Freedom of speech... kind of
Jan. 14th, 2015 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Dieudonne arrested over Facebook post on Paris gunman
French comedian accused of justifying terrorism after linking attacker to tribute slogan by writing ‘I feel like Charlie Coulibaly’
"Prosecutors had opened the case against him on Monday after he wrote “Tonight, as far as I’m concerned, I feel like Charlie Coulibaly” – mixing the slogan “Je suis Charlie”, used in tribute to the journalists killed at magazine Charlie Hebdo, with a reference to gunman Amedy Coulibaly. Dieudonne was arrested on Wednesday."
Now that's what I'm talking about. Seems like free speech does have limits, after all. And where are they? I'm guessing, exactly where "our guys" get offended.
And that's not the end of the story...
French comedian accused of justifying terrorism after linking attacker to tribute slogan by writing ‘I feel like Charlie Coulibaly’
"Prosecutors had opened the case against him on Monday after he wrote “Tonight, as far as I’m concerned, I feel like Charlie Coulibaly” – mixing the slogan “Je suis Charlie”, used in tribute to the journalists killed at magazine Charlie Hebdo, with a reference to gunman Amedy Coulibaly. Dieudonne was arrested on Wednesday."
Now that's what I'm talking about. Seems like free speech does have limits, after all. And where are they? I'm guessing, exactly where "our guys" get offended.
And that's not the end of the story...