Charlie Hebdo shocks (once again) with cover portraying Hurricane Harvey victims as neo-Nazis
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is in hot water yet again after publishing a cartoon showing Hurricane Harvey victims as neo-Nazis.
Charlie Hebdo is making headlines once again. This time for its portrayal of the victims of Hurricane Harvey which has devastated parts of Texas over the past week, leaving at least 44 dead.
"God exists! He's drowned all the neo-Nazis of Texas!" reads the text, which accompanies a cartoon by Charlie Hebdo editor Laurent "Riss" Sourisseau showing drowning bodies doing the Nazi salute while flags adorned with swastikas provide the backdrop.
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An evil, despicable cover. Also, the losers at Charlie Hebdo have a God-given right to publish it, & no one has the right to shoot them pic.twitter.com/isOVjkXPR0
— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) August 30, 2017
Unsurprisingly, the cover of the issue, which hit stands on Thursday, has led to a social media storm, with Americans turning on the satirical magazine.
In Texas, 52.6 percent of people voted for Donald Trump, who provoked an outcry earlier in August when he condemned far-right and anti-fascist demonstrators in equal measure after violence erupted during a white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Journalists, actors and politicians alike took to Twitter to condemn the cover.
This Charlie Hebdo cover on the Houston disaster is, even by their standards, absolutely disgusting.https://t.co/iaIReTHlnV pic.twitter.com/BMHpXCqAnS
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 31, 2017
So much for "Je Suis Charlie," I guess... #CharlieHebdo #FrenchTraitors pic.twitter.com/tRc6f2np0M
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) August 31, 2017
Hey @Charlie_Hebdo_
This is from #Texas and the rest of us freedom loving Americans. ❤️???#HurricaneHarvey #ThursdayThoughts #MAGA pic.twitter.com/QL6bzvHPO3
— Carrie ❤️Merica ?? (@carrieksada) August 31, 2017
Was going to go off on Charlie Hebdo for that sick Texas cover.
But then I realized that's what they want. Fuck you. I'm not sharing it
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) August 31, 2017
Charlie Hebdo, provocateurs, ran a cover cheering the Houston flood, because only NAZIS live in Texas, and only NAZIS got killed. Sapristi. pic.twitter.com/XUecsTNQf0
— Ronald L. Smith (@smithronaldl) August 31, 2017
The magazine last drew headlines as recently as August 23rd for a front cover that portrayed Muslims in a provocative manner in the wake of the Barcelona terrorist attack.
That edition of the magazine, which was targeted by Islamist gunmen in 2015, showed two people lying in a pool of blood having been run over by a van next to the words "Islam, eternal religion of peace."
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- Charlie Hebdo publishes provocative Islam cartoon in wake of Barcelona attack
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An evil, despicable cover. Also, the losers at Charlie Hebdo have a God-given right to publish it, & no one has the right to shoot them pic.twitter.com/isOVjkXPR0
— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) August 30, 2017
This Charlie Hebdo cover on the Houston disaster is, even by their standards, absolutely disgusting.https://t.co/iaIReTHlnV pic.twitter.com/BMHpXCqAnS
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 31, 2017
So much for "Je Suis Charlie," I guess... #CharlieHebdo #FrenchTraitors pic.twitter.com/tRc6f2np0M
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) August 31, 2017
Hey @Charlie_Hebdo_
— Carrie ❤️Merica ?? (@carrieksada) August 31, 2017
This is from #Texas and the rest of us freedom loving Americans. ❤️???#HurricaneHarvey #ThursdayThoughts #MAGA pic.twitter.com/QL6bzvHPO3
Was going to go off on Charlie Hebdo for that sick Texas cover.
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) August 31, 2017
But then I realized that's what they want. Fuck you. I'm not sharing it
Charlie Hebdo, provocateurs, ran a cover cheering the Houston flood, because only NAZIS live in Texas, and only NAZIS got killed. Sapristi. pic.twitter.com/XUecsTNQf0
— Ronald L. Smith (@smithronaldl) August 31, 2017
The magazine last drew headlines as recently as August 23rd for a front cover that portrayed Muslims in a provocative manner in the wake of the Barcelona terrorist attack.
That edition of the magazine, which was targeted by Islamist gunmen in 2015, showed two people lying in a pool of blood having been run over by a van next to the words "Islam, eternal religion of peace."
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