As Twitchy told you yesterday, the Office of the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner has mounted a terrible knife control campaign, complete with a #knifefree hashtag and drawing comparisons between knife use and drug use. But as it turns out, another knife control campaign beat South Yorkshire to the punch and has been at this since 2012.
Apparently this works in england. pic.twitter.com/hyeObyZXZJ
— Fact Check The Media (@MThetruthhurtz) April 11, 2018
Oh my. So it looks like this is real. https://t.co/MjC6M2Wc1r https://t.co/Wo17ODAyEa
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 11, 2018
Oh, it’s real, all right. And it’s spectacular. In a horrifically embarrassing, cringeworthy way:
The OCC Team are today on Clacton Town Square from 10:00am – 4:00pm promoting knife awareness week. #WeaponsAwareness #OpSceptre pic.twitter.com/PjM1EyQVJm
— Only Cowards Carry (@OCowardsC) October 18, 2016
The OCC Team had a great day at the Swan Fest with @SwanHousing #WeaponsAwareness #OnlyCowardsCarry #SwanFest2017 pic.twitter.com/RVuyJX1bCG
— Only Cowards Carry (@OCowardsC) July 8, 2017
@EssexPoliceUK @EssexPCC #CountTheBlade #OnlyCowardsCarry #WeaponsAwareness #KnifeAmnesty pic.twitter.com/4dkVbetSCA
— Only Cowards Carry (@OCowardsC) July 14, 2017
#OnlyCowardsCarry #WeaponsAwareness #OpSceptre #EssexPolice pic.twitter.com/Hxc8tQd7FJ
— Only Cowards Carry (@OCowardsC) July 20, 2017
OCC and @TendringCPT are in #Clacton town centre today as part of #OpSceptre raising awareness of the dangers of knife crime pic.twitter.com/dGS1Ac6dDJ
— Only Cowards Carry (@OCowardsC) July 21, 2017
Mrs Cookie has also joined the team at Clacton Town Square today to help promote Knife Awareness Week #Opsceptre Pop down and say hello pic.twitter.com/kF9xSHjYZZ
— Only Cowards Carry (@OCowardsC) July 21, 2017
There’s plenty more where that came from, but we’ll spare you the vicarious shame. Suffice it to say, British nanny staters deserve major props for continuing to make their anti-knife crusade look so damn stupid.
They might as well have placed a sign that said “FREE KNIVES” on the side. Almost like no one thought this through.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 11, 2018
They went full Cookie Monster. Never go full Cookie Monster. https://t.co/eTyT1tb7WH
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) April 11, 2018
That’s good advice.
Think of all the Victorian disembowelings that could have been prevented, had Jack the Ripper been confronted by the persuasive powers of Cookie Monster pic.twitter.com/z01pp2NPtY
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 11, 2018
just curious, in England is he Biscuit Monster?
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 11, 2018
British government propaganda took an odd turn at some point pic.twitter.com/43msgdKAdD
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 11, 2018
Help me out here, is the rash of stabbings in London being done by cranky 4-year olds? Maybe the problem is too much sugary food
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 11, 2018
Apparently absurdist British humor has metastasized from the BBC to the government
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 11, 2018
God save the Queen … from this nonsense.
Cookie Monster has been brainwashed by the Brits. He used to have a mind of his own on these matters. pic.twitter.com/QjsnrVsrTh
— Roger the Shrubber (@KnightsofNeeee) April 11, 2018
?C is for cutlery … That's good enough for me?
— Keith Arnold (@reporterKeithA) April 11, 2018
— CLD11 ?? (@CLD11) April 11, 2018
Now, it’s worth noting that Only Cowards Carry was born after Caroline Shearer’s 17-year-old son Jay Whiston was stabbed to death. Shearer has made it her mission “to promote Only Cowards Carry Weapons Awareness in the hope that young people understand the stark facts and devastating, life changing, true reality of knife crime.” She chose Cookie Monster as the charity’s mascot because Whiston had a Cookie Monster tattoo on his butt.
It’s admirable that Shearer wants to honor her son’s memory by making Britain a safer place, but knife control won’t make it any safer. All Shearer has really accomplished here is looking silly.
Nice to see @iowahawkblog mocking a charity set up by a grieving mother years ago, which has seen thousands of knives leave our streets. https://t.co/RVlunT9GKI
— Damo ?????? (@UK_Pat37) April 11, 2018
Absurdity isn't less ridiculous just because it's well-intentioned absurdity.https://t.co/rtfeHBudsu
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 11, 2018
True story.
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