But Charlie Hebdo was indeed Islamophobic trash, John

Link to Charlie Hebdo Magazine

John, I did do a background check on this cynical and nihilistic Charlie Hebdo magazine group in France. They did not belong to any great journalistic tradition, falling below American junk news tabloids in standards of accuracy and decency.

One comment rings true for this socialist- not interested in maliciously offending one fourth of the human population: "Charlie Hebdo wrote and drew about many issues but lost many readers over recent years because of its Islamophobia and racist content."

All the socialists with whom I associate completely reject terrorism as a sane political strategy. But we won't idealize these hateful New Atheist types, on the left or on the right.

And a lot of phony cant phrases in that huge demonstration in Paris. "Free Speech?" As American historian Howard Zinn points out in his "People's History of the United States," capitalist ownership of the news media tends to smother the free speech of ordinary people and nearly all third parties. I should know. I was a presidential elector for the Socialist Workers Party here in Rhode Island in 1980 and 1976. And a presidential elector for the American Communist Party way back in 1972.

Red Eye Radio is always unmasking sinister socialist plots-hatched even in the White House! But they never let any socialists speak for themselves.

Ron Ruggieri, Cranston

To: John DePetro <john@630wpro.com>