10 Insane Right-Wing Reactions to the Charlie Hebdo Massacre

http://www.alternet.org/world/10-insane-right-wing-reactions-charlie-hebdo-massacre



1. Eric Bolling at Foxseized the opportunity to urge an immediate ramping up of the police state, criticize New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and urge more racial profiling.

2. Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, sided with the shooters, and blamed the “narcissism" of Charlie Hebdo’s cartoonists. "Muslims are right to be angry," his statement the day of the shooting read. He went after the satirical publication's history of offending the world's religiously devout, including non-Muslims. The murdered Charlie Hebdo editor Stephane Charbonnier "didn’t understand the role he played in his [own] tragic death," Donohue said, setting up his perfect frame for blaming the victim. "Had [Charbonnier] not been so narcissistic, he may still be alive." He goes on to condemn the killings, but jeez! Does it really matter at that point?

3. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham used the occasion to fan the flames of a Crusades-like religious war. What a great idea! "It's not an attack on our homeland, but it's definitely an attack on our way of life," Graham told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. "There’s a perfect storm brewing to have this country hit again."

4. Fox News’ “military expert” Tom McInerney blamed political correctness and progressive thinking in general. "Political correctness is killing us, this is a prime example," he said on the air. "Look, our own president says that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is not Islamic. Please!" […] For extra measure, he also called Mayor de Blasio a “communist, who is trying to disarm the police."