'Shut up already': Catholic League's Bill Donohue offers 'idiotic' take on terrorist attacks

Sarah D. | 5:56 PM on January 07, 2015

Looking for a thoughtful take on today’s horrific, deadly terrorist attack on Parisian journalists? Don’t look at the Catholic League’s Bill Donohue:

https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/552950172180041729

Oh, he blew it, all right:

Killing in response to insult, no matter how gross, must be unequivocally condemned. That is why what happened in Paris cannot be tolerated. But neither should we tolerate the kind of intolerance that provoked this violent reaction.

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While some Muslims today object to any depiction of the Prophet, others do not. Moreover, visual representations of him are not proscribed by the Koran. What unites Muslims in their anger againstCharlie Hebdo is the vulgar manner in which Muhammad has been portrayed. What they object to is being intentionally insulted over the course of many years. On this aspect, I am in total agreement with them.

Stephane Charbonnier, the paper’s publisher, was killed today in the slaughter. It is too bad that he didn’t understand the role he played in his tragic death. In 2012, when asked why he insults Muslims, he said, “Muhammad isn’t sacred to me.” Had he not been so narcissistic, he may still be alive. Muhammad isn’t sacred to me, either, but it would never occur to me to deliberately insult Muslims by trashing him.

Oh, and did we mention Donohue’s headline?

Unbe-freaking-lievable.

https://twitter.com/MikeRiggs/status/552940489646047232

The short skirt defense RT @andylevy: bill donohue, ladies and gentlemen http://t.co/pXyoLzHaoW

(via @mcmoynihan) http://t.co/eYRbMuTbrb

— David Horton (@JohnPSquibob) January 7, 2015

To make everything worse, here's Bill Donohue's reaction to the slaughter in Paris http://t.co/yzOnfIKNf2 #CharlieHebdo #JeSuisCharlie

— secularright (@secularright) January 7, 2015