Summary
France commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo terror attack, with President Macron and Mayor Anne Hidalgo leading tributes at the former offices where 12 people were killed by al Qaeda-linked gunmen in January 2015.
The massacre, sparked by the magazine’s cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, ignited global debates on free speech and religious tensions.
Survivors emphasized satire as a form of resilience, while public support for freedom of expression remains high.
The anniversary prompts reflection on France’s values and the enduring legacy of “Je Suis Charlie.”
Feels like this happened way longer ago but I guess the last ten years have really been a slog
It’s a very long time ago when measured in colonial violence committed by French people.
The French are colonizers, but that doesn’t make killing 12 innocents right.
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I don’t like what they made either, but they didn’t deserve to be fucking killed for it.
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I don’t know, personally i’d rather be discriminated against than shot.
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I agree, but that still doesn’t justify killing 12 people because they were racist. If those 12 people had killed an arab though, that’d be a whole different situation. But they didn’t.
EDIT: I’ve seen some of their comics now, and they’re absolutely fucking disgusting, and people justify it by saying it’s “complex satire”. Doesn’t justify drawing this horrible content.
But you know what? i still don’t support killing people over it. And people who support these actions are why arabs get a bad rap worldwide :(