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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
The problem with this is that western media is already self sensoring to an alarming degree. The Herald is an excellent example. "Je suis Charlie", my ass. In my view, they are not reprinting out of fear, not out of a sense of deeming the material offensive. The new cover posted above is a perfect example that should be used in the fight for free speech. We should not give in.
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The new cover isn't that bad, but some of the things Charlie Hebdo has published in the past were probably not suitable for mainstream media. Supporting freedom of speech is fine, but they can do it without supporting the publication specifically. If things were reversed and some anti-Islamists attacked a mosque, I wouldn't expect the Herald to publish exerts from the Koran in order to show support. Condemning the attack based on western sensibilities of freedom of speech or religion would be enough.
I think that is where a lot of the papers stand. They support freedom of speech and condemn the attack on Charlie Hebdo from that perspective, but they do not necessarily support Charlie Hebdo as a publication.