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Journalists Spread Conspiracy Theory That DHS Document Contains Secret Nazi Code
2018-07-01
[Free Beacon] A number of liberal Twitter users and journalists spread a conspiracy theory Thursday insisting a Department of Homeland Security document contained a secret Nazi code.

In February, DHS put out a press release entitled "We Must Secure The Border And Build The Wall To Make America Safe Again," a fact-sheet making the case for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall. "When it comes to stopping drugs and illegal aliens across our borders, border walls have proven to be extremely effective," it argued.

The press release went largely unnoticed until months later, when a tweet accusing the document of being a dog whistle for Nazis garnered nearly 7,000 retweets. The viral claim suggested the headline was a reference to "Fourteen Words," common white supremacist credos. The most widely known variation states, "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."

"This is an actual story on an official government website with a 14-word headline starting with ’we must secure,'" Twitter user Lauie Voss noted. "This is not an accident. There are actual Nazis-who-call-themselves-Nazis at DHS."
Posted by:Besoeker

#14  Very droll, #8.

Posted by: Clomoth Clereting7569   2018-07-01 22:50  

#13  Sometime the number 88 is just the number of folks being counted. The journalist didn't do any research at all they were so certain they'd discovered some code.
Posted by: ruprecht   2018-07-01 21:34  

#12  Huh. No image results on DDG for "Magic 88-Ball." I don't suppose that's copyrightable? Go nuts, world.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2018-07-01 21:31  

#11  Illinois to pull license plate with number tied to white supremacy after owner threatened on Twitter

In other news, "Progressives" demand Leonardo da Vinci change the date of his flying machine drawing to 1490.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2018-07-01 16:38  

#10  I never heard the dog-whistle. Guess I'm not the dog.

The "liberal Twitter users", however..
Posted by: Frank G   2018-07-01 15:04  

#9  And Germany was a gun-free zone in 1944, wasn't it?
Posted by: DooDahMan   2018-07-01 14:51  

#8  I don't think immigration was a major problem in Nazi Germany, until 1944 that is.
Posted by: European Conservative   2018-07-01 14:29  

#7  Typical Communist tactic, i.e. typical main stream journalism.
Posted by: Thravish White7222   2018-07-01 12:11  

#6  That would be the last administration.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-07-01 11:47  

#5  Scrabble set. Ouija board.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-07-01 10:03  

#4  Does the tweeter have an ENIGMA machine or something, or are they just going with the default name calling again?
Posted by: Raj   2018-07-01 09:42  

#3  But if you are in the government and call yourself a communist, that's OK.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-07-01 07:53  

#2  And in other news... disciples of Cthulhu at Joe Blow Elementary were accused today of placing an unspeakable batrachian horror in their teacher's desk...
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2018-07-01 06:26  

#1  "Sieg Heil," shout those nice paparazzi
At Babs and Ms. Voss, the poor patsy
Of the great architect
Of the Streisand effect,
Who herself's now an obvious Nazi!
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2018-07-01 06:19  

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