-By Warner Todd Huston
Ed Morrissey reminded me today that I wanted to say something about this foolish cave in to Islam perpetrated by the Charlie Hebdo magazine folks. And the long and short of it is that the people running this magazine are proof that modern liberalism is venal, ignorant, stupid, and evil and should be eschewed by any logical, caring, thinking person.
The whole world came to the side of the Charlie Hebdo folks after Muslims came and killed 12 members of the magazine’s staff. These 12 people were murdered because the magazine indulged in the ages old western right of freedom of speech without which we simply cannot have a growing, dynamic western culture.
These 12 people were murdered because they dared to make fun of the “Prophet” Mohammad–hate and death be upon his name. Immediately after the murders the remaining staff of Charlie Hebdo said that they were not going to back down and that their freedom of speech was sacrosanct.
That was as it should be, of course. If they would have stuck with that they should have everyone’s respect. No westerner should succumb to what is known as the “assassin’s veto.” Meaning that a killer will have the final word through his threat of murder thereby shutting down free expression.
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Charlie Hebdo: A Perfect Example of Why Liberals Should be Hated”