Is that you, Salon? NYT op-ed about Cologne attacks 'takes victim-blaming to pro level'

Doug P. | 3:13 PM on January 09, 2016

Yesterday it was reported that 18 of 31 suspects who had at that point been ID’d in New Year’s Eve attacks on women in Cologne, Germany are in the country seeking asylum. The news puts a big damper on President Obama’s attempts to make everybody believe that refugees are “widows and orphans.”

Perhaps in an attempt to salvage the Left’s talking point about refugees, an op-ed columnist in the New York Times rode to the rescue:

Are you kidding me? https://t.co/HGaJ1XlaiT pic.twitter.com/GgwcQcrL1p

— Jason (@jasonelevation) January 9, 2016

The narrative is back on track: all those sexual assaults are really *Germany's* fault. https://t.co/pZghFhfkwM pic.twitter.com/WPQhtf9HQN

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 9, 2016

Facepalm!

Nice try, but no:

https://twitter.com/AviWoolf/status/685882314497200128

@CounterMoonbat why is it Germany's job to tell these scumbags to keep it in their pants and not rape women

— Deplorable Johnny (@jrmadmen) January 9, 2016

They are most certainly NOT kidding you. Let's not be confused, "integration" does NOT mean "assimilation" either. @CounterMoonbat

— Blame Big Government (@BlameBigGovt) January 9, 2016

Subtle bigotry, implies refugees are dumb, victims with no agency or responsibility to integrate themselves. https://t.co/SB8FadBapZ

— Laura Curtis (@Laura_PH) January 9, 2016