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<p><em>Charlie Hebdo </em>is the most provocative, controversial voice in French media. But it may have finally gone too far with its latest cover.</p>
<p>The cover of <a href="http://web2store.mlp.fr/produit.aspx?edi_code=4icNPDj7GcY=&amp;tit_code=z7YC/LWpJ68=">this week’s magazine</a> features the headline “God Exists! He Drowned All the Neo-Nazis of Texas.” It’s accompanied by an illustration of flags with swastikas submerged in water and hands giving the Nazi salute.</p>
<p>This image is a not-so-veiled reference to <a href="http://observer.com/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-corporations-donating-philanthropy/">Hurricane Harvey</a>, which has killed 38 people and left thousands homeless.</p>
<p>There is no evidence that any of the storm’s victims were neo-Nazis. The cover and caption are more likely framing the hurricane as punishment for the recent <a href="http://observer.com/2017/08/charlottesville-facebook-removes-racist-pages/">white supremacist violence</a> in Charlottesivlle, Va. President Donald Trump has been criticized for not directly condemning the “Unite the Right” rally, even after one of the participants <a href="http://observer.com/2017/08/okcupid-bans-white-supremacist-charlottesville/">killed</a> counter-protester Heather Heyer.</p>
<p>Another reason for the cover is that Trump <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/charlie-hebdo-cover-god-exists-drowned-neo-nazis-texas-657218">won Texas</a> in the 2016 election (though Harris County, where Houston is located, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/texas?mcubz=0">voted for Hillary Clinton</a>).</p>
<p>The cover was widely condemned—even by the publication’s fans. Several commenters on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CharlieHebdoOfficiel/photos/a.106706332685847.10430.106626879360459/1647025135320618/?type=3&amp;theater">the magazine’s Facebook page</a> wrote that the cover was heartless.</p>
<p>“Always the same fucking joke,” one person wrote. “It’s a big bust.”</p>
<p>“So laughing at everything means losing all compassion,” another commenter added. “What about all those who are not neo-Nazis and have lost their homes?”</p>
<p><em>Charlie Hebdo </em>is no stranger to controversy. The magazine is infamous for publishing cartoons that <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/charlie-hebdo-cover-god-exists-drowned-neo-nazis-texas-657218">depict the prophet Muhammad</a>—such images are <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/04/living/islam-prophet-images/index.html">taboo for Muslims</a>. Its offices were firebombed in 2011 after one such cover.</p>
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</div><p>And of course, <em>Charlie Hebdo</em> got international attention in January 2015, when two gunmen <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/charlie-hebdo-cover-god-exists-drowned-neo-nazis-texas-657218">attacked</a> the magazine’s headquarters in Paris and killed 12 people, including the editor-in-chief, two police officers and several cartoonists. The attackers said their act was meant to <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/shooting-reported-paris-hq-satirical-magazine-297202">punish <em>Charlie Hebdo</em></a> for its cartoons of Muhammad.</p>
<p>The terror attack led to worldwide support for the paper. Tthe chant “<a href="http://observer.com/2015/01/new-yorkers-and-expats-band-together-for-charlie-hebdo-vigil/">Je suis Charlie</a>” (“I am Charlie”) became a rallying cry at protests.</p>
<p>While there was little goodwill for <em>Charlie Hebdo </em>following its latest cover, several journalists stood up for the paper’s right to publish it—while at the same time vehemently disagreeing with its views.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">An evil, despicable cover. Also, the losers at Charlie Hebdo have a God-given right to publish it, &amp; no one has the right to shoot them <a href="https://t.co/isOVjkXPR0">pic.twitter.com/isOVjkXPR0</a></p>
<p>— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) <a href="https://twitter.com/TianaTheFirst/status/903014769388470273">August 30, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Free speech is wonderful isn't it, Charlie Hebdo? You have every right to publish this, and I have every right to call you a piece of shit. <a href="https://t.co/USPgVx4m2l">pic.twitter.com/USPgVx4m2l</a></p>
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<p>The editors of <em>Charlie Hebdo </em>weren’t the only people forced to eat crow after Hurricane Harvey. A professor at the University of Tampa was <a href="http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/u-of-tampa-criticizes-professor-who-called-hurricane-harvey-karma-for-texas/119867">fired</a> this week after tweeting that the storm was “instant karma” meant to show Texas that “the GOP doesn’t care about them.”</p>
		
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