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In reply to the discussion: Charlie Hebdo Is Heroic and Racist [View all]Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)73. CHARLIE HEBDO is an equal-opportunity offender...
There is hardly a race, religion, creed, nationality, or political persuasion that they have not skewered.
Their stated mission is to provoke, put down, and push the envelope--which they have done with relish and abandon. "Blasphemy" is their middle name.
I live in France and can honestly say that I've never appreciated their brand of "humour". But, their existence in a pluralistic, multi-cultural republic is essential and must never be infringed.
As so many headlines are proclaiming, "IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T READ IT!"
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I think the fact that they continued publishing after an earlier firebomb attack in 2011
Denzil_DC
Jan 2015
#2
PROTESTERS around the West chanted “Je suis Charlie” — I am Charlie. They lie.
Michael James Cobb
Jan 2015
#3
"the way the Left routinely mocks Christianity" - WTF? Did you just join the wrong website?
djean111
Jan 2015
#76
They have a right to be disgusting and bigoted. I have a right to say they're bigots.
LeftyMom
Jan 2015
#8
Thanks for the links. After looking at it for myself I don't find it racist at all. In fact, they
Coventina
Jan 2015
#13
No, I don't. Besides which, the whole point of the cartoon is to lambaste those who buy into the
Coventina
Jan 2015
#70
I just feel "Charlie Hebdo" could do what they do without the racist images . . .
brush
Jan 2015
#77
It's fine to say it's not your cup of tea. Satire is often ugly, because it exposes ugliness.
Coventina
Jan 2015
#79
These links are excellent for a better understanding the context of the cartoons nt
Pooka Fey
Jan 2015
#38
Bush is regularly depicted as a monkey (and nicknamed "chimp") on DU and elsewhere
oberliner
Jan 2015
#17
You're missing the context. The French would get these and they aren't bigoted or racist
riderinthestorm
Jan 2015
#21
From my point of view, religious people who spout anti gay bullshit are offensive and they seem to
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#20
Insulting a religion or a religious figure is not racist, and some on DU have also claimed Charlie
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#14
thank you. i am so fucking SICK of people implying religion is above critcism and to criticize
m-lekktor
Jan 2015
#49
The vast majority of Muslims in France are North African or trace their
KingCharlemagne
Jan 2015
#31
k&r for this line "We should be able to keep both of these realities in our minds at once, but it...
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#19
Let's consider the premise that France has the right to preserve the values of the French Revolution
Pooka Fey
Jan 2015
#24
The vast, vast majority of French citizens support those laws, including Muslims
riderinthestorm
Jan 2015
#34
"Islam" and "Muslim" are not races. "Arab" is not a race, either--it is an ethnicity.
MADem
Jan 2015
#63
Sorry. But FGM and child marriage and child exploitation are not immune from critIcism
riderinthestorm
Jan 2015
#60
So basically you have to convert to Islam in order to have standing to criticize the religion?
Pooka Fey
Jan 2015
#69
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
Agnosticsherbet
Jan 2015
#55