The Truck Lie That Saved a Veteran, and the Internet’s Backlash

used.

My stomach curled.

I looked anyway.

A message from a friend: DUDE ARE YOU THE PURPLE HEART DOG GUY??

Another: TURN ON YOUR COMMENTS. THIS IS WILD.

And then a screenshot.

A video still of Barnaby sitting in the passenger seat—Purple Heart visible, my steering wheel in the foreground, my hands on it.

Somebody had filmed through my window at a stoplight.continue reading …