LONDON -- Extending an offer to the Twittersphere -- even the rhetorical, angry, throwaway kind -- can be a risky business. There's always the chance people might take you up it. SEE ALSO: U.S. author tweets that London is 'all Islamic', gets immediately shut downOver the weekend, Twitter user @AnishUKIP posted two (now deleted) tweets about Christmas. "I know this is early, Merry Christmas to all," he wrote. "We are a western Christian country. If this country loses its identity the rest is meaningless." Then, he tweeted this:Tweet may have been deleted It wasn't long before people started taking him up on the offer.Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted So many people.Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted Days later and the requests were still flooding in.Tweet may have been deleted Tweet may have been deleted A roundup of the whole exchange was posted by comedian Bethany Black on Sunday. It's since been shared by J.K. Rowling and retweeted around 24,000 times. Tweet may have been deleted @AnishUKIP's Twitter account, meanwhile, has now been set to private. Presumably his original offer has been rescinded. Featured Video For You 11 facts you didn't know about Twitter |
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