Last week Ricky Gervais called out professional hunter Rebecca Francis after she posed next to a giraffe she had shot and killed. Gervais’ Facebook post garnered almost 200,000 shares, and, according to some, led to death threats against Francis, who maintained that the giraffe was near death anyway.

Since then Gervais has been battling it out with his critics on Twitter. On Sunder Bob Owens, editor of Bearing Arms magazine, sniped back:

Note that @rickygervais will bully white women, but says nothing about the African poachers causing extinction. Racist and sexist is he! — Bob Owens (@bob_owens) April 19, 2015

The Twitter feud has been going on for two days now, wtih Owens fighting both Gervais and his fans:

I have apparently hurt the feelings of @rickygervais and his fans. Whatever shall I do? Perhaps I'll go have a venison steak I shot. #caring — Bob Owens (@bob_owens) April 21, 2015

.@rickygervais Me too! Isn't this fun? I love listening to fools who don't understand who funds these preserves. (Hint: Hunters). — Bob Owens (@bob_owens) April 21, 2015

You know what I could go for right now, @rickygervais? More shrieking from your fans… and maybe a nice giraffe steak. :-) — Bob Owens (@bob_owens) April 21, 2015

.@rickygervais wants to bully hunters, because he doesn't like hunting. Some are intimidated by him. I find his impotence to stop it amusing — Bob Owens (@bob_owens) April 21, 2015

So dear @rickygervais, keep wailing. I'll be planning my next hunt, where I will ethically harvest game animals, then eat them. #caring — Bob Owens (@bob_owens) April 21, 2015

So consider this today’s lesson in never getting to a battle of wits with a professional comedian:

.@bob_owens I bully people who carry big guns by tweeting? — Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) April 21, 2015

Now let’s all delete our accounts together.

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