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From the Left
Paris terrorists aimed at freedom of expression, we must defend itThe primary victims of the terrorist outrage in Paris on Wednesday are the 12 people who were shot dead and several others who were wounded. This would be an unspeakable atrocity regardless of the motives that drove masked gunmen to attack the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
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Cartoonist Ted Rall remembers Charlie Hebdo's martyrs for free speech
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From the Right
Will we ever learn? Obama White House can't admit Paris attacks 'Islamic terrorismThey shouted in Arabic “Allahu Akbar” (Allah is Greatest) and “We are avenging the Prophet Mohammed” as they sprayed their victims with hundreds of bullets from their semi-automatic weapons.
Their “victims” were the top editorial cartoonists of the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine, who had dared to practice their right of free speech. Their offense? Publishing cartoons deemed “offensive”
From the Left
Rieder: Charlie Hebdo goes on, and that mattersCharlie Hebdo will not go away. And in the wake of unspeakably hideous tragedy, that's very good news.
The attack Wednesday that killed 12 members of the staff, including editorial director Stephane Charbonnier, was bad enough. Allowing the thugs who carried out the massacre to kill the French satirical weekly would have been catastrophic.
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