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Behind the Aegis

(53,956 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 04:18 PM Mar 2020

Conspiracy theory that Jews created virus spreads on social media, ADL says

The coronavirus pandemic has upended the world. China instituted a lockdown on tens of millions of its people. Israel set drastic restrictions on workplaces and public gatherings. And the United States on Friday declared a national emergency, all in an attempt to contain the spread of the novel virus.

As the infectious disease — with no vaccine or specific cure — has spread across the globe, a new conspiracy theory has been brewing on the fringes of society: The Jews are behind it.

According to Alex Friedfeld, a researcher with the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Center on Extremism, extremists began promulgating the notion in January that the coronavirus was created by a cabal of Jews, around the time the virus was first being detected.

“The most popular conspiracy theory is that Jews are using this virus as a means for profit,” Friedfeld told The Times of Israel. “They are saying Jews manufactured it and are going to take advantage of the markets collapse through insider trading.”

Such ideas have been percolating not only on extremist platforms like Telegram and Gab, he said, but through posts on mainstream platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, where memes and statements have been posted regularly.

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I am SHOCKED! Oh wait, no, this is as predictable as the tide!

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Conspiracy theory that Jews created virus spreads on social media, ADL says (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Mar 2020 OP
WTF is wrong with people? nt WhiskeyWulf Mar 2020 #1
Just like in 1348 Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #2
Or poisoning wells. Coventina Mar 2020 #4
Missing child at this time of the year? Blood for Matzoh! Behind the Aegis Mar 2020 #7
I was just reading about this. Coventina Mar 2020 #8
Bet ya David Icke has a hand in it somewhere along the line.... Roland99 Mar 2020 #3
Oriental Jews Turbineguy Mar 2020 #5
I'm not surprised. LuvNewcastle Mar 2020 #6

Behind the Aegis

(53,956 posts)
7. Missing child at this time of the year? Blood for Matzoh!
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 08:55 PM
Mar 2020

Hell, just last year, a democratic city council member in DC blamed the Jews (via the Rothchilds) for the weather!

When in doubt, they blame the Jews.

Coventina

(27,119 posts)
8. I was just reading about this.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 10:47 PM
Mar 2020

Unbelievably vile stuff.

"Little Hugh of Lincoln" supposedly ritually murdered by Jews, but obviously just slander.

A right-wing white supremacist group in Britain called British Movement (should be called Bowel Movement) are actively trying to revive the cult of Little St. Hugh.

Turbineguy

(37,329 posts)
5. Oriental Jews
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 04:34 PM
Mar 2020

Gotta watch out for them.

Especially that insider trading. Nobody else in the whole world has noticed the drop in the stock markets.

LuvNewcastle

(16,845 posts)
6. I'm not surprised.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 04:46 PM
Mar 2020

Some were saying the Jews were behind 9/11 as well. There are always conspiracy theories every time a crisis occurs and Jews are popular scapegoats. I hope people will concentrate more on helping those in need rather than looking for people to blame. I guess that depends on how desperate things become.

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