Comments on: Readers Write: Je suis Charlie? https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/2015/01/14/readers-write-je-suis-charlie/ Almost All the News — Part of the Time Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:52:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: I am not a Robot https://idyllwildtowncrier.com/2015/01/14/readers-write-je-suis-charlie/#comment-40643 Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:58:53 +0000 http://idyllwildtowncrier.com/?p=35122#comment-40643 Most people with the attention span of a goldfish, simplify most issues. Every story needs a victim, a hero and a monster, and wrap it up with a sugar coated happy ending. So the victim is the newspaper crew, the monster are the shooter, typically the police, medics fire dept are the default hero. the feel good award goes to the supporters with the sign.

My opinion is that these “terrorists” are basically like organized crime mafia. Would a Chicago newspaper make insulting cartoons of Al Capone or Don Corleone or Tony Soprano? The newspaper has security guards on staff. They knew they were poking the wasp nest, and stirring up hate.

They have the legal right of protection in court, but karma doesn’t stop bullets.

This seemed so unnecessary to create hate under the cover of free speech.

They would have gotten my support if their free speech was used for the greater good or to expose criminal activity.

But I equally do not endorse hate speech in the press, just as much as I don’t endorse assassinations of anyone.

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