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Slap in the Face
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Slap in the Face refers to Twitter users' responses to Philip Klein's Washington Examiner op-ed piece headlined, "Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap in the face to all those who struggled to pay off their loans."
Origin
On April 22nd, Philip Klein[2] shared his op-ed piece for the Washington Examiner[1] to Twitter attaching the headline, "New post: 'Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap in the face to all those who struggled to pay off their loans'" (shown below). The tweet gained 1,400 retweets and 5,600 likes in three days.
![Philip Klein Philip Klein @philipaklein New post: "Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap in the face to all those who struggled to pay off their loans" Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap i... In the escalating battle of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to see who can offer the most free stuff, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has ta... washingtonexaminer.com 8:09 AM-22 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/263/184.jpg)
Spread
On April 22nd, 2019, Twitter users immediately responded to the tweet by mocking its headline. Twitter user @aaronlinde[3]
tweeted, "Not dying of polio is a slap in the face to everyone who died of polio" (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated 4,425 retweets and 18,700 likes in three days. Twitter user @JuddLegum[4] followed suit tweeting, "New post: 'Fixing pothole is a slap in the face to all those who struggled to drive over it.'" The tweet garnered 700 retweets and 3,600 likes in three days (shown below, right).
![Polio Aaron Linde @aaronlinde Not dying of polio is a slap in the face to everyone who died of polio Philip Klein @philipaklein New post: "Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap in the face to all those who struggled to pay off their loans" washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/elizab.. Show this thread 8:48 AM - 22 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/262/137.jpg)
![Pothole Judd Legum @JuddLegum New post: "Fixing pothole is a slap in the face to all those who struggled to drive over it." Philip Klein @philipaklein New post: "Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap in the face to all those who struggled to pay off their loans washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/elizab... Show this thread 9:36 AM - 22 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/261/a3d.jpg)
That same day, Twitter users came up with more humorous analogies and pop reference analogies. Twitter user @SamSykesSwears[5] tweeted, "Plans to regulate food would be a slap in the face to all those who died of salmonella" (shown below, left). The tweet gained 400 retweets and 8,700 likes in three days. @TouchlineDC[6] tweeted, "'Plans to declare independence would be a slap in the face of all those who already paid their Stamp Tax.' – Patrick Henry's Next Door Neighbor" (shown below, right). The tweet accumulated 4,100 likes and 200 retweets in three days. Philip Klein responded to the Twitter responses by updating the article acknowledging the memes and arguing against them.
![salmonella Sam Sykes @SamSykesSwears Replying to @philipaklein Plans to regulate food would be a slap in the face to all those who died of salmonella 9:00 AM - 22 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/265/b2b.jpg)
![stamp tax Touchline TouchlineDC Replying to SamSykesSwears @philipaklein "Plans to declare independence would be a slap in the face of all those who already paid their Stamp Tax." - Patrick Henry's Next Door Neighbor 9:16 AM - 22 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/264/dbe.jpg)
Various Examples
![airplanes Wordy Obscura @talkwordy New post: "Flying in airplanes is a slap in the face to all those who struggled to cross the country in wagons and sometimes had to eat each other." Philip Klein @philipaklein New post: "Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap in the face to all those who struggled to pay off their loans" washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/elizab Show this thread 9:57 AM - 22 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/260/db2.jpg)
![Women Voting Roberto Ferdman @robferdman New post: "Allowing women to vote was a slap in the face to all the women who weren't allowed to vote before" Philip Klein @philipaklein New post: "Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap in the face to all those who struggled to pay off their loans" washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/elizab. Show this thread 9:46 AM - 22 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/259/7eb.jpg)
![Child Labor Laws abz @spaceyabbs child labor laws are a slap in the face to children who died in factory fires Philip Klein @philipaklein New post: "Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap in the face to all those who struggled to pay off their loans" washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/elizab. Show this thread 9:41 AM - 22 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/258/c3f.jpg)
![One Ring Dad @fivefifths Destroying the One Ring is a slap in the face to all who lived in the Shadow before 5:35 PM 22 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/268/ae2.jpg)
![White Walkers Bobak Ferdowsi @tweetsoutloud Defeating the white walkers is a real slap in the face to those who died fighting white walkers in the past 12:33 PM - 22 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/256/92d.jpg)
![slap slap Alexandra Petri @petridishes this plan to stop slapping people in the face is a slap in the face to all those who were slapped in the face 10:09 AM -22 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/486/270/0a6.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Washington Examiner – Op-Ed
[2] Twitter – Philipa Klen
[3] Twitter – AaronLinde
[5] Twitter- SamSykesSwears
[6] Twitter- TouchlineDC
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