If you mean that no American cartoonist has been murdered for creating racist caricatures, I have to agree that I don't know of any such incidents. If you mean that racist caricatures played no role at all in convincing Blacks to take up arms against White oppressors in this country, then I'm not sure that's true.
You and I know that Muslims have historically responded differently to these sorts of visual depictions than Christians and Jews do. The staff of Charlie Hebdo knew it, too; that's precisely why they chose the subject matter they did. It's no fun mocking someone who doesn't get mad, is it? And that's why I termed it "pulling the tiger's tail".
I realise that freedom of speech makes for uncomfortable bedfellows. I'm eternally grateful for how easy Larry Flint has made it for me to find hardcore porn even while I agree with his self-assessment as "the worst". It just galls me how these murders have converted puerile racist offensiveness-for-the-sake-of-being-offensive into something akin to heroism.
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You and I know that Muslims have historically responded differently to these sorts of visual depictions than Christians and Jews do. The staff of Charlie Hebdo knew it, too; that's precisely why they chose the subject matter they did. It's no fun mocking someone who doesn't get mad, is it? And that's why I termed it "pulling the tiger's tail".
I realise that freedom of speech makes for uncomfortable bedfellows. I'm eternally grateful for how easy Larry Flint has made it for me to find hardcore porn even while I agree with his self-assessment as "the worst". It just galls me how these murders have converted puerile racist offensiveness-for-the-sake-of-being-offensive into something akin to heroism.