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Bus Seats That Look Like Burqas Cause Outrage On Social Media

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A Norwegian nationalist party is under attack after falling for a joke Facebook post of empty bus seats that looked like Muslim women wearing burqas.

A man named Johan Slattavik originally posted the picture, which features six empty seats on an Oslo Bus, which looks like Muslim women wearing burqas.  It was subsequently picked up by party Fatherland First, but the party’s message sparked outrage on social media since many of the members took it seriously.

“I laid out this photo to see what happened,” said Slattavik to WorldViews, adding that it was “a little practical joke.”

“What happens when a photo of some empty bus seats is posted to a disgusting Facebook group, and nearly everyone thinks they see a bunch of burqas?” wrote Sindre Beyer, a former MP of the Labour Party,

Rune Berglund Steen from the Norwegian Centre Against Racism (Antirasistisk senter) that people will quickly form conclusions based on what they want to believe.

The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out to the Norwegian Centre Against Racism, but received no comment by time of publishing.

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