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A Year of Living on Our Knees | The American Spectator
“What I’m about to say is maybe a little pompous but I’d rather die standing up than live on my knees.”
— Stéphane Charbonnier (a.k.a. Charb), Editor of Charlie Hebdo, Interview with Le Monde, September 20, 2012
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— Stéphane Charbonnier (a.k.a. Charb), Editor of Charlie Hebdo, Interview with Le Monde, September 20, 2012
Just over two years after making that statement, Charb would be murdered along with 11 other people by the Kouachi brothers at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo in Paris in what was France’s deadliest
terrorist attack in decades until the ISIS attacks in Paris just 10 months later. Of the dozen killed that day, eight were members of the Charlie Hebdo staff.
Within hours of the attack, Twitter went alight with the meme #JeSuisCharlie and rallies would be held all over the world (including one I attended here in Boston and wrote about in this dispatch). The largest rally, of course, took place in Paris that was attended by an estimated 2 million people including many world leaders with the notable absence of President Obama or any of his cabinet members. More on this later.terrorist attack in decades until the ISIS attacks in Paris just 10 months later. Of the dozen killed that day, eight were members of the Charlie Hebdo staff.
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