"3 bullshit posts about refugees you need to stop sharing" Facebook propaganda ontmaskerd
How some anti-refugees memes on Facebook got debunked
http://smashinglife.co.uk/3-bullshit-posts-about-refugees-you-need-to-stop-sharing/
You’ve probably seen these memes before – but you most likely don’t know the truth behind the pictures. These are 3 Facebook memes about the refugee situation that are complete bullshit.
So let’s tackle this one
first that’s fast approaching 100,000 shares. This post claims that the
man in the picture is a former ISIS militant who is now pretending to
be a refugee. No. No, he’s not.
Thankfully this was researched and debunked in the mainstream media by the BBC. The BBC revealed the man in the photo is Laith Al Saleh, a former commander of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) who was the subject of a profile by the Associated Press news agency, not even one month ago.
The short version is that the Free Syrian Army is made from Syrian Army defectors and was one of the factions trying to topple the Assad regime and at the same time were fighting against ISIS.
To be perfectly clear – the Free Syrian Army actually fight against Islamic State, so if you’re going to use that as your moral compass, he’s actually one of the “good” guys.
There’s so much wrong with this, it’s hard to know where to begin. Similar to the Nazi propaganda that compared Jews to rats, this image tries to dehumanise refugees by painting them as cowardly men leaving their children to die.
An important part of your internet detective tool kit is something called reverse image search. A reverse image search will allow you to search the internet for copies of a particular image, rather than a string of text like usual.
This brilliant bit of investigative research was done by Philip Kleinfeld, in a much more in-depth article on Vice.com about anti-refugee memes.
His internet sleuthing found the source of the photo is from a CBC article that is covering a special train to Munich bringing in refugees. Philip discovered that when he actually watched the video, there are indeed both women and children arriving into the train station too!
Apart from that, don’t forget that the women are allowed to join the British military and will soon likely be taking front line combat roles. Let’s not paint women as some hapless cattle that needs defending while we’re at it.
This one is hot off the press in the last 24 hours. News360 has published a photo claiming it shows refugees coming into Germany literally waving Islamic State flags and having clashes with police.
Apart from the moronic absurdity of suggesting that Islamic State would give stealth agents ISIS flags, once again – the truth does not match the photo.
Our investigation showed this photo is 3 years old and is taken from a riot that happened in Germany after the right-wing anti-Islamic group, “Pro NRW” held up cartoon images of Prophet Mohammed, faced off with 500 to 600 Salafist Muslims.
It has fuck all to do with refugees.
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http://smashinglife.co.uk/3-bullshit-posts-about-refugees-you-need-to-stop-sharing/
You’ve probably seen these memes before – but you most likely don’t know the truth behind the pictures. These are 3 Facebook memes about the refugee situation that are complete bullshit.
1) This man fights for Islamic State
The BBC reports this man is Laith Al Saleh, a former Syrian rebel commander
Thankfully this was researched and debunked in the mainstream media by the BBC. The BBC revealed the man in the photo is Laith Al Saleh, a former commander of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) who was the subject of a profile by the Associated Press news agency, not even one month ago.
The short version is that the Free Syrian Army is made from Syrian Army defectors and was one of the factions trying to topple the Assad regime and at the same time were fighting against ISIS.
To be perfectly clear – the Free Syrian Army actually fight against Islamic State, so if you’re going to use that as your moral compass, he’s actually one of the “good” guys.
2) Refugees are cowards that leave behind the vulnerable
Picture via EDL Facebook Page / sourced from Philip Kleinfeld’s research article on Vice.
An important part of your internet detective tool kit is something called reverse image search. A reverse image search will allow you to search the internet for copies of a particular image, rather than a string of text like usual.
This brilliant bit of investigative research was done by Philip Kleinfeld, in a much more in-depth article on Vice.com about anti-refugee memes.
His internet sleuthing found the source of the photo is from a CBC article that is covering a special train to Munich bringing in refugees. Philip discovered that when he actually watched the video, there are indeed both women and children arriving into the train station too!
Screen caps taken from Philip Kleinfeld’s Vice article.
3) Loads of ISIS supporters arrived in Germany with the refugees
Source: EDL North London Facebook
Apart from the moronic absurdity of suggesting that Islamic State would give stealth agents ISIS flags, once again – the truth does not match the photo.
Our investigation showed this photo is 3 years old and is taken from a riot that happened in Germany after the right-wing anti-Islamic group, “Pro NRW” held up cartoon images of Prophet Mohammed, faced off with 500 to 600 Salafist Muslims.
It has fuck all to do with refugees.
Interessant artikel? Deel het eens met uw netwerk en help mee met het verspreiden van de bekendheid van dit blog. Er staan wellicht nog meer artikelen op dit weblog die u zullen boeien. Kijk gerust eens rond. Zelf graag wat willen plaatsen? Mail dan webmaster@vreemdelingenrecht.com In verband met geldwolven die denken geld te kunnen claimen op krantenartikelen die op een blog als deze worden geplaatst maar na meestal een dag voor de krantenlezers aan leeswaardigheid hebben ingeboet terwijl wij vreemdelingenrecht specialisten ze soms wel nog jaren gebruiken om er een kopie van te maken voor een zaak ga ik over tot het plaatsen van alleen het eerste stukje. Ja ik weet het: de kans dat u doorklikt is geringer dan wanneer het hele artikel hier staat en een kopie van het orgineel maken handig kan zijn voor uw zaak. Wilt u zelf wat overnemen van dit weblog. Dat mag. Zet er alleen even een link bij naar het desbetreffende artikel zodat mensen niet alleen dat wat u knipt en plakt kunnen lezen maar dat ook kunnen doen in de context.
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