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Conspiracy theorists (and others) exploiting current crisis

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  • 21-05-2020 4:17pm
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    Dohnjoe
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    Some people are pissed off with the whole lockdown thing, but in some places, incredibly, mass protests are taking off or being planned. It's been noticed that a lot of these protesters are actually "radical extremists, conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers and antisemites"

    Words cannot express how utterly stupid these people are doing this in a pandemic

    This is planned for in Germany..
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/21/germany-braced-for-more-protests-against-coronavirus-polices
    Thousands of people are expected to gather in cities across Germany at the weekend to demonstrate against the government’s coronavirus policies.

    Germany’s foreign minister has warned people to distance themselves from the growing movement, which includes radical extremists, conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers and antisemites, after domestic intelligence agents warned that extremist groups were exploiting fears around the virus in order to gain support.

    “If radical extremists and antisemites use demonstrations in order to stoke hatred and to divide, then everyone should keep a lot more than just a 1.5-metre distance from them,” Heiko Maas said in an interview on Thursday.

    “Those who spread conspiracy theories throughout the world, without a mask, without keeping the minimum distance, without any concern for others, are confusing courage with blind anger, and freedom with pure egotism,” he added.


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