tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post1243172743932280249..comments2024-03-21T03:45:48.679-05:00Comments on Enter the Rainbow: Freedom, Humor, and Violence: The Charlie Hebdo MixtureAndy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944614269873479581noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-3383897444364655732015-01-15T12:17:11.231-06:002015-01-15T12:17:11.231-06:00Thank you! Your sentiments echo mine. The violen...Thank you! Your sentiments echo mine. The violence is certainly awful but I've at the same time struggled with "Je Suis Charlie". Because I'm not Charlie Hebdo; nor would I ever be. But, of course, I certainly stand in solidarity with those murdered because of their speech.<br /><br />Freedom of Speech and Expression have never meant you can say anything, anytime, without consequence. You could be boycotted, you could be ridiculed, people who speak poorly of you after you speak poorly of them. Often free-speech is associated with the modern Christian persecution complex (some Christian group spews something hateful, and when they get backlash, they decry free speech; somehow believing it means nobody is entitled to disagree with you, even to the point of boycotting your business or responding to you). But Freedom of speech and expression certainly DO mean that nobody can harm you, shoot you, or even arrest you for saying things that others don't like!<br /><br />John Hamptonnoreply@blogger.com