# Post CF and on-going Trump outrages **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746 "2021-02-25T21:48:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**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 5, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/261 "2021-05-05T17:38:39Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > One of Trump’s henchmen, can’t remember which, was already out on camera this morning gleefully calling for protests and boycotts. I’ll update when I remember who. So is cancel culture a good thing now? It’s hard to keep up with the Republican bullshit whipsawing back and forth. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/262 "2021-05-05T20:53:07Z")
“Canceling the cancelers”, I presume. ---
**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 5, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/263 "2021-05-05T21:03:55Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > > [@74westy](#): > > > > but “the whole purpose of the board” is to keep Zuckerberg’s finger prints off of a decision > > Yes, and in this, they have failed. Their ruling is indecisive; they are handing it back and telling the Zuck to make a final choice after more review. That’a my (subtextual) reading as well: “Quit hiding behind ‘we’re just the messenger.’ Grow a spine (or a pair), establish a policy regarding inflammatory/inciting content, enforce said policy, then suck it up and deal with the fallout.” ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/264 "2021-05-05T21:11:43Z")
OTOH, it might be somewhat appropriate to keep telling Trump he might get his account back in two weeks, as long as they’ve decided NEVER to actually give it back. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/265 "2021-05-05T21:55:23Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > “a total disgrace and an embarrassment to our Country.” He added: “These corrupt ** ~~social media companies~~ fake loser businessmen** must pay a political price.” Bold edited by me to emphasize the projection. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/266 "2021-05-05T22:01:45Z")
Wouldn’t it have been funny if they had suspended his account during his administration with “We will reinstate in two weeks, after he has passed his healthcare bill.” ---
**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 5, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/267 "2021-05-05T22:43:33Z")
I could certainly get behind that insofar as CFSG is concerned. I may have been projecting my disgust with Facebook _et.al._ defending their complicity in the undermining of US democracy with their mealymouthed “we’re not responsible!” bushwa. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/268 "2021-05-05T23:55:02Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > …but because of the fund-raising angle, they are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for a while longer. > > How much money does Trump actually raise that gets spent on someone else? First off, I don’t know that I trust any numbers that come from Trump. He can say that he raised $100 million, but I wouldn’t be the least surprised if that number is inflated to make him look better. And of the money he does bring in, once he and his cronies are done skimming there’s a lot less that goes toward actually supporting candidates. I didn’t mean that Trump provides support for other candidates (thanks for giving me the opportunity to clarify that). I meant that Republicans nationwide find that ‘going Trumpy’—either by overtly associating themselves with him via photos etc, or by endorsing remarks made by Trump, or by being generally Trumpy—has increased their own donations. This article focuses more on organizations raising money from Trump fans, than on individual politicians doing the same, but that’s part of the story, too: > [@](#): > > … “There’s an old axiom in life: Follow the money,” said Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.). “If you look at all these people raising money, they’re using Donald Trump. It’s where the action is. They aren’t doing it for their health. They are doing it because the biggest force for the Republican Party for fundraising is President Trump. He has the most loyal following …” [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-gop-money/2021/03/27/fa413606-82a4-11eb-bb5a-ad9a91faa4ef\_story.html](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-gop-money/2021/03/27/fa413606-82a4-11eb-bb5a-ad9a91faa4ef_story.html) ---
**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 5, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/269 "2021-05-05T23:57:57Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > He responded on his Sad Twitter for One page, but I don’t believe for a minute that he wrote it himself. It’s not self-aggrandizing at all, and he doesn’t use the words “I”, “me” or “mine”. Not once. What about randomly placed words that begin with capital letters? ---
**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:** [May 5, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/270 "2021-05-05T23:58:49Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Good post. It summarizes what is going on. Social Media is king in this situation. If you want to hear what he thinks, you have to seek it out. But FB and Twitter gets everyone’s attention, including lead news stories. He gets back on these sites he’ll be nominated again! Or for Governor or something. Thank goodness we get at least six months more without him (via the panel’s decision). I’m not on Facebook or Instagram but nevertheless I was dreading his return. He’d be ginning up violence against his “enemies” left right and sideways. As things stand he’ll have to hope his amateurish site catches on, and that people still on Facebook and Twitter link to it frequently. (And that those platforms permit such linking, if the content is likely to incite violence.) ---
**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 6, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/271 "2021-05-06T00:02:46Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > (quoting L. Graham (R - Scum) )They are doing it because the biggest force for the Republican Party for fundraising is President Trump. He has the most loyal following … Meaning of course, he has the biggest group of suckers and marks willing to empty their wallets. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/272 "2021-05-06T00:07:56Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Meaning of course, he has the biggest group of suckers and marks willing to empty their wallets. Well, yes; it’s not as though Lindsey is going to tell the _truth_, though. Somewhat off-topic, but: this apparently endless ability of Trumpites to find cash to send him and his acolytes rather puts the lie to the old “voting for Trump was about Economic Anxiety” theory, doesn’t it??? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/273 "2021-05-06T00:09:06Z")
The grammar and punctuation in his Sad Twitter missives are perfect. Like I said in another thread, or ( maybe upthread in this one), they read like Mike Pence imitating Trump. But, most tellingly, they aren’t about him. That was the defining feature of most of the old tweets, the way he made everything about himself. Has anyone actually _ **seen** _ Trump lately? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/274 "2021-05-06T00:16:39Z")
Trump is interrupting wedding receptions at Malaria-Ago whining about stolen elections while an embarrassed crowd looks on: > ---
**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 6, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/275 "2021-05-06T00:20:43Z")
Talk about desperate to bloviate in front of a crowd. I predict that he’s going to show up as a Wall-mart greeter in Florida before long… ---
**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 6, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/276 "2021-05-06T00:35:13Z")
If someone schedules a wedding party at Mar-A-Lago, they get what’s coing to 'em. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/277 "2021-05-06T01:41:31Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Talk about desperate to bloviate in front of a crowd. > > I predict that he’s going to show up as a Wall-mart greeter in Florida before long… > [@bobot](#): > > If someone schedules a wedding party at Mar-A-Lago, they get what’s coing to 'em. Maybe they should schedule the weddings at a nearby Wal\*mart. They’ll get some Trumply bloviating thrown in for free. That’s almost as good as scheduling a major election protest speech at a landscaping company. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/278 "2021-05-06T07:58:16Z")
Fifty bucks says he wanders in wearing a bathrobe by Memorial Day. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/279 "2021-05-06T12:47:39Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > If someone schedules a wedding party at Mar-A-Lago, they get what’s coing to 'em. If someone schedules a wedding at Mar-A-Largo, they probably _ **love** _ the impromptu Trump act. To a normal person, it would be embarrassing, like if your drunk uncle woke up, slipped the leash and staggered into your big event. But to “people who choose the filthy carpets and chipped gold gilt of Mar-A-Largo as the backdrop for their special day”, it’s like the Second Coming of Christ happening at your wedding, if Christ was a mentally deranged sore loser. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/280 "2021-05-06T14:18:49Z")
Yes, but do all the wedding guests love him? Or, perhaps, hate him enough to make a scene? I do. I think I’d begin with: “You stupid motherfucker…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746.md?page=15)