In the piece linked to above, Cole agrees it's political theatre but has a different idea what the ultimate goal is. (Of course, no reason why it can't serve both.)
Charlie Hebdo is created and published in a French context. Few people I know were aware of its existence before yesterday (I myself was ignorant of it before the "Charia Hebdo" issue of 2011) and, as comes up in the discussion of Canfield's piece, it's impossible to understand a lot of their cartoons without a knowledge of French politics. I would feel entirely differently about their choice of targets if these journalists were Muslims.
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Date: 2015-01-08 06:48 pm (UTC)Charlie Hebdo is created and published in a French context. Few people I know were aware of its existence before yesterday (I myself was ignorant of it before the "Charia Hebdo" issue of 2011) and, as comes up in the discussion of Canfield's piece, it's impossible to understand a lot of their cartoons without a knowledge of French politics. I would feel entirely differently about their choice of targets if these journalists were Muslims.