… or to hide their own imperialism.

Exactly!

Most people I know name it after some kind of microorganism 😆

I’d like to see that list.

Alongside the list of influencers US is paying to spread its propaganda.

In Spain it was “snow”.

Meanwhile, archaelogical sites of real historical importance are being destroyed all over Gaza, but you can’t see them crying for it.

[screeches]

Ummmm, I see a robot reading a book on a designer table😇

A lot of people is mentioning terror attacks, but I think that’s only part of it. The sexist nature of most muslim people living in Europe adds up to the mix. It seems to me that people in US are OK with burkini, just to mention something present in this article, but in Europe it is mostly seen as yet another sign of that sexism.

No, it’s just that there is no reference, so it is perfectly possible to see them facing down in the first place before reading.

Stare at the squared one at the bottom right and thing about it as face down. Then you can move to the others and see them face down, but you may need several tries.

Hypothesis: they are really all face up, but if you read about them being face down before paying attention to the picture your brain turns them face down until one of them triggers the correct position.