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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
They do target everyone, but they make a special point about Arabs and Muslims.
Because I like using extreme examples to make a point... It's like the Ku Klux Klan. They used to target Jews, Catholics, natives, and others, but they made a special point of being the most vicious against Africa Americans. On the same subject, the KKK and other white supremacist groups used satirical images to ridicule black people in the past. Being satire shouldn't be a free pass.
This is not directed to you as I understand your point is simply about protecting freedom of speech and not about morally accepting what is actually being said (you even said that people should use their freedom of speech to counter it); but I do find it troubling that for many Charlie Hebdo's hate messages seem beyond criticism because they are protected by freedom of speech.
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Certainly a lot of people confuse freedom of speech as meaning freedom of criticism. I don't, which is why I haven't criticized your criticism.
It is fair game, but as always, timing and context matters. The conversation you (and a few others around the net) are trying to start will be drowned out by the events of this week and the sympathy generated by the needless massacre of 12 people. So while that may create a pocket of something like immunity from criticism, it will not last long.