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French Magazine Mocks Hurricane Harvey Victims, Suggests Neo-Nazis

<p class&equals;"p1">The French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo is being criticized for going too far this time&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1">It&rsquo&semi;s latest cover features an image with Hurricane Harvey victims as neo-Nazis drowning&period; The disturbing imagery is paired with the title&comma; &ldquo&semi;God Exists&excl; He Drowned All the Neo-Nazis of Texas&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1">Hurricane Harvey has devastated several areas of Texas the storm&&num;8217&semi;s four feet of rain caused massive flooding&period; Millions of dollars&comma; with the help of celebrities and businesses&comma; have been raised for the victims of Harvey&period; More than 35 people have died due to the storm&period;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1">While it looks like those in U&period;S&period; have banded together to support those impacted by the Hurricane&comma; Charlie Hebho is instead mocking these victims by labeling them all as neo-Nazis that deserved to be drowned&period;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1">Charlie Hebdo is a magazine known for being controversial&period; Back in 2015&comma; 12 people in the magazine&rsquo&semi;s Paris office were killed by Radical Islamic terrorists for joking about Islam religious leaders&period;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1">Evidently&comma; the magazine&&num;8217&semi;s latest stunt is getting a lot of attention and has been heavily criticized&period;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p4"><span class&equals;"s1">&&num;8220&semi;This Charlie Hebdo cover on the Houston disaster is&comma; even by their standards&comma; absolutely disgusting&comma;&rdquo&semi; tweeted Piers Morgan&comma; British media personality&period;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1">&ldquo&semi;French rag Charlie Hebdo mocks Harvey victims as Neo Nazis&period; Charlie Hebdo makes fun of everyone but Muslims&period; Cowards&comma;&rdquo&semi; tweeted Joe Walsh&comma; radio host and former congressman&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1">&ldquo&semi;An evil&comma; despicable cover&period; Also&comma; the losers at Charlie Hebdo have a God-given right to publish it&comma; &amp&semi; no one has the right to shoot them&comma;&rdquo&semi; tweeted Tiana Lowe&comma; a writer for the <em>National Review&period;<&sol;em><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1">Charlie Hebdo isn&rsquo&semi;t the only publication poking fun at Texas&rsquo&semi; misfortune&period;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1">&ldquo&semi;<em>Politico <&sol;em>cartoonist Matt Wuerker came under fire for a cartoon that mocked Texans as hypocritical&period; The illustration showed a Texan in a shirt sporting the&nbsp&semi;Confederate flag being lifted from&nbsp&semi;the roof of a flooded house&period; On the roof is a&nbsp&semi;sign reading &ldquo&semi;secede&period;&&num;8221&semi; The man celebrates the rescue as &ldquo&semi;Angels&excl; Sent by God&excl;&rdquo&semi; The punchline&colon; &ldquo&semi;Er&comma; actually Coast Guard &hellip&semi; sent by the government&comma;&rdquo&semi; writes <em>The Washington Post&period;<&sol;em> &ldquo&semi;Our colleagues at The Fix called the illustration tone-deaf&comma;&nbsp&semi;writing&nbsp&semi;that&nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;people are still being saved&comma; and it&&num;8217&semi;s making fun of those same people&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1"><em>Politico <&sol;em>was quick to delete the tweet with the cartoon&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><strong>Author&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon; <&sol;strong>Why isn&&num;8217&semi;t there more of an outcry from the public about this&quest; Not only was Texas&&num;8217&semi; misfortune mocked&comma; but the residents were all labeled as Nazis in the illustration&period; Mocking a tragedy like this is absolutely disgusting&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> According to Wikipedia&comma; France has &&num;8220&semi;hate speech&&num;8221&semi; laws to protect against &&num;8220&semi;being defamed or insulted because they belong or do not belong&comma; in fact or in fancy&comma; to an ethnicity&comma; a nation&comma; a race&comma; a religion&comma; a sex&comma; or a sexual orientation&comma; or because they have a handicap&period;&&num;8221&semi; And yet it is OK to insult the victims of hurricane&comma; kicking them when they are down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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