It sure doesn’t take much to trigger the BuzzFeed staff these days. Especially those who are really ignorant of history.
Case in point: Leticia Miranda, BuzzFeed consumer reporter, wondered if Hobby Lobby was selling an “offensive” model airplane. She posted this at her Twitter account:
is this offensive? https://t.co/vUlASS4vRA pic.twitter.com/ZMq7bZSfEZ
— Leticia Miranda (@letidmiranda) March 17, 2017
And why would it be offensive?
just got a message from a reader concerned it looked similar to the nazi iron cross
— Leticia Miranda (@letidmiranda) March 17, 2017
This would be hilarious if it didn’t demonstrate her spectacular ignorance of basic history on full display at BuzzFeed. She should be embarrassed.
The Iron Cross was used by the German army in World War I. It has nothing to do with Nazism, which arose after WWI ended and eventually led to World War II.
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