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Posted on 01/12/2015 8:53:42 AM PST by Freelance Warrior
Paris (AFP) - French prosecutors said Monday they were investigating notorious comedian Dieudonne for "inciting terrorism" with his Facebook comment
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"Tonight, as far as I'm concerned, I feel like Charlie Coulibaly", the comedian wrote, playing the expression "Je suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie") off a reference to Friday's kosher supermarket attacker Amedy Coulibaly.
"Je suis Charlie" was adopted as the rallying cry following shootings at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in which 12 people died.
Coulibaly killed four hostages in the kosher supermarket seige, after murdering a police officer Thursday.
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The comedian made his controversial Facebook post after attending Sunday's unity march against extremism that brought more than 1.5 million people on to the streets of Paris in the wake of the attacks.
Dieudonne described the march -- considered the biggest rally in modern French history -- as "a magical moment comparable to the big-bang".
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Not any more.
Probed?
Well, that's the original title by a Yahoo News' editor.
“Probed?”
They’re French.
Where’s the quip?
With a reach around.
"I'm Charlie" - well, I think, everyone knows what it is from the news.
The phrase by Dieudonne "I feel like Charlie Coulibaly" is meant to be the quip.
Well, yes, but it doesn't make him a criminal if France adheres to the freedom of speech.
They were marching for “freedom of speech” and “freedom of expression” in the streets of Paris yesterday....NOT.
Heck, Brigitte Bardot, a national icon has been repeatedly fined for saying the wrong things about Islam and immigration in France.
Political correctness is in firm control and if they continue on this route the Hollande’s and Sarkozy’s of French politics will have Marine Le Pen set up to win the next presidential election.
It would the equivalent of a celeb in the U.S. saying ‘I am Mohammed Atta’ shortly after 9/11.
:: Isn’t freedom of speech meant for anybody? ::
Sure, as long as that speech can be proffered from a keyboard behind an IP address somewhere in the interwebz.
Je suis Charlie?
Non!
Nous sommes tous des clavier-lâches.
I move that his name be changed to Diabledonne
I’ve heard the French police have larger probes than their US counterparts. Does anyone know if that’s true?
Apparently not.
Yes, but would the US police authorities start a criminal investigation because of this?
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