Charlie Hebdo Editor Rejects Pamela Geller Comparisons: ‘She Is Obsessed by Islam’
Sunday night's shooting at the art show in Garland, Texas, restarted many of the same debates about free speech and the dangers of cross-cultural provocations that took place in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in January. But in a discussion today, the French satirical magazine's editor-in-chief Gérard Biard and its film critic Jean-Baptiste Thoret distanced themselves from the cartoon exhibit and its organizer, Pamela Geller.
Speaking with Suzanne Nossel, the executive director of PEN American Center, the Charlie Hebdo pair stressed that their job was to start a global debate while those hosting the Garland show simply aimed to provoke.
"Comparing this Pamela Geller thing and Charlie Hebdo is nonsense," Thoret said. "It's an anti-Islamic movement, and she said it's an anti-Islamic movement, fighting against what she called the Islamization of the U.S. Maybe there is just one thing in common: You can't mess with Texas, you can't mess with Charlie Hebdo."
The Charlie Hebdo team, Biard said, simply aims to "comment on the news."
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