This made me laugh:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wor ... 584d24220a
Last week, a photograph that appeared to show six women wearing burqas on a bus sparked a heated debate in a private Facebook group for Norwegians critical of immigration.
For many members of the group, which is called “Fedrelandet viktigst” or “Fatherland first,” the image encapsulated the problems Norway was facing after an influx of Muslim immigrants in the past few years.
It also played into a continent-wide debate about Islamic dress across Europe. Norway's right-wing government recently proposed a law that would ban some forms of dress worn by Muslim women in schools and universities — the first Scandinavian country to do so.
The burqa, a long, loose veil worn by some Muslims in Afghanistan and other parts of South Asia, would be restricted under the law, as would the face-covering niqab more commonly worn in Arab countries. Masks and other items of clothing that cover the face would also be restricted.
Some group members took the picture — posted with the comment, “what do people think of this?" — as proof that a ban was needed. More than 100 soon commented on it. “It looks really scary, should be banned. You can never know who is under there. Could be terrorists with weapons,” one user wrote, according to a translation from the Local website. Others described it as “frightening” and “tragic.”
However, when you look at the photograph above more closely, it may become apparent that the photo itself is irrelevant to any debate about Islam in Norway. Why? Well, those are not burqas. They're bus seats.
Johan Slattavik, the user who initially posted the photographs to Fedrelandet viktigst, told WorldViews in a Facebook message that he had been bored one night so he decided to play “a little practical joke.” Slattavik said he was curious to see how people would react. “I laid out the photo to see what happened,” he said, adding that he was shocked so many people fell for it.
Norwegian Far Right group protest about burqas on buses . . except
Trump is about to tweet he'll ban all Norwegian bus seat imports
meh. they kinda dehumanise themselves, so easy to make that mistake:
btw. I've seen a few of those beekeeper suits in Cambodia. I bet loathsome Saudi influence.
btw. I've seen a few of those beekeeper suits in Cambodia. I bet loathsome Saudi influence.
Facebookers are generally idiots.
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Bet you wouldn't dare say that to my Face(book)!YaTingPom wrote:Facebookers are generally idiots.
Take that burkini off first.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:Bet you wouldn't dare say that to my Face(book)!YaTingPom wrote:Facebookers are generally idiots.
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