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As Notre-Dame Burned, Alt-Right Figures Launched a Campaign on Social Media Falsely Blaming Muslims

posted by janrinok on Wednesday April 17 2019, @12:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the even-SN-is-vulnerable dept.

aristarchus writes:

From the insides of Business Insider

As a huge fire took hold of Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral on Monday evening, alt-right figures were in no time spreading rumours and disinformation on social media linking the blaze to Muslims and hinting at a sinister cover up.

French officials on Monday night were quick to say that arson was unlikely to be the cause of the blaze as it engulfed the roof of the 12th century cathedral, but far-right activists and propagandists were already all over social media channels pushing conspiracies.

Conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec compared the blaze to 9/11, despite no link having made to terrorism by French officials, while alt-right activist Faith Goldy falsely claimed that three days previously "a Muslim jihadis [sic] in Paris was arrested for planning a terrorist attack at Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Funny, there was this little AC scurrying about here on SN yesterday, saying things like this.

...but well countered here, also by an AC:

See Also:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/16/notre-dame-fire-investigators-seek-cause-of-cathedral-blaze-paris

Police have begun questioning workers who were carrying out renovations at the cathedral. The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an inquiry into "involuntary destruction by fire", indicating they believe the cause of the blaze was accidental rather than criminal.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/notre-dame-fire-cause-everything-know-cathedral-paris/

The Paris prosecutor's office said it was treating the fire as an accident, ruling out arson and possible terror-related motives, at least for now.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Captival on Wednesday April 17 2019, @02:14PM (4 children)

    by Captival (6866) on Wednesday April 17 2019, @02:14PM (#831025)

    "We don't know exactly what caused the fire yet but it definitely wasn't terrorism."

    Somebody should ask these geniuses how Schroedinger's cat is doing.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @02:37PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @02:37PM (#831043)

    That's the kind of thing you say when there is no evidence of terrorism
    Believe it or not schroedinger wasn't actually putting cats in boxes either. He was a liar.

    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @05:29PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @05:29PM (#831168)

      Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't.

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday April 17 2019, @05:01PM (1 child)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday April 17 2019, @05:01PM (#831152) Journal

    It is possible to rule things out before arriving at the root cause.

    I don't know exactly how I sprained my back the other day but I'm pretty goddamn sure it wasn't terrorism.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @09:42PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @09:42PM (#831330)

      After all, your back felt just fine afterward, it didn't hurt 'till later.