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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.
- https://soylentnews.org/breakingnews/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=31108&page=1&cid=830165#commentwrap
- https://soylentnews.org/breakingnews/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=31108&page=1&cid=830026#commentwrap
...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: 5, Insightful) by Codesmith on Wednesday April 17 2019, @03:57PM (9 children)
Trying to drill down on this, and it looks like the vandalism is aimed at the Catholic churches.
Guess what sunshine, there's a huge group of Americans who are absolutely pissed at the Catholic system with their kiddie diddlers and financial hijinks. I'd say they're just as likely to trash stuff as Moslems are. It might be worth looking to see if the French are having the same discussions.
I know that doesn't fit your narative, but you whould probably look with a little wider lens. Assholes abound out there.
Besides, doesn't WBC consider the Catholics are in league with the devil or something?
Pro utilitate hominum.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday April 17 2019, @04:26PM (8 children)
Notre Dame isn't in 'Murica, is it? So, you're saying that a huge group of 'Muricans flew over yonder, just to burn down some Catholic churches? Help me out here - I'm trying to wrap my mind around whatever the fuck 'Muricans have to do with thousands of Catholic churches being vandalized in the last three years. Are you part of this terror group of Americans, and you're just informing us of what you have been up to?
Checking my map again, just to be sure - nope - France doesn't have even one single mile of border that touches 'Murica. Nowhere do we have a border in common.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @06:31PM
Not much for reading comprehension are you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @06:37PM (3 children)
Actually, it is, just not the one we are discussing, you geographical and historically challenged product of Republican cuts to public education in America! https://www.nd.edu/ [nd.edu] Indiana?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday April 17 2019, @06:42PM (2 children)
So, it was the COLLEGE that caught fire a couple days ago? *rolleyes*
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @06:57PM (1 child)
They were trying to broaden your perspective, instead of focusing on the Fox News bogey man "MUSLIMS!@!@!" at every opportunity you should try using your brain. Maybe it was a Muslim attack, maybe it was some pissed off parents of abused kids, maybe it was just an accident. The point is that pontificating from a bigoted perspective is stupid and that makes YOU stupid.
I just go for insults these days since reasoning with you about this stuff hasn't worked one bit in years.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @07:20PM
Poor Runaway! To be so stupid, and so scared, and too stupid to understand why he is scared. If only someone could edumacate him with some book-larning.
(Score: 2) by Codesmith on Thursday April 18 2019, @12:40PM (2 children)
You seemed to have missed the bolded part of the statement. I was comparing the French to Americans, not suggesting the US had anything to do with this.
Pro utilitate hominum.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday April 18 2019, @02:01PM (1 child)
Ahhh - got it. Sorry 'bout the misinterpretation. :^)
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday April 18 2019, @06:53PM
First janrinok, now Runaway! OMG! Is polite rational discussion about to break out on SoylentNews!