# A Jewish newspaper has photoshopped Angela Merkel out of the Charlie Hebdo march **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756 "2015-01-13T22:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scandic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Scandic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scandic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/1 "2015-01-13T22:52:09Z")
From The Journal: TWO FEMALE POLITICAL leaders – including the most powerful woman in Europe – have been photoshopped out of an historic image of world leaders showing solidarity after the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks. [The conservative Israeli daily newspaper HaMevaser, or The Announcer, ran a front-page image of Sunday’s rally through Paris – minus German chancellor Angela Merkel and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo](http://www.thejournal.ie/angela-merkel-paris-rally-1878959-Jan2015/). “Orthodox Jewish title have previously been criticised for editing female leaders out of photographs on the grounds of “modesty”.” How silly:smack: ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/2 "2015-01-13T22:56:04Z")
The Haredim should form a country with the Saudis, the FDLS, the Duggars and that cult that Mel Gibson belongs to and leave the rest of us alone. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/3 "2015-01-14T00:03:30Z")
So, is the paper afraid their readers are going to whack off to any pictures they run of female politicians, or what? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/4 "2015-01-14T00:06:12Z")
Oooooh, AHN-guh-la, you are so sexy I cannot contain myself!! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/5 "2015-01-14T00:14:43Z")
So…your takeaway on a bunch of Jews being murdered is “A newspaper did something silly but pretty much meaningless”. Interesting priorities man. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/6 "2015-01-14T00:19:05Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > So…your takeaway on a bunch of Jews being murdered is “A newspaper did something silly but pretty much meaningless”. > > Interesting priorities man. Come on. Are we not to talk about anything related to this incident except the tragedy? Besides, there’s already a Pit thread about the tragedy itself. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/7 "2015-01-14T00:19:19Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > So…your takeaway on a bunch of Jews being murdered is “A newspaper did something silly but pretty much meaningless”. > > Interesting priorities man. Are you for fucking real? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/8 "2015-01-14T00:22:18Z")
Irish satire newspaper Waterford Whispers News’ [response](http://www.lesnouvellesnews.fr/index.php/civilisation-articles-section/49-ca-fait-du-bien/4147-apres-la-photo-sans-femmes-la-photo-sans-hommes). ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/9 "2015-01-14T01:26:48Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Come on. Are we not to talk about anything related to this incident except the tragedy? Besides, there’s already a Pit thread about the tragedy itself. Not only that, but while it’s not on the scale of murder, i’d hardly call it meaningless that a news organization in the early 21st century chooses to excise one-half of the population from its visual representations of news. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/10 "2015-01-14T01:36:58Z")
I think it’s fair to say that Fenris is a crazy person. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/11 "2015-01-14T01:51:06Z")
That is not fair to say. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/12 "2015-01-14T01:56:30Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Irish satire newspaper Waterford Whispers News’ [response](http://www.lesnouvellesnews.fr/index.php/civilisation-articles-section/49-ca-fait-du-bien/4147-apres-la-photo-sans-femmes-la-photo-sans-hommes). Now that I see what she was wearing, that post about fapping doesn’t sound so far out. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/13 "2015-01-14T02:05:33Z")
Hey! Can we photoshop Obama in to the pictures? That would really help him out. Kthx! ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/14 "2015-01-14T02:15:43Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > That is not fair to say. No. Cold truth often sounds unfair. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/15 "2015-01-14T02:17:41Z")
> [@Inna\_Minnit](#): > > Hey! Can we photoshop Obama in to the pictures? That would really help him out. Kthx! I say we photoshop him in twice. Double plus good! ---
**Author:** ![get\_lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/16 "2015-01-14T02:18:54Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > The Haredim should form a country with the Saudis, the FDLS, the Duggars and that cult that Mel Gibson belongs to and leave the rest of us alone. Do you think if we paid them enough, they would? I’d pay a week’s pay, if we throw in ISIS and al-Qaeda. I fucking love it. Seriously. Bribe the crazies to keep it to themselves for a couple decades. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/17 "2015-01-14T02:25:52Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > So…your takeaway on a bunch of Jews being murdered is “A newspaper did something silly but pretty much meaningless”. Our response to “terrorists killed cartoonists because they think their religion trumps everyone’s reality” is “don’t photoshop out women because you think your religion trumps the rest of the world’s reality.” ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/18 "2015-01-14T02:53:38Z")
There’s some weapons-grade irony there. It’s almost like a bunch of assholes want to… censor… what’s allowed in the paper… and another bunch of assholes want to censor what’s in the paper covering… the first set of assholes… I hereby coin the phrase recursive irony. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/19 "2015-01-14T02:57:18Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > I hereby coin the phrase recursive irony. I can haz [recursive irony](http://cheezburger.com/3511798528)? ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/20 "2015-01-14T03:01:52Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I can haz [recursive irony](http://cheezburger.com/3511798528)? Dammit… I almost googled it to see if it had been invented already. Stupid internet means everything’s already been thought up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756.md?page=2)