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What exactly do people mean when they say “wildfires started by arson?” (hexbear.net)
submitted 3 months ago by rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Obviously there are the climate change denialists who think “global elites” have paid actors setting forest fires around the globe, but there are also reputable people saying this. When I hear arson, I hear a person starting a fire with malicious intent. Are there really massive numbers of malicious firestarters around the globe, or does arson also cover things like recklessness/carelessness, like if I burn trash in my backyard or start a campfire on the woods and it gets out of control?

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[–] Cammy@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It feels to me like muddying the water on what's responsible. Like they're trying to normalize the increasing number of fires.

[–] Cammy@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's arson, not climate change

[–] rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It’s absolutely a muddying of the waters. But I’d like to be exacting in my criticism of those people. Since I can see a situation in which climate change creates the conditions (drier, hotter, drought, more wind etc) that cause human-started fires to grow larger and out of control. When folks start to talk about “arson” in relation to wildfires, is there any truth to it and I just have too narrow a definition of arson, or is it purely just a muddying of the waters?

[–] Lawn_and_disorder@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I mean arson in my motherthounge is murder fire.

Lighting a match does not say what the consequences will be