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The offender was a Christian born and raised in the UK. Social media amplified a false narrative of them being a Muslim illegal immigrant. So now rioters are a

• bun_terminator 2y ago
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  • segasaturn 2y ago
    Why do you believe the offender's name is relevant?
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      • kr0bat 2y ago
        The picture painted was accurate and relevant > Self-described ‘news’ accounts rapidly spread falsehoods around the perpetrator. One viral narrative falsely named him as “Ali al-Shakati”, a Muslim migrant new to the UK. This was later debunked by the police. Nonetheless, false claims surrounding the attack quickly garnered millions of views online, galvanised by anti-Muslim and anti-migrant activists and promoted by platforms’ recommender systems.
        • bun_terminator 2y ago
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          • jandrese 2y ago
            Can you tell us what it is really about then?
            • bun_terminator 2y ago
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              • jandrese 2y ago
                "It is illegal for me to explain my position" is some grade-A bullshit my friend. I'm still laughing at the sheer chutzpah at trying to make that argument. It's got that "I can't fight you because my fists are classified as deadly weapons by the government" level of teenager argument.
                • Dig1t 2y ago
                  There are plenty of examples of people being arrested for expressing anti-immigrant sentiments in the UK. Here’s one example but there are thousands of examples like this. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13714445/amp/Crackdown-armchair-thugs-Man-charged-man-woman-arrested-trying-stir-hatred-Snapchat-Facebook-posts.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13714445/amp/Crackd...
                  • 8note 2y ago
                    The guy wasn't an immigrant though. Born and raised in Britain, as per the higher comment in the chain
                    • Dig1t 2y ago
                      I'm just saying that the comment saying it's illegal to talk about this stuff in his country is entirely plausible, there are lots of examples of people being arrested and jailed for saying the wrong things about this situation.
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  • jandrese 2y ago
    Obviously because the name looks foreign they must be Muslim. That's how it works. Nevermind that Rwanda is like 90% Christian.
    • bun_terminator 2y ago
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      • jandrese 2y ago
        If you think the message that he was a Muslim immigrant murderer had no effect on these protests I have a bridge to sell you.
      • bartforreal 2y ago
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      • anigbrowl 2y ago
        You know perfectly well that the rioters attacked a local mosque before the stabber's identity was revealed.
  • anigbrowl 2y ago
    That doesn't make him a Muslim.