Are you still Charlie?

Nov 18, 2015 10:41

Hey, fellow indifferent hypocrites sensitive, peace-loving folks. Can't deny, I was eagerly looking forward to seeing the newest Charlie Hebdo front-page, and their stinging new cartoon that was certainly going to mercilessly lambast and "show it" to the terror perpetrators in Paris.

So now that it's come out, I couldn't help feeling disappointed ( Read more... )

freedom of speech, france, terrorism, bias, satire

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luzribeiro November 18 2015, 08:59:09 UTC
Where's the banter about Muhammad the dumbass wiping his jizz-stained hand in his beard after some intense fapping, and Hollande the Avenger, standing tall with fighter-jets in each hand?

Now that's a couple of cartoons I'd love to see.

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Great danieldemarko November 18 2015, 09:16:47 UTC
article, I'd love to see you painting those cartoons....

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RE: Great luzribeiro November 18 2015, 09:22:03 UTC
Me? Sorry, I'm not that good with the crayons.

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RE: Great danieldemarko November 18 2015, 09:23:08 UTC
No, I meant the writer...

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ddstory November 18 2015, 11:04:09 UTC
If they had dared stay true to their pattern of behavior, their own society would've turned their backs on them, and thrown them to the wolves. So, as cynical as it may sound, they're being hypocritical out of a sense for self-preservation.

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luvdovz November 18 2015, 12:26:43 UTC
As dependent on the scandalous as these guys might be, mocking their own at such a time would've been just *too* scandalous for their own good.

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dexeron November 18 2015, 12:34:50 UTC
"Even a hundred hits with a stick are too few if they're on someone else's back"

Or, as Mel Brooks put it:"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."

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nairiporter November 18 2015, 12:42:38 UTC
"Even a hundred hits with a stick are too few if they're on someone else's back"

This warrants a daily quote, I think.

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