Blasphemy is more than frowned upon, it's a taboo. As a civilized society, people are ostracized for any offense that goes against the norm. Yet, as freedom of speech, everyone should have the right to blaspheme and society should be aware that a society's liberty is not proportional to the quantity of blasphemy is produces. Charlie Hebdo's deadly consequences emphasizes these points. What we realize is that, if a large group of people are willing to kill you for saying something, then it's something that almost certainly needs to be said. If we fall for these murderers, we are allowing them to show that violence has power over liberal civilization. In this sense, we must reconsider the voices criticizing the editor of Charlie Hedbo who provoked violence by being needlessly offensive when really they were promoting liberalism and provoking precisely because of the violence. At times like this, we must strike a blow for freedom even if he means it might get you slaughtered.
The author of this editorial, Ross Douthat, is very effective in defending his position. Although its great controversy, the Charlie Hebdo Massacre is very well explained by Douthat. He does an excellent job defending his claim and supporting them with evidences. Overall, his assurance and boldness made me agree with his position. The article was very straightforward and Douthat does an amazing job at proposing his position.
http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/the-blasphemy-we-need/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Opinion&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body
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