough deputies to get the job done, call on us, because there’s a lot of us ready. Form a sheriff’s posse. We’re ready. I’d rather push back now than later.” > > “If a man wants to put an army together, that’s where you would put it together at, through all of our hunters. Y’all are the guys that can protect our borders and get our Country back.” > > “I ask you state police officers - I hope you watch this video; I hope it’s shared with the governor - don’t start a war. Don’t come out and think you’re gong to shut businesses down…because if you do, I’d be willing to bet the rent that Sheriff Tony Mace and his deputies are going to make sure that doesn’t happen.” > > “Draw the hard line, hold it, God bless you. And if you need any patriots all you gotta to do is call and we’ll come running. We’ll sign up for whatever posses you want us to sign up for. We’ll stand in any battles that you want to lead us into…We will stand with you. We will stand shoulder to shoulder with you through any battle that you choose to lead us into.” > > So we have a man who is an elected official telling people they should organize armed paramilitary groups, disobey laws, fight against the police, hang Democrats for treason, and have a civil war. > > To their credit, other Republican officials in New Mexico have publicly denounced Griffin. The only fellow Republican who has announced his support for Griffin is Donald Trump. (And all of the statements I quoted were made before Trump said he supports Griffin.) To paraphrase a line from _Enter The Dragon_: Paper targets don’t shoot back, asshole. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8779 "2020-05-30T00:40:58Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Yeah, you are right. I’m just having a hard time coming up with any sort of explanation for all the shit that motherfucker throws at the wall. There is so much sticking, it is sad. Premises: 1. You are a rational person. 2. The damn dirty lying sack of dung is not a rational person. 3. Rational people tend to look for rational explanations for any event. Conclusion: 1. There is no rational explanation for what the damn dirty lying sack of dung does. > [@Chefguy](#): > > I guess nobody ever told him that if you can’t talk right, ya ought-ta keep yer fuckin’ trap shut. No kidding. > [@wguy123](#): > > A woman, and even worse, a black woman calling out Chief Dipshit. How long till the tweets that contain the words “nasty” (woman) and “dog” or “low iq” come out? Oddly enough, he has never, to my knowledge, used the expression “fine people” to refer to any Blacks. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8780 "2020-05-30T02:28:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > To paraphrase a line from _Enter The Dragon_: Paper targets don’t shoot back, asshole. Or a line from _Bloodsport_: Brick not fight back! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428/8781 "2020-05-30T03:28:31Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > …Oddly enough, he has never, to my knowledge, used the expression “fine people” to refer to any Blacks. Yep. He uses that for Nazis and the KKK. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=438) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-1/772428.md?page=440)