January 14, 2015
WHO'D HAVE EXPECTED THE FRENCH TO BE PHONY?:
French Government Can't Take a Joke, Either (Leonid Bershidsky, 1/14/15, Bloomberg View)
You know how the photos of dignitaries, with French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel leading an anti-terrorist march through the streets of Paris were a cynical fake, produced in a sealed-off alley, with security guards impersonating a crowd of demonstrators? Well, France's commitment to "liberte," the freedom of expression for which staffers at the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo died, is just as phony.Today, French police arrested the anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala for "advocating terrorism." [...]Like the other 53 people arrested for hate speech in France since the Paris terror attack, Dieudonne did not wield a gun -- he just typed words on a keyboard.
Posted by Orrin Judd at January 14, 2015 1:10 PM
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