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: 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.