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France has seen a spate of attacks against Catholic churches since the start of the year

France has seen a spate of attacks against Catholic churches since the start of the year | NO EVIDENCE ON THE CAUSE   OF THE FIRE THEY SAID; IT WOULD BE INVESTIGATED     THEY SAID; BUT THEY RULE OUT ARSON AND TERROR-RELATED MOTIVES THEY SAID | image tagged in notre dame fire mixtape,memes,notre dame,fake news,macron | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
1,813 views 27 upvotes Made by ArcMis 5 years ago in politics
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3 ups, 5y,
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With Easter coming up so close, I'd think they'd come to a conclusion before they stated that. Just weird timing.
2 ups, 5y,
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Since she's a landmark to France Notre Dame de Paris has been a target of terrorists all long and plotters having been arrested before.

I won't jump to conclusions - but they do.
they = the French officials - immediately ruling out arson though still investigating evidence.

why?
they're afraid as hell of LePen & FrontNational increasing in votes.
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4 ups, 5y,
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You have no idea and are jumping to conclusions. The only threat is people such as yourselves so quick to vilify and make unsubstantiated claims before proof. If it proves to be terror related I will etransfer $100 to you.
1 up, 5y
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1 up, 5y,
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I don't make any claims at all. Whereas French officials oddly do.
kindly etransfer that $100 to the Notre Dame Reconstruction fund raising.
thanks.
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4 ups, 5y,
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There has bin no such claims, I take a broad prospect of the info available via the internet and have seen no such legitimate claims, therefore I will withhold your $100 till you can provide absolute irrefutable proof otherwise. However I will donate on the fact I, my family and my ancestory is french and was gonna anyways. So na na na na boo boo.
1 up, 5y,
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As I stated this meme is not about harboring any claims nor suspicions.
Whereas French officials ruling out arson while cause of fire is still under investigation is grossly odd.

source
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/notre-dame-cathedral-fire-paris-collapse-live-updates-today-2019-04-15/
check paragraph 'Cause under investigation'
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3 ups, 5y,
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Hey dumb dumb, the cathedral was under renovation, notice aĺl the scaffold? Construction misshaps happen all the time, 800 yr old building? Lot of probability, get off your right wing sites and join the real world. You just wanna vilify someone. This is not the case. I bin in construction 27 yrs, shit happens. Dont wanna be the guy that is responsible, but of all the guys I've talked within our trades say welder.
2 ups, 5y,
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Who's he vilifying? His whole point is that they are jumping to conclusions before the investigation and even 24 hours have passed. It doesn't even have to be Muslims. There's hundreds of attacks and vandalism on churches a year in France by many groups. To say conclusively that there is no way it can be arson is false. And before you start complaining about Breitbart, here, sorry I couldn't get anything much beyond Newsweek that you've heard, but no US media covers it, shocking, huh? I wouldn't even normally bother with this but it's easy to have confirmation bias WHEN NO MEDIA YOU WATCH REPORTS ON SOMETHING, plus you keep strawmanning Arc that he's claiming it was arson when he's clearly not :

https://www.newsweek.com/spate-attacks-catholic-churches-france-sees-altars-desecrated-christ-statue-1370800

http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2019/03/28/01016-20190328ARTFIG00098-les-eglises-victimes-d-un-inquietant-vandalisme.php?redirect_premium

https://israelunwired.com/notre-dame-cathedral-in-flames-following-months-of-church-attacks-in-france/

https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2019/4/10/is-it-a-story-if-french-churches-are-vandalized

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2019/03/shock-10-catholic-churches-attacked-in-france-in-one-week/

https://en.gaudiumpress.org/content/102024-France--twelve-catholic-churches-vandalized

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/eucharist-desecrated-statues-smashed-in-series-of-french-church-attacks-94505

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8804063/france-church-arson-attacks-vandalism-christian-heritage/
1 up, 5y
there's a dozen 'some people did something' memes up on imgflip re Notre Dame fire.
I don't make any such claim - but no!
Scumbag is picking on me.
I'll eventually flag him.
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2 ups, 5y,
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If I wanted to burn the place down, I'd put on my working gear, hardhat, grab my match book.. err, i mean toolbox, and just walk in like I'm supposed to be there. Just sayin...

Usually the most likely explanation is the correct one. I'm sure there is security on site, but just remember, THEY ARE ALL FRENCHMEN. How secure could it possible be?
1 up, 5y
at that no working done at the cathedral the time the fire started
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1 up, 5y,
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1 up, 5y,
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I just slept in , woke up, now perusing google and news stories , I can't find anything of any arrests anywhere. Please, tell me more. I need a good brain wash
0 ups, 5y
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Man-in-Custody-After-Bringing-Gas-Cans-Into-St-Patricks-Cathedral-Sources-508730871.html
3 ups, 5y,
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Exactly, had a major mosque been burned down a few days before Ramadan, everyone would be crying about terrorism from a non Muslim. But accidents do occur during restoration as well.

There are MANY examples of European governments covering up attacks or crime and rape stats in order to keep the public from being upset. Like Sweden and their granade attacks or no go zones. And especially with the yellow vest protests still going on there (Which isn't about taxes lololo) in France, Macron, the globalist Goldman Sachs banker, must be shitting himself.

Well, the French virtue signalled and put in Macron. I wonder if they are still happy they 'proved' they weren't racist by denying LePen and putting in a guy who has the lowest approval ratings of any leader in Europe and who's country is rapidly Islamicising. If this was arson, the French will go nuts and I can't blame them as the cathedral was started in 1160. It breaks my heart either way as I love history and these ancient structures of all kind.
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1 up, 5y
That was the result of the preliminary investigation.
1 up, 5y
I'm calling arson on this. Someone with a prejudice did this on purpose. Maybe a political prejudice. Maybe a cultural prejudice. Maybe a prejudice against the Catholic Church, or all Christianity or all religions.
2 ups, 5y
https://www.newsweek.com/spate-attacks-catholic-churches-france-sees-altars-desecrated-christ-statue-1370800
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