Norwegian Anti-Immigrant Group Members Mistake Empty Bus Seats for Women in Burqas, Suggest They Are Terrorists
LatestThe Norwegian anti-immigrant group Fedrelandet viktigst (“Fatherland First”) is being roundly mocked by the Internet after some of its 13,000 members apparently mistook a photograph of six empty bus seats for six women wearing burqas, calling them “tragic,” “terrifying,” and “disgusting.” In other words, those group members are probably feeling an emotion they have little experience with: shame.
The Guardian reported on Wednesday that once the picture was posted to Fatherland First’s Facebook page last week, members freaked the fuck out, suggesting the the passengers they thought they saw were carrying bombs they thought they couldn’t see. One commenter wrote, “This looks really scary. Should be banned. You can’t tell who’s underneath. Could be a terrorist.” Or a bus seat. Depends on how blinded by xenophobia you are, I guess.