# 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:** 2
**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, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/21 "2016-12-01T22:31:20Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > 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). Holy. Crap. :eek: > [@](#): > > … > These 90-character messages, known as Wireless Emergency Alerts (or WEAs), are part of a program put in place after Congress passed the Warning, Alert, and Response Network (WARN) Act, in 2006. WEAs allow for targeted messages to be sent to every cell phone getting a signal from certain geographically relevant cell towers (or, in a national emergency, all of them). > > Here’s where things get interesting. Per the FCC, a WEA may be sent for three different reasons: > > ``` > What alerts does WEA deliver? > > Alerts from WEA cover only critical emergency situations. Consumers will receive only three types of alerts: > > 1. Alerts issued by the President > > 2. Alerts involving imminent threats to safety or life > > 3. Amber Alerts > > Participating carriers may allow subscribers to block all but Presidential alerts. > > ``` Ok. I can go back to a land line. No biggie. Or two orange juice cans and a very long string. Or just Skype everyone. There are some checks built into the system. Read the article to the end. ---
**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, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/22 "2016-12-01T22:31:35Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Incorrect. > > 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. So Twitter can’t be coerced by the state to host content or to create custom content but a little bakery can be fined out of existence? Sounds hypocritical to me. But the ends justify the means, correct? Wait til state power and precedent is in the hands of your political opponents. Precedent can suck. Filibuster can go bye-bye for example now that the dems have shown it wasn’t needed in some cases. ---
**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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/23 "2016-12-01T22:40:04Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > No. Just noting that he is gay, and Twitter banned him. Any particular reason you chose to note that fact? I mean, you could have noted that he is British, and Twitter banned him. You could have noted that he is Catholic, and Twitter banned him. You could have noted that he is of Greek heritage, and Twitter banned him. Or, you could have noted that he’s been suspended by Twitter several times and now banned for “inciting or engaging in targeted abuse or harassment”. You could have, but you didn’t. ---
**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, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/24 "2016-12-01T22:41:09Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > There are some checks built into the system. Read the article to the end. I read it. I have so little faith in the man I fully expect Trump to simply ignore all of that shit, lie his ass off about it, and blame someone else for it. ---
**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, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/25 "2016-12-01T22:46:00Z")
Yes, little bakeries can be fined out of existence. Any business can. Not sure what that has to do with Twitter’s unwillingness to allow itself to be a conduit for hate speech though. I think you’re just upset that a right-winger isn’t being catered to. Sad! ---
**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, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/26 "2016-12-01T22:46:24Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Any particular reason you chose to note that fact? I mean, you could have noted that he is British, and Twitter banned him. You could have noted that he is Catholic, and Twitter banned him. You could have noted that he is of Greek heritage, and Twitter banned him. > > Or, you could have noted that he’s been suspended by Twitter several times and now banned for “inciting or engaging in targeted abuse or harassment”. You could have, but you didn’t. I thought it was obvious: Euphonious Polemic said “Good think twitter does not refuse service to gay people.” If he had said Twitter does not refuse service to British Catholics then my post would have read “Well … only some British Catholics.” ---
**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, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/27 "2016-12-01T22:47:47Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Was that back when no one thought he’d ever be President, or more recently? Yesterday. > **[Twitter says it will ban Trump if he breaks hate-speech rules](https://qz.com/849318/twitter-twtr-says-it-will-ban-trump-if-he-breaks-hate-speech-rules)** > > The social network is facing what may be the world's most powerful troll: the US president. ---
**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, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/28 "2016-12-01T22:50:01Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I read it. I have so little faith in the man I fully expect Trump to simply ignore all of that shit, lie his ass off about it, and blame someone else for it. I was referring to these points (My bold): > [@](#): > > ll WEAs must be issued through FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System, meaning that an emergency alert from **the president still has at least one layer to pass through before being issued.** While FEMA is under control of the executive branch (the head of FEMA is selected by the president, and reports to the Department of Homeland Security), the agency would have a vested interest in not seeing their alert system bent toward, uh, non-emergency ends. > > Perhaps an even bigger protection: Getting access to the system requires some time and effort —\*\* most people with access take at least two courses in how to use the system — something that it’s hard to imagine Trump (who doesn’t use a computer) learning how to do on his own.\*\* Which means he would need the help of his support staff He wouldn’t be able to send these messages in the free-and-easy way he tweets now. Would someone at FEMA have the balls to refuse to grant him access for frivolous tweets that would trivialize the system? If DT couldn’t master how to do this, he’d have to have a staff member on hand at 3 AM to send these mega-tweets. (He doesn’t use a computer?? :smack: And don’t give me the age crap–I’m only two years younger. All of my friends who are my age and even older are quite computer savvy.) ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/29 "2016-12-01T22:54:17Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Yes, little bakeries can be fined out of existence. Any business can. Not sure what that has to do with Twitter’s unwillingness to allow itself to be a conduit for hate speech though. > > I think you’re just upset that a right-winger isn’t being catered to. Sad! Define hate speech. ---
**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, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/30 "2016-12-01T22:56:04Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > Yesterday. > > [Twitter (TWTR) says it will ban Trump if he breaks hate-speech rules](http://qz.com/849318/twitter-twtr-says-it-will-ban-trump-if-he-breaks-hate-speech-rules/) Thanks for the link, and wow. It would be a rather ballsy move to ban a President, and especially one as vindictive as this one. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/31 "2016-12-01T23:14:18Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > (He doesn’t use a computer?? :smack: And don’t give me the age crap–I’m only two years younger. All of my friends who are my age and even older are quite computer savvy.) I’ve seen Trump use a computer, though I have no trouble believing it was just a PR show. On the other hand, I _can’t_ believe that he dictates his drunken, racist Twitter posts to a secretary at 3am. That’s got to be all him. ---
**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, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/32 "2016-12-01T23:21:59Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > (He doesn’t use a computer?? :smack: And don’t give me the age crap–I’m only two years younger. All of my friends who are my age and even older are quite computer savvy.) I don’t think Clinton is any more computer savvy than Trump. They’re both old people who know very little about computers. ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/33 "2016-12-01T23:35:02Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Define hate speech. I don’t take orders from you. There’s a link to Twitter’s rules two posts above yours, you can read them there if you like. Or you can carry on about how Twitter can’t have terms of service that fall within the law because right-wing bigots who own bakeries aren’t allowed to operate outside of it. That seems to be the gist of your complaint. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/34 "2016-12-02T00:35:44Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I don’t think Clinton is any more computer savvy than Trump. They’re both old people who know very little about computers. I wonder if Trump knows how to use email. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/35 "2016-12-02T00:43:54Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I wonder if Trump knows how to use email. Honestly, I’m trying to imagine Clinton or Trump performing even rudimentary tasks with computers, and [this is the image I keep coming back to](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQGX3J6DAGw). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/36 "2016-12-02T00:48:56Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Well … only [some gay people](http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2016/07/19/breaking-milo-suspended-twitter-20-minutes-party/). Fuck Milo. If I could excommunicate that racist, misogynist, asshole bastard from Gaydom, I would. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/37 "2016-12-02T01:01:29Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Fuck Milo. If I could excommunicate that racist, misogynist, asshole bastard from Gaydom, I would. LOL! Dude, it’s not a church. ETA: And I would have expected that someone in your situation would be a little less quick on the “throw him out because he’s different” trigger. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/38 "2016-12-02T01:05:15Z")
Seems like a rant but I can’t tell with the dearth of text in the OP. Moved from Elections to the BBQ Pit. [/moderating] ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/39 "2016-12-02T01:05:58Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > LOL! Dude, it’s not a church. > > ETA: And I would have expected that someone in your situation would be a little less quick on the “throw him out because he’s different” trigger. Yes, because I’m being intolerant of intolerance. LIBERAL HYPOCRISY! Sorry, that’s not really your schtick so much. The guy’s a racist, misogynist, privileged little gay troll who’s figured out that he can get a lot more attention as a gay Nazi than just a gay person. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555/40 "2016-12-02T01:08:14Z")
And what, exactly, IS my “situation”, anyway? That I’m gay? Does that mean I have to smile ingratiatingly at people with horrible, awful, evil ideas? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-trump-going-to-give-up-twitter/773555.md?page=3)