Asmongold discussed a viral social media post on stream that claimed an Irish teacher was fired and jailed for refusing to use they/them pronouns for a student. He treated the claim as credible while talking through the scenario with his audience.
The post simplified a real case involving Enoch Burke, a former teacher at Wilson’s Hospital School in County Westmeath, Ireland. But it left out most of the actual story.
Burke wasn’t jailed for declining to use specific pronouns. He was jailed multiple times for contempt of court after repeatedly violating a restraining order that barred him from showing up at the school.
The case started when Burke objected to pronoun-related guidance at his school. But the student in question wasn’t even in his class. When the principal said she would discuss his concerns privately, Burke reportedly became confrontational and harassed her.
The school suspended him. He kept showing up anyway. A court issued an injunction preventing him from entering the premises. He violated it repeatedly. Each violation led to contempt of court findings and jail time.
Irish outlets like RTÉ and The Irish Times have covered the case extensively. The legal actions against Burke centered on his refusal to comply with court orders and his continued trespassing, not his initial objection to pronoun usage.
After Asmongold’s stream, members of his community posted corrections pointing out what the viral claim had omitted. They highlighted that Burke’s imprisonment stemmed from his conduct and his defiance of legal orders, not from expressing a viewpoint about pronouns.
The story spread widely on X and other platforms because it compressed a complex legal situation into a single inflammatory sentence. Culture war content about schools and pronouns tends to go viral fast, especially when the full context requires reading court documents and timeline breakdowns.
This type of misinformation thrives in real-time reaction content. Asmon increasingly comments on trending posts without the verification standards that traditional newsrooms use. The format rewards speed over accuracy.
