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:
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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.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @02:31PM (2 children)
Adjective - describes a person (or persons) who by any political means seek to decrease their statistical likelihood to have a truck driven into them.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday April 17 2019, @05:06PM
True, if Heather Heyer had been wearing a swastika armband she would have been less likely to be run over and killed by a Nazi in Charleston.
Neo-Nazi convicted of murder in Charlottesville car assault that killed Heather Heyer [usatoday.com]
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @06:53PM
Fixed that for you.
You're welcome.