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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 12:35 PM Jan 2015

After Charlie Hebdo attack, U.S. Catholic group says cartoonists ‘provoked’ slaughter

Fox News is not going to like this...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/01/07/after-charlie-hebdo-attack-u-s-catholic-group-says-cartoonists-provoked-slaughter/



"In the aftermath of the deadly assault on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical newspaper, much of the world has rallied in solidarity with the publication, its irreverent cartoonists and their right to free speech.

But not everyone is so supportive. Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, a U.S. organization that "defends the rights of Catholics," issued a statement titled "Muslims are right to be angry." In it, Donohue criticized the publication's history of offending the world's religiously devout, including non-Muslims. The murdered Charlie Hebdo editor Stephane Charbonnier "didn’t understand the role he played in his [own] tragic death," the statement reads.

"Had [Charbonnier] not been so narcissistic, he may still be alive," Donohue says, in what must be one of the more offensive and insensitive comments made on this tragic day.

"Killing in response to insult, no matter how gross, must be unequivocally condemned. That is why what happened in Paris cannot be tolerated," says Donohue. "But neither should we tolerate the kind of intolerance that provoked this violent reaction.""

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"Among the covers is a too-racy-for-WorldViews depiction of the Christian Holy Trinity locked in a three-way homosexual orgy (as part of a critique of French religious leaders' opposition to gay marriage) and a whole array of images mocking pedophilia by priests."

NSFW warning: https://mobile.twitter.com/aljwhite/status/552854617479192576

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At the end of the Washington Post article is this footnote:

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article included images offensive to various religious groups that did not meet the Post's standards, and should not have been published. They have been removed.

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After Charlie Hebdo attack, U.S. Catholic group says cartoonists ‘provoked’ slaughter (Original Post) Fred Sanders Jan 2015 OP
The Catholic "League" AKA Bill Donohue. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #1
A 'U.S. Catholic group' of one guy. nt onehandle Jan 2015 #2
The Catholic League is a right wing group which spends lots of time attacking gay people Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #3
Pfft, the right-wing Catholic League sakabatou Jan 2015 #4
No, this one right-wing Catholic douche-canoe . . . hatrack Jan 2015 #5

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
1. The Catholic "League" AKA Bill Donohue.
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 12:37 PM
Jan 2015

Shit always cracks me right up.

He's a League like I'm a basketball team.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
3. The Catholic League is a right wing group which spends lots of time attacking gay people
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 01:06 PM
Jan 2015

He's a FoxNews regular, taking the conservative position as usual:




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