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?
And conversely, fash and lib fash alike love to imply that the fires are the fault of homeless people through the “arson” label
Yeah that's the major issue. They do this vigilante anti-homeless fire starting and then say "see the homeless people start fires, they deserve to be eliminated." After years of organizing in unhoused encampments I know that most encampment fires in my area are not the fault of the people who live in those encampments. Some are, but most are not