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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]Separate from the discussion of the killing in Paris -- and maybe this needs its own thread -- but is anyone bothered by how Muslims are portrayed in the cartoons? I emphasize that no matter how distasteful I might find the drawings, the magazine still has the right to publish them and there is absolutely no justification for the killings. But, that said, the drawings I've seen emphasize Semitic features such as long noses, etc. If these drawing were depicting Jews, I am fairly certain they would be criticized as anti-Semitic. In that case, I don't think we would be seeing such strong defenses of freedom of expression as we are now seeing. I suggest that we might want to distinguish between the artists -- whose rights we support -- and the art -- which I personally am not sure I want to defend.
[/quote]To this date, only a couple of people in DCUM have vehemently protested the posters, magazines, and websites of African Americans with unrealistic large lips, noses unusually wide, and other physical features along with ridiculous adornments to emphasize the cartoons.  The President is the usual target  but guaranteed there is not one AA who doesn't take offense.  However, I hear or see no protests against those who find it amusing or in some cases a belief that this factually represents African Americans.

I consider you a fair moderator but I don't think I've ever heard your outrage over this depiction of African Americans.  Apology in advance if I missed your indignation.[/quote]

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