The fake hoax of an obnoxious airline passenger
A story has circulated the web for years, telling of an obnoxious person who didn’t want to sit next to another person on a plane. Early stories report of a black man refusing to sit next to a white woman, and also the other way round. The Hoax-Slayer website (here) writes:
Quote: “While the story has recently resurfaced on Facebook, versions of the tale have circulated since at least 1998 and have been set on several different airlines in several countries. There is no evidence that the incident described actually took place on any airline.”
“While it may be uplifting, it is almost certainly a work of fiction. In fact, dozens of different versions of the story have circulated, by word-of-mouth, email and, more lately, via social media posts for well over a decade.”The EDL spread the hoax
The EDL Leeds Division made up their own version of the fake story, and made the man into a Muslim, perhaps so it could help the EDL make Muslims look like the ‘bad guys’, as usual. Also notice how the word ‘unpleasant’ is capitalized.
Other EDL groups follow suit
As expected, other EDL Divisions blindly followed suit and shared the whole story. These included the Welsh Defence League (WDL), the Northampton Division, Winchester Division, Wiltshire Division, Dorset Division, Weymouth Division and the Southampton Division.
The EDL has been exposed as untrustworthy sources of information.