Charlie Hebdo Crosses the Line With Gruesome Theresa May Cover

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Remember "we are Charlie Hebdo" from a few years ago, when they got shot up for posting a cartoon of Muhammad?

Not cool. The June 7 issue of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo arrives on the heels of the Manchester and London Bridge terrorist attacks. Indeed, the bubble remark–‘Too much is too much’–comes from remarks made by U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May in the wake of the latter June 3 incidents.

The cover is tasteless. English-language media reaction is just starting to trickle in, but stay car-tooned. There will be lots of it. The cover line, translated, reads as ‘Multiculturalism is the British Way.’

From a U.S. perspective, it’s impossible not to think of the wrath that descended upon comedian Kathy Griffin last week for her posed, bloody Trump image shot by Tyler Shields. On the eve of the June 8 British election, the gang at Charlie Hebdo have published a depiction of May that will surely incense voters.

P.S. Our improvised hashtag #JeSuisAbassourdi in the sub-headline means: ‘We are thunderstruck.’

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http://www.adweek.com/creativity/charlie-hebdo-theresa-may-cover/
 
Everybody is calling for decapitations these days, it seems. I give them some mulligans for their past heroism, combating the enemies of Western Civilization.
 
christiefan915 said:
Do you support Charlie Hebdo for doing this?
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I don't but apparently you don't see the difference.
Hebdo is satirical. If you can't see the satire in that cartoon let me know and I'll explain it to you.
Griffin's pic was not satire nor even close to being funny. It was an insinuation that she decapitated Trump
 
aloysious said:
I don't but apparently you don't see the difference.
Hebdo is satirical. If you can't see the satire in that cartoon let me know and I'll explain it to you.
Griffin's pic was not satire nor even close to being funny. It was an insinuation that she decapitated Trump
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:rolleyes: It wasn't about Griffin but about the Muhammad cartoons a few years ago. Cons loved CH then, just checking to see if the love affair is still on.
 
christiefan915 said:
:rolleyes: It wasn't about Griffin but about the Muhammad cartoons a few years ago. Cons loved CH then, just checking to see if the love affair is still on.
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I'm pretty sure they have to check in with rightwing talk radio hosts, or right wing blogs before they decided what to think.

As I recall, wingnuts were very anti-Russia when Obama was in office, some of them even insisting Obama should confront Russia aggressively and perhaps militarily over Crimea and Ukraine. And it is amazing how quickly they flip flopped, when the narrative became about Trump. I tell you what I have learned from all this flip flopping: message board rightys are weak, not able to think independently, and love following orders from their intellectual superiors in the wingnutosphere!
 
I can only speak for myself but Charlie Hebo is a pretty left wing magazine so I'm not sure why I should like it. Nor am I sure why I should be offended at this cover or even care about it.
 
Yaya said:
Do they have free speech over there?

Are the editors the same?

I really don't get your point. I bet you were against their Muslim cartoons.
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Absolutely against them. But cons loved them. So why aren't cons sticking up for CH when a non-Muslim is satirized?
 
Yaya said:
What is you point Chistiefan?
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I agree. What is you point Chistiefan? Can you not articulate it?

The cover art is anti-Muslim. Kathy Griffin's act was pro-Islamic Terrorism.

It's not even satirical. It's metaphorical. The graphix are akin to May talking out her ass.

And bbc news' Katty Kay's proclamation: "Europe Has To Get Used To Terrorist Attacks ... “We have to, because we are never going to be able to totally wipe this out. ..."
 
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