Er whos the threat to free speech again...? Vox got no threats for posting Charlie Hebdo cartoons, dozens for covering Islamophobia 15-01-2015: ...Writers at Vox have indeed been bombarded with threats for our Charlie Hebdo coverage. But not one of those threats has come from a Muslim or in response to publishing anti-Islam cartoons. Revealingly, they have rather all come from non-Muslims furious at our articles criticizing Islamophobia. Though we do enjoy a readership among Muslims inside and outside of the United States, some of whom have not hesitated to express displeasure or worse at our coverage of stories such as the Israel-Palestine conflict, none has seen the Charlie Hebdo cartoons as worth sending an angry email or even an annoyed tweet, much less a threat of violence. Our coverage of Islamophobia has brought a very different response. Articles decrying anti-Muslim bigotry and attacks on mosques have been met with dozens of threats on email and social media. The most common states a desire that jihadist militants will murder the offending writer: a recent email hoped that Muslims will behead you one day so that we will never have to read your trash again. Some directly threaten violence themselves, or imply it with statements such as May you rot in hell.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 02:25:46 +0000
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