Charlie Hebdo makes headlines again: (mis)using Queen of England?

[stvdv]

- The cartoon is stoopid.

I would say the cartoon is not aesthetic, I think it's rather ugly ... not my style

- The Queen is irrelevant.

Don't tell her that, she might show you a side of her, you never could have expected

- Markel seems a professional victim, milking
her newly crafted fame for a political career.

Maybe, maybe not. But she got the press running again, reverse direction

- Harry is one of those people....a ginger.

I don't know ... it's interesting to see how this will play out with Harry ... lots of new opportunities.... first First Lady Gentleman

 

[TagliatelliMonster]

I kind of get the idea about making jokes (something i did not understand before)
It is not about hurting others, it is about opening the eyes of people,
I remember reacting with anger when the Muhammad drawings was out, but actually why should i get angry? it was not about me, nor is this new magazine with its jokes. So maybe this magazine only trying to use "extreme" points to gain a more open society?

Yes.

Ridicule is a very powerful tool for learning, raising awareness and illumination of ideas.
So it is an excellent medium to communicate.

CH is news. Its style is satire. But it pretty much reports the same stories you see on other channels.
So here, you have reporting on Meghan b!tchin about the royal family, and the cartoon is the satirical expression of what she said.

To me it is no different from those artists on the streets of Paris, who'll draw a caricature portret of you. People don't get mad at them, do they?
How is the CH cartoon different? It's a caricature of the picture Harry and Meghan presented to Oprah.

 

[Kooky]

Je suis Charlie.

I, too, have occasionally attracted people's ire with bad drawings and jokes in poor taste.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I, too, have occasionally attracted people's ire with bad drawings and jokes in poor taste.

I don't really think there's was in poor taste.

 

[Kooky]

I don't really think there's was in poor taste.

All humor is fundamentally subjective in nature.
At least, that's what I keep telling myself.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

All humor is fundamentally subjective in nature.
At least, that's what I keep telling myself.

Well, that is basically the truth of it. I myself greatly enjoy some comedians that many on the Left don't. Like Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle (though it's been a long time since I've thought he's done anything funny, even before he angered the LGBT community). Jeff Dunham is another.