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The Dangers of Hate Driven Conspiracy Theories
Within hours of the news breaking about Notre-Dame, the narrative was set.
As I’m sure you’re now aware, this week a historic landmark was almost destroyed by an uncontrollable fire.
What many people may not know, is hours after the incident broke, the unfavorable parts of the internet had already created their narrative.
The fire was an act of Muslim terrorism.
It’s unclear where this notion started, but I’m willing to bet the conspiracy originated from multiple echo chambers like the infamous The Donald subreddit and forums on various far-right sites.
The connection was bound to happen.
A significant Catholic building goes up in flames?
Well if that isn’t an out for racist people to blame Muslims, I don’t know what is.
We would also be naive to assume that people wouldn’t draw this conclusion. People filled with this hate will always find connections to fuel hate, and this goes much deeper than what I’m going to talk about here.
No, I try not to waste my time on these opinions. Their beliefs aren’t going to be changed by this small, left-wing boy’s blog. I think after a year of arguing…
