About that "context" (re: Charlie Hebdo)

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7. Reality and Perception

[font style="font-family:papyrus,'Brush Script MT','Infindel B',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Whether or not they are racist or homophobic or ect. depend upon the intent and purpose of the artist/magazine.

Whether the context justifies you changing your opinion of them, depends solely upon your own judgement and evaluation. To which, you are correct in calling it subjective.

The nature of something, and how it is perceived can be very different things.

Unless we can go back in time and read the minds of the victims, we can never truly know their intent; and so are left with dueling opinions.

But then, it is more complicated than that. The people we are discussing were all victims of a mass murder. To see victims of such a tragedy vilified does not go down well with many; especially if one feels that such criticism is unfair or wrong.

What seems as mere disagreement to you, can seem like you are hand waving away evidence of the innocence of victims to others...which can easily rub people the wrong way. [/font]