Je Suis Charlie, Part 2

No, Tlaib is not a victim

Uh-oh. Islamic terrorists and their defenders are getting offended by cartoons again!

On January 7, 2015, two al-Qaeda terrorists walked into the Paris headquarters of the French satirical tabloid Charlie Hebdo and murdered 12 people. The gunmen shouted, “Allahu akbar,” which means “God is great.”

The terrorists and their backers were offended by the magazine’s cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, including a cover image. Depicting that guy is forbidden in Islam.

None of the victims were Muslims. They lived in one of the great multicultural cities of the world. And the terrorists didn’t care.

In reaction to the gruesome terror attack, many people in the West took up a rallying cry: “Je suis Charlie,” meaning “I am Charlie.”

It was another way of saying, “I support free speech. I will not submit to religious fascists who want to control what I say and think. I am not afraid.”

Now, almost a decade later, a lot of people have already forgotten that lesson.