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In reply to the discussion: From Tim Wise re free speech & anti-Muslim satire [View all]CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)6. PERFECTLY SAID!! Thank you for this!
And now, thanks to your post, I have discovered Tim Wise, with whom I was not previously familiar. I've been reading his site a little bit and he seems awesome. Many thanks!
Boy does this need to be said. Again and again.
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It's a good point. Cartoons were notoriously used to demonize minorities in the past.
CJCRANE
Jan 2015
#1
Agreed. I was going to post the results of the google "Obama as a monkey" for DU'ers who think
KittyWampus
Jan 2015
#22
Sounds like the writer does not realize that Charlie Hebdo ridiculed *every* religion,
Nye Bevan
Jan 2015
#9
YOU missed where the satire about Islam was picking on an already beleaguered minority population
KittyWampus
Jan 2015
#23
You misunderstand the capacity of humans to protect free speech while not necessarily lauding
KittyWampus
Jan 2015
#25
Muslims are a minority in France/EUROPE and the Far Right is agitating heavily against them.
KittyWampus
Jan 2015
#26
Can't we draw a distinction between Muslims, the people and Islam, the ideology?
oberliner
Jan 2015
#34
Mmm, I disagree regarding 'powerful' in terms of Muslims. I see them in France eg, mostly living
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#32
talking about privilege- here's a whole array of images you can support/ associate with
KittyWampus
Jan 2015
#27
Mocking ISIS and child-raping priests =/= shouting the N-word in Times Square
bobclark86
Jan 2015
#40