It all started with Sarah Silverman challenging the manhood of sport hunters:

Hunting is the sport of the diminutive penis — Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) September 3, 2019

Geraldo Rivera took Silverman’s swipe at hunters a step further and applied it to people who own AR-15s:

AR15 are the symptom of small penises https://t.co/GGnrxbC0DK — Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) September 4, 2019

Just like some of the reminders for Silverman, Geraldo’s tweet sparked some questions:

So does the same go for women that own AR 15? https://t.co/j28zY6y5Rs — GunRightsAcrossUSA (@GRAAmerica) September 4, 2019

Are you saying that if I own an AR15, I have a small penis? Or is it that you don't think women own AR15 style rifles? — Kimberly Morin (@Conservativeind) September 4, 2019

The women who own them are gonna be surprised to hear this. — Jags Movie Guy (@MoviePaul) September 4, 2019

This is sexist and assuming women don’t own ARs. Shame on you. — ??Pam Davidson?? (@Patriot6192) September 4, 2019

Does Rivera think women don’t own AR-15s, or was he just pretending that’s the case to preserve the “joke”? In either case, he was informed that not only males own AR-15s:

I have several AR-15s, Geraldo. Is it because I have a small penis? https://t.co/LdkHSQST0C — Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 4, 2019

And what do you say about those of us who are female AR-15 owners? https://t.co/SnhBjbHB88 — Beth Baumann (@eb454) September 4, 2019

I am a woman. And I own one. ? — Tringe ?? (@tringe) September 4, 2019

And that was just a small sampling of the reality checks.

Nothing says "progressive" like body shaming and making fun of people's uncontrollable appearance, am I right?? Having a smaller than average penis doesn't make someone less of a man — over-compensating on Twitter, however… https://t.co/1epxeEv0yb — Liberal, Not Lefty (@liberalnotlefty) September 4, 2019

Are you checking? — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 4, 2019

For the love of god, PLEASE don’t post another selfie… — Lizzy Lou Who?? (@_wintergirl93) September 4, 2019

Refresh my memory. Were there any AR-15s in Al Capone's vault? https://t.co/dIWkmy3cwd — Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) September 4, 2019

Ouch!