# When is Trump going to give up Twitter? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555 "2016-12-01T20:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mrsmith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsmith)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/1 "2016-12-01T20:44:19Z")
But really, though… ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/2 "2016-12-01T20:59:01Z")
Twitter has come out and said that they’ll ban him if he engages in any hate speech - so maybe he won’t have a choice. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/3 "2016-12-01T21:01:58Z")
At this point, I assume Trump isn’t going to do anything he doesn’t want to do and there will be no consequences until Milo rescues Sweet Rhyme and Pure Reason. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/4 "2016-12-01T21:02:53Z")
I would guess once he becomes President, he’ll find he gets enough attention and doesn’t need Twitter anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/5 "2016-12-01T21:14:10Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I would guess once he becomes President, he’ll find he gets enough attention and doesn’t need Twitter anymore. Trump getting enough attention? Would that be about the same time he acquires enough money and/or power? :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [December 1, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/6 "2016-12-01T21:17:06Z")
My guess: the 12th of Never. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/7 "2016-12-01T21:17:17Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > Twitter has come out and said that they’ll ban him if he engages in any hate speech - so maybe he won’t have a choice. Was that back when no one thought he’d ever be President, or more recently? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/8 "2016-12-01T21:18:44Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > Twitter has come out and said that they’ll ban him if he engages in any hate speech - so maybe he won’t have a choice. Define hate speech. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/9 "2016-12-01T21:23:46Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Define hate speech. Hate speech is whatever Twitter says it is. It’s a private company, not a public resource. They can do what they want with it. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/10 "2016-12-01T21:25:57Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > Hate speech is whatever Twitter says it is. It’s a private company, not a public resource. They can do what they want with it. Good thing they are not a bakery. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/11 "2016-12-01T21:32:51Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Good thing they are not a bakery. Yeah. 'Cause that’s the same. :rolleyes: ---
**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 1, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/12 "2016-12-01T21:40:30Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Good thing they are not a bakery. Good think twitter does not refuse service to gay people. You have your Tu Quoque ass-backwards, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/13 "2016-12-01T21:45:05Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Good thing they are not a bakery. Good thing they aren’t right-wingers pretending membership in a cult places them above the law, yes. Those sorts have no place in a civilized society. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/14 "2016-12-01T21:45:14Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Good think twitter does not refuse service to gay people. Well … only [some gay people](http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2016/07/19/breaking-milo-suspended-twitter-20-minutes-party/). ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/15 "2016-12-01T21:55:13Z")
Come January 20, why use Twitter, which people can simply choose not to use, when [you can send out unblockable “emergency” messages to [del]anyone[/del] _every American that owns a cell phone_](http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/11/president-trump-can-send-emergency-alerts-to-everyone.html). . ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/16 "2016-12-01T22:03:38Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Well … only [some gay people](http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2016/07/19/breaking-milo-suspended-twitter-20-minutes-party/). Wasn’t kicked off Twitter for being gay, he was kicked off Twitter for being an asshole. You knew that before you posted, but, hey, let’s not let facts get in the way here. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/17 "2016-12-01T22:04:58Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Well … only [some gay people](http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2016/07/19/breaking-milo-suspended-twitter-20-minutes-party/). Are you actually trying to imply that Milo was banned because he was gay? Is this the kind of insane world of disinformation that right-wingers actually inhabit? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/18 "2016-12-01T22:08:44Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > Hate speech is whatever Twitter says it is. It’s a private company, not a public resource. They can do what they want with it. So’s a bakery. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Good think twitter does not refuse service to gay people. > > You have your Tu Quoque ass-backwards, by the way. What? > [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Good thing they aren’t right-wingers pretending membership in a cult places them above the law, yes. Those sorts have no place in a civilized society. It’s a private company. Their cake their rules. Or does forcing the hosting of content through extortion only apply to private companies the left targets? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/19 "2016-12-01T22:11:16Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Wasn’t kicked off Twitter for being gay … Not my claim. > [@wolfpup](#): > > Are you actually trying to imply that Milo was banned because he was gay? No. Just noting that he is gay, and Twitter banned him. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/20 "2016-12-01T22:25:28Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > It’s a private company. Their cake their rules. Incorrect. > [@](#): > > Or does forcing the hosting of content through extortion only apply to private companies the left targets? I don’t know what you’re talking about here, but I’m sure it exposes the left to be evil hypocrites who hate freedom. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555.md?page=2)