Here we go again. Satire. Wasted on idiots.
Fox: French magazine Charlie Hebdo mocks Harvey victims as neo-Nazis
NO. IT. DOES. NOT. It mocks Nazis [and, as I too missed, on first writing, it mocks some of the liberal commentary on how deserving conservative Texan’s might be, which I hadn’t seen – see Areo link later]
It is not mocking all victims of Harvey. It is not claiming all victims of Harvey are Nazis.
Idiots are doing 2 + 2 = 5 again. Reading their own interpretation into a simplistic view of Hebdo.
Hebdo is anti-Nazi.
Aryan Brotherhood of Texas is a neo-Nazi organisation.
Bayou Knights of the Ku Klux Kla is present in Texas.
Hammerskins were formed in Texas.
Resistance Records is headquartered in Texas.
Now, you might want to bear in mind that this next link is based on the notoriously dodgy SPLC, but according to them there are about 55 ‘hate groups’ in Texas – and even allowing for SPLC bias and lies, that would still likely leave a few.
About the only real complaint one could make about the Hebdo piece is “Too soon!” But topicality, satire, irreverance, is their thing.
A question: Is Hebdo’s message any worse than the many religious people in Texas thanking God for their survival, while ignoring their imaginary friend’s failure to protect Texas from the storm? Or that Texans deserve the ‘biblical’ flood?
Update: On these other aspects of the meaning of the cover, and how Hebdo’s satire operates – recommended reading: What Charlie Hebdo Can Teach Us About the Nature of Satire
Anyway, even if ‘tasteless’ is an appropriate description, the typical hysteria around Hebdo, which is based on past misrepresentations that have created this image of Hebdo the Haters, is misplaced.
To help you understand Charlie Hebdo: http://www.understandingcharliehebdo.com/about-charlie-hebdo/
My previous Hebdo links:
Headless May, Yet Still, Je Suis Charlie – Including how Hebdo explain themselves
Amatrice Pasta, Yet Still, Je Suis Charlie
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