Twitter Erupts at Bret Stephens' WWII Column With a Stunning and [View all]

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Not-Very-Subtle Reference to ‘Bedbugs’

Online critics erupted after Bret Stephens included a not-so-subtle — and highly dubious — “bedbugs” quote in his latest New York Times column, just days after deactivating his Twitter account for trying to bully and professionally intimidate a professor who jokingly called him a “bedbug” on Twitter.

Topped with a massive photo of Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, Stephens’ latest column, entitled “World War II and the Ingredients of Slaughter,” cited an alleged quote from Polish Nazi sympathizer watching Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto burn: “The bedbugs are on fire. The Germans are doing a great job.” Some quick online sleuthing, however, suggested that Stephens may have carelessly misinterpreted the line.

But it was the broader implication of Stephens’ argument that inflamed his online critics, who were aghast at its audacious framing and exceedingly self-defensive nature.

https://www.mediaite.com/online/twitter-erupts-at-bret-stephens-wwii-column-with-a-stunning-and-not-very-subtle-reference-to-bedbugs/

I didn't copy the tweets responding to Stephens embarrassing editorial but they are hilarious and well worth reading.

Bedbug Bret is still upset with the GWU prof and implicitly compares their twitter spat to the Nazis persecuting the Jews. The until now obscure prof is the Nazis unleashing a Holocaust on poor Bret's fragile ego.