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Yorktown

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4. Well done

Reply to MellowDem (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2015, 06:56 PM

Jun 2015

Hemant Mehta puts it well:

Good for her. That’s not an easy letter to write, but she deserves credit for admitting she jumped on the anti-free-speech bandwagon at a time when we needed courageous voices supporting the rights of Charlie Hebdo more than ever.

Let’s hope others follow in her footsteps.

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Novelist admits she was wrong to oppose Charlie Hebdo award [View all] MellowDem Jun 2015 OP

Key takeaway: trotsky Jun 2015 #1

Indeed nil desperandum Jun 2015 #2

SOME folks here REALLY need to understand and grok this. AtheistCrusader Jun 2015 #3

Well done Yorktown Jun 2015 #4