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28. Was Charlie Hebdo persecuted? Did its attackers enjoy the privilege of violence?

Wed May 20, 2015, 07:49 PM

May 2015

You are deliberately trying to avoid facing the very good question Douthat is raising.

But I understand: it's soo comfortable to wallow in the certitude that Islam = minority = no privilege = must be defended. And that people wary of Islam = haters = Geller lovers.

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Checking Charlie Hebdo’s Privilege (Douthat, NYT) [View all] Yorktown May 2015 OP

religionists are the most privliged class on the planet. they commit wholesale murder and the victim msongs May 2015 #1

Yup. Charlie Hebdo, Geller, Jylland Posten, they all got blamed Yorktown May 2015 #2

Devastating turnaround of Trudeau's critique, right back at him. trotsky May 2015 #3

Breaking News, just in Yorktown May 2015 #4

Which other rightwingers do you suggest we read? rug May 2015 #16

Does an argument validity depend on who says it? Yorktown May 2015 #26

Apparently. rug May 2015 #35

Question about the alert you posted Yorktown May 2015 #39

Not quite. It depends on how it's used. rug May 2015 #60

Ross Douthat? Really? cbayer May 2015 #5

But cbayer, you have no problem with the anti-abortion and anti-gay rhetoric of the pope. trotsky May 2015 #6

But that's totally different. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #7

And also... trotsky May 2015 #8

I don't agree with... MellowDem May 2015 #9

This guy is a hypocrite when it comes to religious privilege. cbayer May 2015 #10

I agree the guy is a hypocrite... MellowDem May 2015 #13

Agree about broken clocks. The danger is in thinking they cbayer May 2015 #14

Was Charlie Hebdo persecuted? Did its attackers enjoy the privilege of violence? Yorktown May 2015 #28

May your time here be brief. cbayer May 2015 #31

You are the gold standard of tolerance Yorktown May 2015 #32

I was just asked to serve on a Jury for this post edhopper May 2015 #41

I laughed and voted to leave it pintobean May 2015 #42

Yeah edhopper May 2015 #43

Apparently the jury saw fit to leave it. cbayer May 2015 #47

What is a just blacklist? edhopper May 2015 #55

I have a blacklist of people who are not permitted to serve on juries cbayer May 2015 #58

Thanks edhopper May 2015 #61

It's unlikely you would need it, but it's available to you if you wanted it. cbayer May 2015 #64

You mean like grownups who brag about laughing at other people's religions? trotsky May 2015 #63

In case anyone asks, I did not 'alert' over any of cbayer's posts Yorktown May 2015 #50

Well I, for one edhopper May 2015 #56

Thanks. Yorktown May 2015 #59

I guess he's not "lovable", like Ben Carson is. Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #11

Oh, please. If you can't distinguish between a person in a movie cbayer May 2015 #12

2 serving 0 Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #18

Surely, you are better than this. cbayer May 2015 #20

3 serving 0 Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #29

I am finished with you. Please feel free to let me know if you want to cbayer May 2015 #30

Well fucking done. n/t trotsky May 2015 #40

That was so hot. I'm in love with you Heddi May 2015 #57

Don't forget to give him some green stamps. trotsky May 2015 #62

Right wing! Right Wing! rug May 2015 #15

As long as it's not a right chicken wing, lol! cbayer May 2015 #17

Hitler was a vegetarian too! rug May 2015 #19

And adorable!! What a coincidence. cbayer May 2015 #21

Hitler was all for EMP weapons. rug May 2015 #22

Oh, yeah, well did Hitler lose a couple of teeth during a campaign breakfast cbayer May 2015 #23

Hitler had terrible teeth. rug May 2015 #24

OMG, I think Hitler and Ben Carson might be the same person! cbayer May 2015 #25

I'll ask around. rug May 2015 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author rug May 2015 #37

Chomsky recently said the NYT is the world's best newspaper Yorktown May 2015 #27

It's the Aubusson of bird-cage liners. okasha May 2015 #33

Which means? Yorktown May 2015 #34

That she shares an opinion with Ann Coulter. n/t trotsky May 2015 #44

Does it mean okasha leans RW? Yorktown May 2015 #45

It means there is a disgusting RWer that she agrees with on at least one particular item. trotsky May 2015 #46

Hypocritical criticisms? Here? In the 'Religion' forum? Yorktown May 2015 #48

LOL trotsky May 2015 #49

Well, i'll tell you the only thing I think I learnt so far here: Yorktown May 2015 #51

... Fix The Stupid May 2015 #53

Hypocritical? Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #54

Trudeau's speech is far more thought provoking than anything in Douthat's attempted rebuttal. Jim__ May 2015 #38

Yet "privileged" and "non-privileged" only make sense in context. trotsky May 2015 #52