Current Events > Serious question: Do you think a Charlie Hebdo could exist in America?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo

Would their work been seen as "art" and "freedom of speech" if an American version existed? Or would it be considered a hate group? And if there is a division, how it fall across left/right-leaning circles?

This is, of course, in light of various bombings/killings against workers of Charlie Hebdo. There was a stabbing in September 25 2020, but the 18 year old Pakistani refugee went to their old office building and stabbed 2 people not affiliated with magazine. See: https://www.zenger.news/2020/09/30/charlie-hebdo-knife-attack-suspect-praised-by-father-in-pakistan/

For more, check out this controversial piece: https://twitter.com/NesrineMalik/status/687274636938186752?s=20

My (uniformed) opinion is that I don't think such a publication could exist here. The only (loose) parallel I can think of is how many television shows have taken down episodes recently (in light of the current civil rights uprising) that had various anti-Black references or depictions. See: https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2549064/tv-shows-that-removed-episodes-from-streaming-over-controversial-blackface-scenes

What do you think, CE?

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Had to look up the "Aylan" referenced here; he was a three year old boy who drowned in the Mediterranean as his family tried to reach Europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Alan_Kurdi?wprov=sfla1


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Intro2Logic posted...

Had to look up the "Aylan" referenced here; he was a three year old boy who drowned in the Mediterranean as his family tried to reach Europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Alan_Kurdi?wprov=sfla1

Yup. And here is the other half of the reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_New_Year%27s_Eve_sexual_assaults_in_Germany

As a note, I did choose that example for its incredible controversy (most of the other infamous examples include depictions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad)

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