I’m not here to attempt to claim that the decision to name the GOP’s new digital division Para Bellum Labs was brilliant, and frankly, it would make a better title for our “Guns & Gear” section.
What I can tell you is that the knee-jerk leftist reaction to it by Gawker’s Adam Weinstein was moronic, as he attempted to claim “Para Bellum” was the creation of Nazism in an article titled The GOP Just Named its Hot New Innovation Lab After a Nazi Pistol.
Really?
I took to Twitter to set Weinstein straight:
Your article, @AdamWeinstein of @Gawker, is ignorant, start to finish. http://t.co/IouGQyBr6N
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) February 5, 2014
The 9mm Parabellum was not a gun, but a cartridge. @AdamWeinstein @Gawker
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) February 5, 2014
The 9mm Parabellum cartridge was designed in 1902. The Nazis didn’t exist for another 18 years. @AdamWeinstein @Gawker
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) February 5, 2014
That said, @AdamWeinstein, you’ll get away with it. @Gawker readers aren’t educated enough to know how wrong you are.
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) February 5, 2014
Dale Franks piled on.
@bob_owens @AdamWeinstein @Gawker Oh, and the standard Nazi pistol was the Walther P38, not the P08 Luger, which was regarded as unreliable.
— Dale Franks (@DaleFranks) February 5, 2014
Predictably, Weinstein and Gawker refused to engage with either one of us on the subject, though Weinstein saw the thread and responded to others discussing the subject.
I guess it’s easier for Gawker writers to make up an entirely new reality that report this one correctly.
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