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[–] guriinii@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Haha, what? The state of British media. Are people believing they're a threat to us?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think only this one woman did. She should probably get seen by someone in a nice calming white coat.

[–] Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago

I'm questioning if the social media post actually happened. Smells like bullshit

[–] Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago

Honestly the only real threat to us is another loan wolf terrorist or a cell operating in this country that takes the plight of Palestine as their hill to die on so to speak.

But I agree with you, it is a clickbait headline designed to stoke either fear or astonishment at the stupidity of others, when it's really just a rehashed abridged story of the ongoing Middle East crisis.

I read an article last week about how a council was getting more calls from people scared of bedbugs from Paris. Same idea, just get eyes on the page for adverts.