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In reply to the discussion: So...Someone Tell Me How Gefilte Fish is Offensive, Or Why Hit a Kosher Supermarket? [View all]KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)18. The point you miss is the pouring gasoline on a fire and fanning it. How would you miss that point?
I've been reading a bunch of stuff from France.
The cartoons were unquestionably pouring volatile fuel on a fire just like Le Pen and the Far Right is doing.
It's entirely possible to condemn the murderers and their extremism while acknowledging the political reality in France/Europe AND the extent to which the cartoons had been playing into the Far Right/Neo Nazi's hands.
You want to learn a little about the actual situation, check the last two entries on my Journal and I'll add a third later.
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So...Someone Tell Me How Gefilte Fish is Offensive, Or Why Hit a Kosher Supermarket? [View all]
msanthrope
Jan 2015
OP
but the reply should have been: "okay, one fake orgasm for the lady, and you sir?"
GreatGazoo
Jan 2015
#13
I'm sure the odor one emits after consuming large amounts of Gefeltefish would be offensive.
Initech
Jan 2015
#3
My ex was made to sleep on the couch after visits to his fish-cooking Bubbe. nt
msanthrope
Jan 2015
#7
Unfortunately, we still have the dead and injured French police officer and Charlie Hebo employees.
branford
Jan 2015
#25
I'm reading that 4 hostages were killed at the deli from several news sites. n/t
benz380
Jan 2015
#17
The point you miss is the pouring gasoline on a fire and fanning it. How would you miss that point?
KittyWampus
Jan 2015
#18
it was caught in the backlash. And the backlash also includes NeoNazis gaining momentum.
KittyWampus
Jan 2015
#33
Well....does that mean the attacks on Hebdo were justified? What did the Kosher market
msanthrope
Jan 2015
#26
No, didn't you read my post where I plainly said there is a context involved? And the market
KittyWampus
Jan 2015
#34
I get where Kitty is coming from....there is no doubt that Hebdo meant to provoke and inflame. They
msanthrope
Jan 2015
#60
Well....I'm not saying the beer made contact. It's actually the same scenario, but the responses
msanthrope
Jan 2015
#63
Irrelevant. Cartoons are not a license to murder no matter how offensive.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#36
I didn't suggest it gives a license. Not even close. But I WILL point to the hatefulness
KittyWampus
Jan 2015
#38
The Euro RW and religious fundies are provoking each other for the excuse of
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#65
Would it make it better if they LIKED Gefilte Fish and killed them anyway?
ChosenUnWisely
Jan 2015
#47
As I noted above, there comes a point when the response to insult is so disproportionate you simply
msanthrope
Jan 2015
#73
Yesterday, I saw a poster defend two seperate terrorist groups....in one thread.
msanthrope
Jan 2015
#75