******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ********************
#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.
#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.
#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern.
*****************************************************************
They depicted RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS as goat-fuckers. My God (or no God) !
Can't you see the difference between an "Arab Muslim" and a "Religious
Zealot"? Or do YOU think all Arab Muslims are religious fundamentalists?
In that case, YOU, my friend, are racist. Very racist. Fortunately,
Charlie Hebdo, ALWAYS made sure that viewers would UNMISTAKINGLY
understand that a character with a long beard, a crazed expression, a
long robe and a blade/or bomb was a bigot. This did NOT apply to Muslims
generally.
Charlie was also infamous for depicting nuns as crazy, the French
military as bloodthirsty, vainglorious buffoons, orthodox jews as people
with a kippa and long yarmaduks, Israeli Soldiers as killers, etc.
To claim that Charlie was/is racist is not only disengenious, it is a
purpouseful lie that can only benefit those who want to impose THEIR
NOTION that all Muslims SHOULD become crazed zealots.
On 14/01/2015 00:22, Charles Faulkner wrote:
i'm no expert on charlie hebdo but i think if you go back and look at
the images you will see that they typically portray arab muslims, not
just muhammad, in the most grotesque way. never white muslims for
instance, or asian muslims for that matter. consistently arab
muslims. it just looks obvious that the cartoons are meant to provoke
the muslims in france, who are mostly arab. comparisons to cartoons
in america and elsewhere abound and the irish example is very well
taken. it really is disingenuous to flaunt such cartoons and then
claim that great care was taken to make a distinction.
"wax lyrical" about religion? not here friend.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*From: *"Dan via Marxism" <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu>
*To: *"Charles Faulkner" <lacena...@comcast.net>
*Sent: *Tuesday, January 13, 2015 2:56:52 PM
*Subject: *[Marxism] Charlie Hebdo not Racist
******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ********************
#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.
#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.
#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern.
*****************************************************************
Charlie Hebdo never published anything racist. Ever. Says me.
If you can show me real evidence of a RACIST cartoon or statement from
Charlie Hebdo, please do so.
Depicting Jesus being buggered is not racist.
Depicting religious zealots, with long beards and holding the Coran,
buggering goats is not racist.
Comparing such depictions of religious zealots to anti-Irish cartoons of
the 19th century is blatently
Charlie HEbdo was ALWAYS careful to point out that fundamentalist ISlam
was the problem not Muslims.
I realize the Saoudi, Quatari and Pakistani authorities are spending
billions trying to control 1.5 billion Muslims by projecting ISlam as
under siege. The aim is to relegate
Human Rights to the dustbin of history so that religiously sanctioned
ambitions can dominate.
Fortunately, a majority of Muslims can still think for themsleves and
marched in support of Charlie Hebdo, at least in France.
Depicting Chalrie HEbdo as racist for portraying ISIS and AL Quaeda and
fundamentalist preachers as goat-fuckers is not racism.
Claiming the contrary is Islamist propaganda and siding with the
religious authorities of countries where blaspheming is banned and so is
social activism.
I suspect some on the left have lost sight of the goal of human
emancipation, the better to wax lyrical about the empowering, communal
aspects of religion. And other such horse manure born from deeply
ingrained American religiosity.
So SHOW ME an example of so called Charlie HEbdo racism !
_________________________________________________________
Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm
Set your options at:
http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/lacenaire%40comcast.net
_________________________________________________________
Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm
Set your options at:
http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
