What do Charlie Hebdo, JK Rowling and a German Newspaper all Have in Common?
Leave a commentJanuary 12, 2015 by gabnormal
French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, was attacked by extremists on January 7th, leaving 11 people, including the publications editor, dead.
Since then, a global outcry for the right to freedom of speech has ensued, especially in France, whose citizens are outraged at the act of terrorism, which spread to include the deaths of police officers, hostages held at a kosher market in Paris and now an attack on a German tabloid who decided to re-publish the cartoons Charlie Hebdo was attacked for in the first place.
Thanks to the internet, everyone feels the need to express their thoughts, especially in times like these. This includes old white guy and business mogul Rupert Murdoch, who tweeted on Friday,
Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they mu
st be held responsible.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) January 10, 2015
He followed up with this gem:
Big jihadist danger looming everywhere from Philippines to Africa to Europe to US. Political correctness makes for denial and hypocrisy.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) January 10, 2015
I’ll just leave those there.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling attacked Murdoch’s uneducated babble.
I was born Christian. If that makes Rupert Murdoch my responsibility, I’ll auto-excommunicate. http://t.co/Atw1wNk8UX
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 11, 2015
But better than that was what she posted earlier that same day,
Sometimes a picture says it better than any writer could. #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/OP6h1YZUWs
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 7, 2015
Rowling joins the ranks of millions who stood in solidarity on Sunday and marched through Paris and other parts of France. World leaders joined the march as well, showing us something that’s never seen in the United States. All of this followed an attack on German publication, Hamburger Morgenpost, who published the cartoons Charlie was attacked for after the attack occurred. Morgenpost suffered the loss of a few archives after arsonists threw rocks and a Molotov cocktail into the tabloids building.
