Exposing a conspiracy theory after a mass-casualty attack does not dislodge it.

Evidence

In 2011 the Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik carried out an attack in Oslo and at the Island Utöya that killed 77 people and injured over 350. Breivik was heavily influenced by the Eurabia conspiracy theory. After the attack, the myth was examined and criticised by journalists and researchers. Nevertheless, it lives on in the anti-Muslim milieu. — Unknown (verify author), The Eurabia Conspiracy Theory in a…, 15

Categorization

  • SEED: Angle: debunking as a failed technology — the Breivik case shows post-atrocity scrutiny did not shrink Eurabia’s reach in the anti-Muslim milieu.
  • XREF: Connects to earlier kept examples on how far-right narratives survive public exposure and to ‘Strangers in the Land’ material on nativist movements outliving their defeats.