Thursday, January 8, 2015

Fundamentalists: Get To Drawing...With Ink

If you feel your religion is unfairly depicted, draw it fairly.
If you think a non-Muslim religion is lacking- draw that.
Cartoonists may not have audiences of millions, but they draw what they believe.
In Detroit, we have the largest Muslim and Chaldean population in the U.S.
They aren't always so happy with Christians. Do they open fire on us? No. Of course not.
These American Muslims are as valid and as religious as you. Thankfully, they are not as murderous.
Detroit and Dearborn Muslims aren't always thrilled with the very large Jewish communities in
our immediate vicinity. Do they start shooting at them? They do not.
Are you deaf? You cannot hear what Muslims are saying, so you cannot depict the complaints?
Are you without tongues? You are unable to say publicly what bothers some Muslims unless you
do it at a killing?
You are not deaf. You have tongues. Use your most human facilities. That is what people do,
Are you without art skills?
Are you without imagination?
Are you without critical thinking satirical abilities?
Fundamentalists- you lack none of these things. Find them within yourselves and use them.
Many of you are artists.
Many of you are writers.
So many of you are evaluative thinkers.
When you kill, you do what any brainless brute can do. You further nothing new, nothing truly
generative. You do what you have no right to do, to people doing what is well within their own rights.
Charlie Hebdo is now more beloved than ever. We have you to thank for that, and for insuring
their work will continue. Was that your aim? No? Well, you did achieve it.

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