Je suis Charlie? NON

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Look. I understand that people being murdered is terrible and as artists, everyone on dA seems to want to make it about continuing our allowance for freedom of expression. However, that magazine was racist and sexist and bigoted and they are no martyrs. Seeing support for them on the front page is making me sick. 

//stolen from tumblr:
"Now, I understand that calling someone a ‘racist asshole’ after their murder is a callous thing to do, and I don’t do it lightly. This isn’t ambiguous, though: the editorial staff of Hebdo consistently aimed to provoke Muslims. They ascribe to the same edgy-white-guy mentality that many American cartoonists do: nothing is sacred, sacred targets are funnier, lighten up, criticism is censorship. And just like American cartoonists, they and their supporters are wrong. White men punching down is not a recipe for good satire, and needs to be called out. People getting upset does not prove that the satire was good. And, this is the hardest part, the murder of the satirists in question does not prove that their satire was good. Their satire was bad, and remains bad. Their satire was racist, and remains racist.
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In the Wake of Charlie Hebdo, Free Speech Does Not Mean Freedom From Criticism

You know who you could support instead? The Muslim individuals getting the backlash from extremist groups. 

This is not an issue of "freedom of speech." It's illegal in France to wear face covering veils and burqas. Why aren't you fighting for them? Do people that want to practice their religion have less right than idiots telling them that their religion sucks? Extremists are terrible. But please get on the side of compassion and logic.

Je suis Ahmed Merabet, the Muslim police officer who died fighting for Charlie Hebdo's "right" to ridicule his religion. 

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Neon-nines's avatar
Go back to tumblr you disgusting ignorant hate monger. Charlie Hebdo was an exterem LEFT WING magazeen that fought harder against racism and nationalism that you ever will.