A gun lobbyist’s oddly apt name saw him dubbed ‘Keith Arsewank’ on British and Irish Twitter – 14 best takedowns
In the wake of yet another tragic and deadly school shooting in the US – this time in Nashville – once again, Americans are divided on how to move forward. Tighten gun laws …
UPDATE: Nashville Metro police reported that 3 children and 3 adults were killed at the Covenant School in Nashville, TN.
Two assault rifles and a handgun were recovered from the female teen shooter, who is also dead.
IT. IS. THE. FUCKING. GUNS.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) March 27, 2023
UPDATE: Nashville Metro police reported that 3 children and 3 adults were killed at the Covenant School in Nashville, TN.
Two assault rifles and a handgun were recovered from the female teen shooter, who is also dead.
IT. IS. THE. FUCKING. GUNS.
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) March 27, 2023
or arm teachers?
The former US Army veteran and police commander’s hottest of hot takes was flooded with objections.
Civilians. Don't. Need. Combat. Rifles.
— Matt Burns (@Matt_D_B) March 29, 2023
Just to be clear here. You are former law enforcement and say teachers should be armed. So you abdicate your responsibility as a law enforcement officer and expect teachers to do your job? How does that work?
— Just Ron💙 (@rnschltz) March 28, 2023
That is not the solution. Australian here. We don’t have school shootings in this country. I sent my children to school today with the knowledge that they will return home safely. 🇺🇸 parents can’t say the same and that’s terrifying and overwhelmingly sad. #ItsTheGuns
— Just Saying (@Just_Saying2021) March 28, 2023
Sir, we can’t even afford pencils.
— Elizabeth Powell (@evpowell4) March 28, 2023
On this side of the Atlantic, however, tweeters also reacted to his name …
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Imagine having a name like Keith Arsewank. https://t.co/e7QIcxkuYU
— Jozef Koztelo (@jokers_tailor) March 28, 2023
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Sorry, but in a million years I could never have come up with Keith Arsewank as a parody name for an American conservative. Too implausible. https://t.co/zEF40oFwPo
— Jack Tindale (@JackTindale) March 29, 2023
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A teacher called Keith Arsewank would absolutely need to be armed. pic.twitter.com/ztkJpnIeUl
— Gary (@GKM77X) March 29, 2023
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People called Keith ArseWank shouldn’t go around throwing stones. https://t.co/fAguQoqx3I
— India Willoughby (@IndiaWilloughby) March 29, 2023
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I am proud, PROUD, to live in a country where Keith Arsewank is trending. https://t.co/0CuJfuPVBZ
— Jake K (@MrKTeachWrite) March 29, 2023
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Hey everybody, do I have a Keith Arsewank here? https://t.co/brZqUYXzUg pic.twitter.com/pzASmXorjn
— James (@jgraver7) March 29, 2023
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Imagine being called Keith Arsewank and that being the least ridiculous thing about you https://t.co/EdpH2RvbRb
— Allan Carroll (@allancarroll) March 29, 2023
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If you've chosen to use the letter R from your middle name when your surname is Swank, I don't think you have the right to be taken in any way seriously https://t.co/ub4g4yaDNZ
— Stephen Byrne (@stephenbyrne) March 29, 2023
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Keith Arsewank.
He has a wife, you know… pic.twitter.com/hTJDD9NLKO
— Hugh Osborne (@Available4Panto) March 29, 2023
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It can't be long before the Brexit Party announce Keith ArseWank as their new leader pic.twitter.com/39vcxrRQie
— Paddy O'Furniture (@Pady_oFurniture) March 29, 2023
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The name's Arsewank. Keith Arsewank. https://t.co/cCggAXalUv pic.twitter.com/In9gYbeGwd
— Dave Pugsley (@FuzzyDunlop1) March 29, 2023
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Fewer and fewer things seem to make me proud to be British these days, but the fact that "Keith Arsewank" is trending is certainly one of them,
— Jason (@NickMotown) March 29, 2023
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In a very real sense…. it's EVEN worse without the R pic.twitter.com/3P1TECJ9dt
— Otto English (@Otto_English) March 29, 2023
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He's lucky he's American. If he'd been British he'd have changed his name by deed poll at 16yo https://t.co/M9o0DUR1fu
— Little Snowbird 🦤 (@Viornagirl) March 29, 2023
What is it with right-wing nominative determinism?
The best day in politics since Dr. Peter Gammons was UKIP's candidate for London mayor.@mi5uk @john3ners https://t.co/BrdQYLBuMq pic.twitter.com/oDmo5FYKzQ
— Eton Muskets🦜 (@Rubbertoes10) March 29, 2023
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