Today’s offerings are no exception:
https://twitter.com/JoyceCarolOates/status/553600501330104321
https://twitter.com/JoyceCarolOates/status/553600866746257409
Do Nazi caricatures of Jews–ugly, animalistic, virulent–qualify as "satire"? Racist depictions of American black slaves in 19th century?
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) January 9, 2015
Let’s think about that for a minute:
@JoyceCarolOates last time I checked #charliehebdo didn't have an armed wing murdering people. That belongs to the guys you're excusing.
— Leon (@sweatandlies) January 9, 2015
Bingo.
https://twitter.com/JoyceCarolOates/status/553601684933332992
Is it, now?
@JoyceCarolOates No, it isn't.
— Joel Kimball (@joelkimball) January 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/jkirchick/status/553624495815421953
@JoyceCarolOates No it's not. Delicate for you, maybe.
— chuck b. (@back40feet) January 9, 2015
@JoyceCarolOates Actually it isn't. The line is drawn where one ACTS to the harm of another. See how easy that is?
— ParsingAmerica (@NoChromeHD) January 9, 2015
Why is this so difficult for her to understand?
https://twitter.com/ordha/status/553604588079968257
@ordha I really don't think you have seen the cartoons I saw. I'm sorry–they were anti-Muslim & misogynist. You would not defend them.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) January 9, 2015
What Oates doesn’t seem to be grasping here is that Charlie Hebdo is an equal-opportunity offender.
@JoyceCarolOates So what? They were equal opportunity offensive. Freedom of speech includes speech that upsets your delicate sensibilities.
— Farbrook (@dutchindian) January 9, 2015
Recommended
Muslims weren’t singled out by the magazine for ridicule. But the magazine was singled out by radical Islamic murderers.
https://twitter.com/wynstonsmyth/status/553618811228651520
Point? Only the one on top of her head.
Joyce Carol Oates musing onwhether Charlie Hedbo was guilty of a satirical hate crime and thus invited massacre is pretty fucking sickening
— The 12,000 Dollar Man (@JoshThorne) January 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/mcmoynihan/status/553622488631218176
So @JoyceCarolOates has the courage to wonder if murdered cartoonists she's utterly unfamiliar with may have been guilty of "hate crimes."
— Matt Welch (@MattWelch) January 9, 2015
.@JoyceCarolOates The distinction you don't make is between those satirizing hate and those who hate. But take your time. #CharlieHebdo
— CCwriter?? (@ccwriter) January 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/ordha/status/553616177226735616
Let’s apply Joyce’s line of thinking to another situation, shall we?
I didn't think the victim should be raped – until I saw her outfit. Provocative, no doubt.
— subtextny (@subtextny) January 9, 2015
See how ridiculous that sounds?
https://twitter.com/jkirchick/status/553625271170240513
Why don't you just go with "thought crime" since that's what you're really thinking, you ghoul. https://t.co/GwLuVoCJqx @JoyceCarolOates
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 9, 2015
But let her be clear:
@ordha Have said repeatedly that freedom of expression takes precedence over our particular likes & dislikes. Obviously.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) January 9, 2015
Except when it comes to radical Islam, right?
This is what abject fear of Islam looks like. RT @MattWelch: Not kidding: https://t.co/SN1qfQQf3B
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) January 9, 2015
Fear — and utter idiocy.
Didn’t expect the very hottest of this week’s hot takes about Hebdo to come from Joyce Carol Oates
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) January 9, 2015
You’re a fucking writer! http://t.co/Dev1Xtbfic
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/NoThoughtsHere/status/553629049600610304
@JoyceCarolOates you're an idiot
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) January 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/AnthonyHaff/status/553624883432026115
This is devastatingly stupid. No. No, a cartoon is never a "hate crime." https://t.co/nfl5FR7oqR
— Oscar Tshiebwe for President (@TylerBennett248) January 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/songinthenite/status/553627367193993217
Good manners shouldn't be legislated and bad manners don't deserve a death penalty. Derp. Talking to you @JoyceCarolOates
— Kelly (@flyoverangel) January 9, 2015
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