demagogue

Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate. Get the rich, the greedy, the criminals, the stupid leader and so on ad nauseam.

Religion can only be a means to a set of values cherished by its living adherents. If those values relate only to a past or a presumed afterlife, it is a sign that religion has become a goal serving the ends of a priest or a demagogue and rest of the living are merely tools to serve that end. If it is not to become a fossil, it has to be a living faith serving the cherished values of the living.

If we suggest that it is okay to make fun of everything except certain aspects of Islam because Muslims are much more sensitive than the rest of the population, isn__ that discrimination? Shouldn__ we treat the second-largest religion in France, exactly as we treat the first? It__ time to put an end to the revolting paternalism of the white, middle-class, __eftist_ intellectual trying to coexist with these __oor, subliterate wretches._ _'I__' educated; obviously I get that 'Charlie Hebdo' is a humor newspaper because, first, I__ very intelligent, and second, it__ my culture. But you__ell, you haven__ quite mastered nuanced thinking yet, so I__l express my solidarity by fulminating against Islamaphobic cartoons and pretending not to understand them. I will lower myself to your level to show you that I like you. And if I need to convert to Islam to get even closer to you, I__l do it!_ These pathetic demagogues just have a ravenous need for recognition and a formidable domination fantasy to fulfil.