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

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: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @03:04PM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @03:04PM (#831066)

    Oh go fuck yourself troll.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday April 17 2019, @03:06PM (8 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 17 2019, @03:06PM (#831069) Journal

    Facts are facts, sweetheart. Get over yourself.

    • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @04:01PM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @04:01PM (#831104)

      Ya, you're a racist fuckwit.

      Astounding seeing the alt-righters post more of the same bullshit as the article describes.

      • (Score: 2, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday April 17 2019, @04:20PM (5 children)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 17 2019, @04:20PM (#831121) Journal

        You and your CTRL-Left hate white people far more than I hate ANYONE - including Muslims. Tell me more about racism.

        • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @05:30PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @05:30PM (#831170)

          Tell me more about racism.

          Just look in the mirror, you incel racist loser.

        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @05:41PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @05:41PM (#831177)

          Well when you have such basic comprehension issues there is little anyone can truly explain to you.

          Like Trump you are either a total tro or a massive idiot. Either way you spew bullshit so the particulars don't really matter.

        • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 18 2019, @11:31AM (2 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 18 2019, @11:31AM (#831576)

          I don't hate muslims
          I just don't want to be oppressed or killed by them
          Is that so hard to understand?

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 18 2019, @06:51PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 18 2019, @06:51PM (#831805)

            I don't hate muslims
            I just don't want to be oppressed or killed by them
            Is that so hard to understand?

            Evidently it is hard for you to understand that your desire not to be oppressed or killed is in itself a racist fear of the unknown "other", it is a nativist emotions that makes people want to build walls, and crawl into bunkers to "survive". So actually you do hate muslin, and probably calico as well, and your irrational fear is part of that hate.

          • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday April 21 2019, @12:22AM

            by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Sunday April 21 2019, @12:22AM (#832791) Journal

            So...er, don't go to horrible places like Saudi Arabia...?

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            I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @04:20PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @04:20PM (#831120)

      And racist trash is racist trash.