"...But I do find it strangely reassuring that no matter what happens, our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters on the left will always brand the targets of their outrage du jour as Nazis.
For example, a few weeks ago, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tweeted the following:
Learn more about HERO Child-Rescue Corps, a program for wounded, injured & ill Special Ops Forces to receive training in high-tech computer forensics & law enforcement skills, to assist federal agents in the fight against online child sexual exploitation ice.gov/hero
...But wait! Everybody knows that ICE is bad, so there must be a reason this is bad. Did you notice the tattoos on that guy's arm? Actor and genetic anomaly Ron Perlman sure did:
...As it turns out, Ron Perlman was wrong.
That is not an Iron Cross on that guy's arm:
That is not an Iron Cross on that guy's arm:
Justin Gaertner is a combat wounded U.S. Marine who continues to serve his country as an ICE computer forensics analyst, helping solve criminal cases & rescue abused children. The tattoo shown here is the symbol for his platoon while he fought in Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/BaOBxaAMHS
Read the full ICE statement regarding erroneous attacks on ICE employee for #military tattoo: pic.twitter.com/BwA8kFWNFV
Read the full ICE statement regarding erroneous attacks on ICE employee for #military tattoo: pic.twitter.com/BwA8kFWNFV
Per Gaertner, the tattoo on his left elbow is “Titan 2,” the symbol for his platoon while he fought in Afghanistan. The writing on his right arm is the Spartan Creed which is about protecting family and children. pic.twitter.com/qs8H3tkd6l
...Oh. Well, why would that stop anybody from calling him a Nazi? Their feelings don't care about his facts.
The whole moronic debacle got started by Talia Lavin, a "fact-checker" for the New Yorker. The magazine has apologized for the error, but I still want to know what they're paying their "fact-checkers" to do all day. This seems like a fact that would've been pretty easy for Lavin to check, but she didn't even bother.
Why didn't she bother? Why did she just assume the worst? Does she even know?
Perlman has apologized as well, sorta:
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