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>They are not racists, you are sadly misinformed. I'm guessing you didn't really check carefully. They do mock Islam (and Judaism), and also publish flat-out
by nemo 12y ago
>They are not racists, you are sadly misinformed.
I'm guessing you didn't really check carefully. They do mock Islam (and Judaism), and also publish flat-out racist cartoons. They're not mutually exclusive. They publish a lot of offensive cartoons, like the one linked to by the OP depicting Boko Haram sex slaves as welfare queens. They should be free to do that without getting murdered by fanatics.
- Oletros 12y ago> and also publish flat-out racist cartoons Then it will be easy to provide proof of that, isn't?
- nemo 12y agoThe one with the racist stereotype caricatures of pregnant women enslaved by Boko Haram saying "don't touch our welfare" seems pretty racist to me (the lame French play on words about child-benefits/wefare is revoltingly callous and mean-spirited). The huge-nosed Jews they feature with discussing Jews are completely racist as well.
- Oletros 12y agoPerhaps you lack the context of that image but it is not racist, the contrary, they are criticising Boko Haram AND the French right wing anti immigrant. And now you will say that when they parody the rural French they are also racists.
- nemo 12y agoAnd the Jews?
- Oletros 12y agoAre you aware that they use stereotypes to make the parody? Perhaps also you will find racist the caricature of Le Pen as a pig
- nemo 12y ago>Are you aware that they use stereotypes to make the parody? Yes, I see what they are doing. It's actually very common to use racist stereotypes in parody and satire. It's also still totally racist to draw huge nosed Jews (and huge-lipped black people). Drawing huge-nosed Jews in the context of criticizing Jews might be parody, but it's not some subtle ironic parody of right-wing ignorance, it's just a crass racist joke.
- Oletros 12y agoYes, and drawing pictures of Spanish as toreros is racists, and drawing pictures of French as cheese eaters is racist. Everything is racist in some minds even if the people drawing those pictures are part of Non Racist organisations.
- louhike 12y agoI did not had to check anything as I had read the newspaper. They do not mock the religions themselves but the way people practice their religion.