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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUltra-Orthodox Jewish Newspaper Edits Female World Leaders Out of Charlie Hebdo Photo
The image that ran on the front page of the Israeli newspaper The Announcer edited two female world leaders out of the image, originally provided by wire service GPO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. A third woman in a blue scarf who we cant identify was also photoshopped out.
The original photo is below:
And heres the papers version of it, screencapped by Walla.com. Merkel and Mystery Woman are gone completely, while Mogherini was simply cropped out of the photo:
More details at http://www.mediaite.com/online/ultra-orthodox-jewish-newspaper-edits-female-world-leaders-out-of-charlie-hebdo-march/
Fearless
(18,421 posts)progressoid
(50,000 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Photoshopping out women IS offensive.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)She was the fucking SoS, for christ's sake.
progressoid
(50,000 posts)It's not lower status. It's NO status.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)have freedom of speech/press.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Fearless
(18,421 posts)It may be within their rights to do so, but it is still extraordinarily despicable.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Everybody isn't going to like or agree with what is said, and defend or not.
I personally don't care about the Jewish newspaper. I am not an orthodox or any stripe of the Jewish faith. I will leave any boycotting or whatever to the Jewish community.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)To summarize... anti-feminism is bullshit.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Matariki
(18,775 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)You're right.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Hekate
(90,858 posts)Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Just amusing. No need to get all huffy.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)We've already asserted the universal right to "freedom of the press"--including its right to do stupid or offensive, or even lying, things. So some itsy ultra-conservative Orthodox newspaper did this. I think Charlie Hebdo needs to make a cartoon about it.
But in the end, no one was killed. So I'm not sure what the interesting point to be made here is. It's certainly not: ooh, look ... some newspaper picture is the equivalent of murdering terrorists and their organizations. Both Jihadists and Ultra-Orthodox (and many Fundamentalist Christians) have bad ideology. It's about murdering at the behest of that ideology that's the issue. That didn't happen with this picture.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)The ones who averred that they were feminist freedom fighters who could never condone a religion that considered women to be 2nd class citizens.
This is definitely not over anyone being killed.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I despise religions that consider women lesser than men.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Hekate
(90,858 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)...but they hacked off the arm of the guy next to her. Ridiculous.
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)tkmorris
(11,138 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)the part of this paper as utterly bogus bullshit?
Gotta give fundamentalist zealots of all stripes points for consistency - they all seem to consider women as something less than the dirt under their shoes. Fuck anyone who possesses this mindset.
brooklynite
(94,789 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)ladjf
(17,320 posts)brooklynite
(94,789 posts)Guess you have to draw the line somewhere.
redgreenandblue
(2,088 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)Doesn't mean I have to agree with it or read the rag.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)They did this once before with a photo of Hillary Clinton. I'm sick and tired of all religious fundamentalists.
Behind the Aegis
(54,007 posts)At least we can criticize these asshole religious fundamentalists, and those of the Westboro "Church", but there are some beyond criticism.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I saw this story yesterday and rolled my eyes then.
Behind the Aegis
(54,007 posts)Of course, it has spawned yet ANOTHER thread. You surprised?!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Because this is the exact same thing that happened in Paris last week
progressoid
(50,000 posts)I did a quick search but didn't find any other threads. But I used Google; probably should have used the advanced search I guess.
I actually ran across this on a photography website, traced it to Mediate and thought it a suitable DU post.
Ilsa
(61,705 posts)Might as well be Taliban with this attitude.
Marr
(20,317 posts)I've recently learned that anyone who does something untoward is, by definition, not acting as a member of a religion.