[AnnieK]

With all the violence the Jewish community are facing at the moment it is very possible that they could have been preparing for a bolt hole type scenario if violence escalated. It seems more plausible that they will be preparing to protect themselves rather than it be something sinister.

[Ammi]

…social media is just becoming more ‘powerful’ in terms of creating and encouraging outrage and incitement, it’s so worrying because a member of the public can make a post and it then grows and spreads like a pebble ripple in a pond as ‘truth’….even mainstream media isn’t always reliable…

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…social media is just becoming more ‘powerful’ in terms of creating and encouraging outrage and incitement, it’s so worrying because a member of the public can make a post and it then grows and spreads like a pebble ripple in a pond as ‘truth’….even mainstream media isn’t always reliable…

Yeah, "fake news" and conspiracy theories running wild

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah, "fake news" and conspiracy theories running wild

…I think it’s also the speed of social media and how it works with stuff like this…because the misinformation reaches there before any balance of facts are known so opinions have already been formed…and a formed opinion is much more difficult to find objectivity and to find actual truths..in a ‘no smoke without fire’ type way…it’s all becoming a ‘perfect storm’ for misinformation and creating so much negative and prejudice stuff…hence why also we refer to ‘influencers’ because its all adding to preform mindsets and nurture bias, which is difficult to then see any truths ….

[user104658]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

With all the violence the Jewish community are facing at the moment it is very possible that they could have been preparing for a bolt hole type scenario if violence escalated. It seems more plausible that they will be preparing to protect themselves rather than it be something sinister.

I suspect this is the case, and when you have these fake (or twisting) news sites putting their slant on every news story and people who are buying I to it hook, line and sinker it's easy to understand why these communities would be feeling extremely nervous.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

With all the violence the Jewish community are facing at the moment it is very possible that they could have been preparing for a bolt hole type scenario if violence escalated. It seems more plausible that they will be preparing to protect themselves rather than it be something sinister.

Well we know that anti-Semitism is on the rise.

Just ask the Universities, Colleges and SNL's propaganda piece against the Jewish community as to how popular anti-Semitic rhetoric is getting.

Just to show people what I'm on about with SNL.

Propaganda from SNL:

Youtube video

The true events/"it depends on the context" when asked about if it's okay for University Students to be cheering on the genocide of the Jewish community:

Youtube video

And before anyone says anything, if these three idiots were to say the same thing about Muslims being threatened, and SNL tried to use Propaganda to make their side of the argument look unhinged, then I would still be saying the same thing that I'm saying now, because propaganda and blatant lies shouldn't be acceptable to anyone when talking about encouraging harm to someone, or in this case a group of people.

I agree with you AnnieK btw about why these tunnels exist.