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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CH was widely regarded by the French as hard left, anti-racist, anti-fascist, equal opportunity "mocker" -- which explains the outpouring of support. It looks like many Americans don't understand, and don't try to understand it, and are rushing to judgment. [/quote]Maybe Westerners just don't understand  female genital mutilation, (which is regarded as pro-female by its proponents/practitioners), and the West is rushing to judgement?

We all see the world through the prisms of our own cultures and experiences.  I can deem CH as sickening while still decrying the slaughter[/quote]

you may find CH cartoons sickening because you do not understand them. most of them are satirical comments on current French events people in the US know nothing about and judge without understanding. the person who wrote the blog in the link poster by OP appears to be in bad faith instead, trying to depict as racists cartoons that are not (and then going on talking about "the Whites" oppressing others and so on).

the cartoon of the monkey with the face of a black woman, that may a racist cartoon without any background, was actually a strongly anti-racist cartoon and a satirical critique of the racism of the Front National party, that had compared a black French cabinet member to a monkey. the cartoon is clearly recognized by French people, who understand the references in the cartoon and its background, as satirical mockery of the racism of the Front National.  I found this post that explains maybe more clearly.  http://67-tardis-street.tumblr.com/post/107589955860/dear-us-followers . the cartoon about the Boko Haram kidnapped girls as welfare queens has a similar origin, put together different issues that were discussed in France, is far from a racist statement that victims of sex crime are happy welfare queens.

I saw many other cartoons that non-French mistook for racists because they did not understand them.  [/quote]

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