There are famed illusions we all remember. The old lady/young woman illusion, the “impossible trident” illusion, and of course the billionaire who is a great negotiator and world leader illusion. Last week, a hate-filled racist Facebook group in Norway—“Fatherland First”—got some egg on their face when the level of their hate-filled dumb went viral.
A Norwegian anti-immigrant group has been roundly ridiculed after members apparently mistook a photograph of six empty bus seats posted on its Facebook page for a group of women wearing burqas.
“Tragic”, “terrifying” and “disgusting” were among the comments posted by members of the closed Fedrelandet viktigst, or “Fatherland first”, group beneath the photograph, according to screenshots on the Norwegian news website Nettavisen.
Other members of the 13,000-strong group, for people “who love Norway and appreciate what our ancestors fought for”, wondered whether the non-existent passengers might be carrying bombs or weapons beneath their clothes. “This looks really scary,” wrote one. “Should be banned. You can’t tell who’s underneath. Could be terrorists.”
Someone saved the post for posterity. My Google translate tells me that Mr. Beyer writes:
What happens when it puts out a picture of some empty seats on a brungrumsete group on Facebook and almost everyone thinks they see a bunch of burqa?