Conspiracy Theorists Blame Jews, Muslims For Notre Dame Fire

[DavidDvorkin]

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Source: The Forward

As the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris became engulfed in fire on Monday, conspiracy theorists quickly got to work - blaming the blaze on Jews.



Read more: https://forward.com/fast-forward/422630/jews-muslims-blame-notre-dame-fire-conspiracy/

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That didn't take long.

[CharleyDog]

1. my RW crazy zombie relatives are blaming Muslims

they just "know"

PS and crickets on their tax bill.

so ashamed of them. Really. Ashamed.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Yup. RW websites silent about taxes on tax day. Speaks volumes. . . . nt

[Historic NY]

31. Really tell them that Muslims wait on line to go in an see the marvel

of the construction. They also go to Sacré-Cœur Basilica to see the large Christ mosaic & the bells.

[kimbutgar]

2. I bet it was one of those candles they lit during Holy Week that started the fire.

The conspiracy theories are not surprising.

[okaawhatever]

32. It was being remodeled at the time. I'll bet that's the cause. nt

[lapfog_1]

3. Because, after 800+ years, the Jews could not stand having

a cathedral in Paris...
one of over 197 churches and cathedrals in Paris.
(Ok, Notre Dame is not just any church)

[defacto7]

19. Jews helped finance the building of the Cathedral.

There are 12 statues on the front, no they are not the apostles, they are kings of Israel.

[lapfog_1]

20. not to mention that an archbishop

of France who is buried at the cathedral of Norte Dame was a converted Jewish man who's parents died in the Holocaust.

[still_one]

5. France has a wonderful history of that behavior

[Grokenstein]

8. Well, they would hardly be alone in that, wouldn't they

[Behind the Aegis]

17. Yes, they do.

Though, I don't know if the theories are coming from French citizens. Thankfully, the anti-Semitism is coming from RW nuts, so we can look forward to it be condemned as bad, instead of ignored or excused.

[still_one]

24. I was assuming it was coming from groups within France coming from LePen like groups

[Cetacea]

6. Trump Tower On The Seine

I can do it too!

[Sapient Donkey]

7. I really dislike people these days.

Between stuff like these racist idiots trying to exploit it to spread their racist hate against jews and/or muslims, and those celebrating it because France or "whites" deserve for it to burn because of colonialism, I had to stop reading stuff about it on social media.

[louis c]

9. Has anyone checked out Steve Bannon?

<snip>VATICAN CITY — Strolling through St. Peter’s Square, the heart of the Roman Catholic Church, Steve Bannon surveyed the enemy camp.

The populist political consultant has a new target in his crusade against “globalism” — Pope Francis.

“He’s the administrator of the church, and he’s also a politician,” said Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump. “This is the problem. ... He’s constantly putting all the faults in the world on the populist nationalist movement.”<snip>

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/steve-bannon-u-s-ultra-conservatives-take-aim-pope-francis-n991411

[Cetacea]

26. Yes. Last night on MSNBC

And my first thought upon learning of the fires were of him.

[McKim]

29. Yes, Same Here

I have been quite dismayed at Bannon’s put downs of a great pope. Who does this little man think he is to criticize Pope Francis? And worse, the news media carries his opinions as if he actually had stature in the world!

We are living in highly charged times, swimming in an atmosphere of hyper reality. So much so that I was deeply afraid that this was an attack on the cathedral from The Right as a false flag event to cause chaos in the world. And I consider myself a rational person!

[Cetacea]

30. He's been working Europe for some time

Spreading his gospel...

[demosincebirth]

28. It's the truth, WW1, WW2. How many died?

[DavidDvorkin]

33. What's the truth?

[Journeyman]

10. Well of course -- them and the bicyclists . . .

[DavidDvorkin]

34. That was a great scene in the movie.

[mitch96]

35. Also them thar Lutherans and Buddhists, they did it too!!

[marble falls]

40. Who snitched?

[keithbvadu2]

11. OK. Now blame Trump's white supremacists for a false flag operation.

OK. Now blame Trump's white supremacists for a false flag operation.

Just playing their game.

[NewJeffCT]

16. I saw somebody

blaming the yellow vests for the fire. This person was not in the US, but also not in France.

Not sure if that qualifies as a conspiracy theory

[modrepub]

12. Strange

but Catholics (who "own" Notre Dame) are not much higher on the racial pecking order for white nationalists then the people they wish to blame. Seems a bit odd for them to suddenly embrace them as one of their own (especially since many despise Pope Francis).

[OKIsItJustMe]

13. Obviously it is Protestant Republican Trump supporters

It is a Roman Catholic icon in a socialist state.

[SeattleVet]

14. They are out in full force at the freeper sewer.

If you value your blood pressure, stay away.

I'm ready to take a long hot shower after an ill-advised wade into that sludgehole.

[47of74]

22. ugh rim-job land is still around

fuck them

[BlueIdaho]

15. You mean Republicans?

Yeah - they’re all fucking crazy...

[11cents]

18. A well-known pro-Assad tweeter said Macron set it ...

.... and plans to put the blame on the "Yellow Vests."

[Lucky Luciano]

21. How is that the first thing they think of?!

[defacto7]

23. For what it's worth, The Cathedral of Saint-Sulpice

in Paris was set on fire exactly one month ago today on March 15th. It was determined to be arson. This is April 15th. Coincidence, accident or arson, I'm sure all of those options are on the table. But blame is stupid at this point. I'm guilty of suggesting a target earlier but I was not thinking clearly. This loss is personally difficult for me. We have to wait.

[bluescribbler]

25. Yeah, cause Jews and Muslims work together on this sort of thing

All the time.

[Collimator]

27. Yes, isn't it beautiful?

Jews and Muslims coming together to make way for urban renewal so the Blacks can take over prime real estate in Paris. Who says Conspiracy Theorists can't see the bright side of things?

(do I really need the sarcasm emoji?)

[progree]

36. What conspiracy theorists think has never been LBN. Let's keep it that way. Thank you.

[BeyondGeography]

37. +1000

[Jose Garcia]

38. Obviously it was the Huguenots

[Behind the Aegis]

39. It never takes long.

To these people (and several others), behind every great tragedy lies a Jew. For some, anti-Semitism is as much an artform, a medium, as it is hate for the Jew. When we aren't destroying things, we are hypnotizing poor, hapless people to do our bidding, like a puppet on a string, because no one is as powerful as the Jew; or so the story goes.

[marble falls]

41. Couldn't even wait a day or two.

[Omaha Steve]

42. After a review by forum hosts...locking.

Not important news. OPINIONS of conspiracy theorists are not LBN.