Atrocities of the week
2015-01-07 16:59:37.80571+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Yesterday, the NAACP office in Colorado Springs was bombed. Let's not mince around with "improvised explosive device" and "outside the NAACP office". And why should we not mince around?
This morning, gunmen claming to be from Al Qaeda killed 12 people at the headquarters of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. What is Charlie Hebdo, the provocative satirical magazine attacked by gunmen in Paris?
Back in 2012, White House spokesman Jay Carney pulled his punches:
"We know that these images will be deeply offensive to many and have the potential to be inflammatory. But we've spoken repeatedly about the importance of upholding the freedom of expression that is enshrined in our constitution," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.
"In other words, we don't question the right of something like this to be published, we just question the judgment behind the decision to publish it."
Don't fucking victim blame. Don't pull your goddamned punches when defending rights.