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>>david9+(OP)
I bang on a lot about not saying things like "this person is a threat to democracy" and other such apocalyptic statements. This right here is a perfect example of why: when you steep people in a culture that tells them someone is (or their ideas are) an existential threat, eventually someone is going to be the right level of scared + unstable that causes them to kill people to try to defend their way of life.

If you find this horrifying (and I hope you do, because there can be no moral justification for celebrating murder), then I encourage you to really think about whether we would not be better off without such extremist language poisoning people's minds. We have to try to stop escalating, or the cycle is going to destroy our society.

>>bigstr+XD
Translation: If you keep drawing the prophet at some point someone who really believes will act on it, right?

Sorry. We in the west don’t live like that.

>>ivape+CG
> Sorry. We in the west don’t live like that.

Sort of, even South Park self censored when it came to drawing an animated Muhammad.

>>chasd0+E21
I think you may have missed their message. That they self censored for fear of violent retaliation makes strong ridicule of the threatening group. It exemplifies its contrast with a free society.

It essentially says, "They are so lacking of basic compassion that even jokes are not allowed."

That's the joke.

>>trimet+S41
It also highlights to normal society that there are indeed people whose beliefs are so absurd that they get worked up and want to kill people over a stick figure.