Yesterday in Toronto a man drove his van into a crowd of people, killing 10 and wounding 13. All of social media exploded with accusations that he was a brown Muslim who shouted Allahu Akbar. Hours later, we learned that he wasn’t Muslim. He was a white Christian (1)
named Alek Minassian, a self-described “Incel” (involuntary celibate) who hated women for not sleeping with him. It was an act of sexist terrorism. Now the story will go away. But the damage is already done. (2)
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Next week, if you ask people what religion the Toronto van terrorist was, most will say Muslim. Because propaganda works. (3)
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