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The picture painted was accurate and relevant > Self-described ‘news’ accounts rapidly spread falsehoods around the perpetrator. One viral narrative falsely na
by 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[flagged]
- jandrese 2y agoCan you tell us what it is really about then?
- bun_terminator 2y ago[flagged]
- 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 agoThere 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 agoThe guy wasn't an immigrant though. Born and raised in Britain, as per the higher comment in the chain
- Dig1t 2y agoI'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.
- bun_terminator 2y agoIt's the law and being punished more severely than murder in most cases. It's also unnecessary because all of you know what this is about
- anigbrowl 2y ago[flagged]
- segasaturn 2y agoWell then quit beating around the bush and say what you mean. How are the actions of a Christian, UK-born citizen relevant to the Muslim refugees who were being harassed and abused by British race rioters?
- bun_terminator 2y ago[flagged]
- segasaturn 2y agoSo your point is that the rioters aren't misled or ignorant, they're knowingly and voluntarily committing acts of violence & thuggery in the streets against innocent people on purpose? Not exactly a sympathetic bunch if so. ;)
- text0404 2y agoso it's always been about misinformed white people violently rioting in protest of a perceived invasion by non-whites? we know. those people who are rioting and think they're being invaded - what are their thoughts on europe's colonial history?
- 2534019155 2y ago[dead]
- dang 2y agoWould you please stop? This flamewar is not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- bun_terminator 2y agosure dang, I'm the bad guy now :D