# Butt-Hurt Trump Takes to Twitter Again (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 15, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130 "2020-12-15T20:43:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/41 "2020-12-16T19:01:32Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Funny how he keeps mentioning the 75 million (actually 74 million and change) votes he got, but fails to mention the record-setting 81 million votes that Biden got. Biden got more votes than any presidential candidate in U.S. history. I was thinking the other day that Trump was kind of like Sham, the racehorse. Sham was an excellent\* horse who had the unfortunate luck to be a three-year old the same year as Secretariat. The first two races of the Triple crown he broke the records for both the Kentucky Derby Derby _and_ Preakness – but still finished second behind Secretariat. He didn’t get awarded the winner’s purse anyway. Third race he was eased and came in dead last. It was discovered a month later he had a fractured cannon bone. \*This is where the analogy breaks down. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/42 "2020-12-16T19:05:47Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Funny how he keeps mentioning the 75 million (actually 74 million and change) votes he got, but fails to mention the record-setting 81 million votes that Biden got. But those 81 million are his, too! They just got changed to Biden! Don’t you know almost everyone in every state voted for Trump? I think that’s pretty much what he’s arguing but kind of dances around it by saying “votes for me were changed” and “I won in a landslide.” His followers will believe he got 100% of the vote and the rest of us know that’s not true. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/43 "2020-12-16T23:41:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Damn! I didn’t get in soon enough to suggest that the follow-up thread be named > > # EX-FORMER-HAS-BEEN president trump can’t stop tweeting That would have been a fine thread title. But let’s face it, whether President, Ex-President, or Convicted Ex-President, Donald will _always_ be butt-hurt. He is the Eternally-Aching Butt. He is the Ever-Wounded Rump. He is the Victimized Keister. He is the Offended Caboose. He is the Suffering Heinie. Donald J. Trump is the premiere Aggrieved Ass of this, or any other period of human history. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/44 "2020-12-17T00:31:31Z")
And this is what I don’t understand. Why anyone who likes to defer to The Authority like so many current Republicans would stand by an Authoritarian Leader who is such a whinging, crying, complaining titty-baby loser. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/45 "2020-12-17T00:36:21Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > > [@wguy123](#): > > > > > > > …along with an additional 3 million pets… > > > > > My dog and two cats voted for Biden. Several times each. So there! > > I’ve got a new kitty cat who I THINK just voted for the America-hating fuckstick, right under my bed. > > At least, that’s what it smells like. Wait, that’s what those are? Well, I had three boxes filled with Trump votes in my laundry room until they got emptied out today. Stupid cats, shouldn’t be allowed to vote. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/46 "2020-12-17T00:56:29Z")
The problem is that they vote so profusely. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/47 "2020-12-17T00:58:46Z")
New title" THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN BANNED FOR REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF PLATFORM POLICY ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/48 "2020-12-17T01:07:08Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > He is the Eternally-Aching Butt. He is the Ever-Wounded Rump. He is the Victimized Keister. He is the Offended Caboose. He is the Suffering Heinie. > > Donald J. Trump is the premiere Aggrieved Ass of this, or any other period of human history. The Cheek of Pique. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/49 "2020-12-18T00:04:55Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > And this is what I don’t understand. Why anyone who likes to defer to The Authority like so many current Republicans would stand by an Authoritarian Leader who is such a whinging, crying, complaining titty-baby loser. My theory is that when being a crybaby is combined with having the greatest power any human being on this planet can have (the US military, including nukes), the result for those attracted to dictators is an enthusiastic faith that _My Big Strongman Bully Has Been Unfairly Persecuted_. But after January 20, Trump will just be a random crybaby. A few followers will linger due to inertia, but many will start to tire of the _Donald Has Been Victimized_ story. And he will become what he was before: a sniper from the sidelines, with only a small number of fans. Seriously: these people worship power. Actually worship it. And his only power will be…them. Ever-decreasing numbers of fans. And that won’t be enough for them. Donald won’t be able to smite the non-whites and the uppity females and the Libs with anything but whatever Twitter allows him to say. No power of the government behind any of it. They will look elsewhere for their Bully to Worship. \ > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The Cheek of Pique. . Very nice! ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/50 "2020-12-18T17:28:03Z")
Fucking numbers, how do they work?!? (Paraphrased from the Insane Clown Posse song) ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/51 "2020-12-18T19:46:46Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > A few followers will linger due to inertia, but many will start to tire of the _Donald Has Been Victimized_ story. And he will become what he was before: a sniper from the sidelines, with only a small number of fans. It’s already happening. Not long after the election, the number of Twitter followers on his account dropped by hundreds of thousands (though who knows how many of those were bots or socks?). And we all know ratings and Twitters followers are the only numbers that count. Not like those pesky ballots. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/52 "2020-12-18T19:52:41Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Seriously: these people worship power. Actually worship it. And his only power will be…them. Ever-decreasing numbers of fans. And that won’t be enough for them. Donald won’t be able to smite the non-whites and the uppity females and the Libs with anything but whatever Twitter allows him to say. No power of the government behind any of it. This relates somewhat to Toby Ziegler’s famous scene in The West Wing, > They’ll like us when we win His point was that young people in some parts of the Arab world were being subjected to a constant stream of anti-American propaganda that made them hate us, and were simply unreachable. Anything we do or say to be _nice_ will make absolutely no impression on them, because they will have no awareness of it. Our focus in the shot term must be simply to _win_ in political or even military terms. Only then (laughable as the notion now seems) could the American values of democracy and the free exchange of ideas possibly prevail and give us the opportunity to win their hearts and minds. I think there’s a parallel with Trumpism. We cannot possibly reach these people at the moment, because they are brainwashed members of a cult. They will never question the cult’s dogma _when the cult is powerful_. The only possible way to have a chance to reach these people is that in the short term we must _win_, and _keep winning_. Only if their cult’s power seems to be fading is there _any_ chance that they may start to question its dogma and be more open to the truth. But I don’t underestimate the difficulty of this when even a massive wave of death across the nation has prompted no reality check whatsoever among the great majority of Trumpists. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/53 "2020-12-18T21:55:17Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > He is the Eternally-Aching Butt. He is the Ever-Wounded Rump. He is the Victimized Keister. He is the Offended Caboose. He is the Suffering Heinie. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The Cheek of Pique. > [@Sherrerd](#): > > Seriously: these people worship power. Actually worship it. And his only power will be…them. Ever-decreasing numbers of fans. The Fairy of Fury. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/54 "2020-12-18T22:03:09Z")
But to be fair, _everyone’s_ power is only because people believe in them. It was brought home to me in one of those periodical “but the Queen still has _some_ power, doesn’t she?” threads. You can’t really say that she in _theory_ has a lot of power but in _reality_ her only power is whatever voice she may choose to use. Because in reality, that’s all anyone’s power _is_. If enough people no longer believe in democracy then Biden will no longer have power unless enough people believe in him enough to enforce it. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/55 "2020-12-18T23:22:51Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > It’s already happening. Not long after the election, the number of Twitter followers on his account dropped by hundreds of thousands (though who knows how many of those were bots or socks?). And we all know ratings and Twitters followers are the only numbers that count. Not like those pesky ballots. You just know that those declining Follower numbers are a big part of the reason Trump has been staying away from the cameras. The vaccine has been rolling out in recent days, _months_ earlier than anyone had a right to expect, and Donald could have been enjoying photo-op after photo-op, taking credit----but he’s terrified someone will mention the drop in his numbers. \ > [@Riemann](#): > > We cannot possibly reach these people at the moment, because they are brainwashed members of a cult. They will never question the cult’s dogma _when the cult is powerful_ . The only possible way to have a chance to reach these people is that in the short term we must _win_ , and _keep winning_ . Only if their cult’s power seems to be fading is there _any_ chance that they may start to question its dogma and be more open to the truth. > > But I don’t underestimate the difficulty of this when even a massive wave of death across the nation has prompted no reality check whatsoever among the great majority of Trumpists. I agree–it’s a cult and the cultists will hang on as long as they believe that Their Side is Strong and Righteous. When it’s clear that their side is shrinking, they will bail. But, yes: actual death hasn’t fazed them; for the vast majority of the Trump cult, the deaths among their own ranks are easily attributed to something other than COVID, so they can keep their delusions intact. (And the deaths of “the other” don’t matter, of course.) Shrinking numbers–and/or a puncture in the right-wing media bubble–are the only things that have the power to disturb their fantasy-world. \ > [@Ludovic](#): > > The Fairy of Fury. Not familiar with the use of “fairy” as a name for the posterior—a regional usage? \ > [@Ludovic](#): > > But to be fair, _everyone’s_ power is only because people believe in them. On some existential level, yes, I agree. But practically speaking, when you can make actual things happen via Executive Order, you _do_ have real power no matter what the beliefs of the voters. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/56 "2020-12-18T23:27:14Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Not familiar with the use of “fairy” as a name for the posterior—a regional usage? I was playing on your later quote that he only has power because of his followers, similar to how fairies in Peter Pan can only exist if people believe in them. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/57 "2020-12-18T23:30:55Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I was playing on your later quote that he only has power because of his followers, similar to how fairies in Peter Pan can only exist if people believe in them. Ah, I see. And it certainly pairs well with “fury”! ---
**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:** [December 26, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/58 "2020-12-26T19:34:20Z")
“Trump Attacks FBI, DOJ, Supreme Court and GOP Senators in Boxing Day Twitter Tirade” I know this is cool with you Republicans, you’re the douchenozzles who put this fucking douchebag in office! > **[Trump Attacks FBI, DOJ, Supreme Court and GOP Senators in Twitter Tirade](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-attacks-doj-fbi-supreme-court-gop-senators-mitch-mcconnell-twitter-1557376)** > > In a series of tweets Saturday, the president attacked a variety of people and departments for not backing his voter fraud claims. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/59 "2020-12-26T20:20:06Z")
It Trump has ‘absolute proof’ of voter fraud, why doesn’t he show it to anybody? ---
**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:** [December 26, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-hurt-trump-takes-to-twitter-again-part-2/928130/60 "2020-12-26T20:22:02Z")
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