Article snippet: Posted at 10:30 pm on August 10, 2017 by Patterico I despise shameless Trump enthusiasts who routinely make laughable arguments on Trump’s behalf. Jeffrey Lord falls squarely in that category. In a way, I can’t believe I’m about to defend Jeffrey Lord. But I’m about to defend Jeffrey Lord. CNN fired Lord today because he sarcastically tweeted “Sieg Heil” at someone he considers to be a fascist. That’s a bad reason to fire someone. Here’s how CNN reported the story: To call Lord’s tweet a “Nazi salute” requires one to deliberately blind oneself to the context. Here’s what really happened. Lord wrote a column about Angelo Carusone, the president of Media Matters. See if you can discern Lord’s opinion about Carusone and Media Matters from certain subtle clues hidden in the following passages from Lord’s column: Did you catch that? I went ahead and put the clues in bold in case it was too understated. I think maybe Lord thinks Carusone is a fascist. I’m not saying it’s great writing. Lord could try consulting a thesaurus every now and then. But I sense a certain theme to the passage. And that theme is: “Angelo Carusone is a fascist.” So then, today, the following Twitter exchange occurs: Lord tweets out his column. Carusone tries to bust Lord’s chops, and Lord responds by saying “Sieg Heil.” It’s . . . kind of obvious what’s happening there, isn’t it? For CNN to say that’s a “Nazi salute” is to suggest that Lord meant it unironically. But you can’t possibly be... Link to the full article to read more