# 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:** 3
**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, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/41 "2015-01-14T13:53:53Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > You really are a piece of shit, you know that? I’m guessing you’re focusing on the wrong part of the picture. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/42 "2015-01-14T16:25:32Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > That is not fair to say. Agreed, it’s quite unfair to the average crazy person. ---
**Author:** ![Judah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@Judah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judah)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/43 "2015-01-14T16:33:16Z")
> [@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. They _do_ leave you alone. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/44 "2015-01-14T17:04:08Z")
> [@get\_lives](#): > > 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. I used to have this fantasy where we could send various "undesirables’ away to various alternate earths- one for Bums, one for Scum and another for radical crazies. 😛 ---
**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, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/45 "2015-01-14T17:13:12Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > [Done.](http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/obama-empty-chair.jpg) Well done, mother fucker. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/46 "2015-01-14T19:17:22Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > You really are a piece of shit, you know that? Uh-oh, butthurt Obama lover is butthurt. That shit was funny Stringbean. Don’t let the Obama worshippers tell you otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/47 "2015-01-14T19:32:25Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > [Done.](http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/obama-empty-chair.jpg) I was about to say “bravo”, but then I realized the Gateway Pundit did it. Still, that’s pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/48 "2015-01-14T20:14:14Z")
> [@Scandic](#): > > 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: That’s funny-in another thread you were all _for_ religious censorship. Or does that only count for certain religions? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/49 "2015-01-14T20:41:34Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > [Done.](http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/obama-empty-chair.jpg) Credit where credit is due: that is actually pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/50 "2015-01-14T20:46:32Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I can haz [recursive irony](http://cheezburger.com/3511798528)? > [@OldOlds](#): > > Dammit… I almost googled it to see if it had been invented already. > > Stupid internet means everything’s already been thought up. that’s recursively ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/51 "2015-01-14T22:32:24Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Well done, mother fucker. [Moderating] Calling other posters “motherfuckers” is a violation of the board’s language rules. Please avoid doing this in the future. No warning issued. [/Moderating] ---
**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, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/52 "2015-01-14T22:52:17Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Credit where credit is due: that is actually pretty funny. I think some people are assuming that just because there’s already a black guy in the photo, that is supposed to be Obama. I can’t imagine being “outraged” by an empty chair, but I could wrong… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/53 "2015-01-14T23:15:13Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > How does this delay the flight? You give them the option “get in your seat or get off the plane”. Just because they believe regressive, stupid bullshit doesn’t mean they get to have their way. But then you have unaccompanied baggage on the plane. Maybe he got kicked off on purpose? ---
**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, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/54 "2015-01-14T23:36:36Z")
Perhaps someday someone from _HaMevaser_ may get around to visiting the web site of the Society of Professional Journalists and read up on their [Ethics Code](http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp), particularly this item: > [@SPJ](#): > > – Never deliberately distort facts or context, including visual information. Clearly label illustrations and re-enactments. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/55 "2015-01-15T00:03:22Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Oooooh, AHN-guh-la, you are so sexy I cannot contain myself!! [Bush Creeps Out German Chancellor, Controversial Footage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTQY1Aw9zcs) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/56 "2015-01-15T00:04:18Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Uh-oh, butthurt Obama lover is butthurt. > > That shit was funny Stringbean. Don’t let the Obama worshippers tell you otherwise. Hey, I’m a lib Dem and I thought it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/57 "2015-01-15T02:50:10Z")
I would say I found it mildly amusing, but I’m already–er–discussing something with **Stringbean** in PM and I don’t wish to give an inch. Still needed Clint Eastwood to be funny, but baby steps. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/58 "2015-01-15T02:52:41Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I think some people are assuming that just because there’s already a black guy in the photo, that is supposed to be Obama. I can’t imagine being “outraged” by an empty chair, but I could wrong… I didn’t notice the chair the first time I looked, and I was like, “who is the black guy?” So that might be it. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/59 "2015-01-15T02:56:15Z")
[The Million Merkel March](http://tabletmag.com/scroll/188334/the-million-merkel-march?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post&utm_content=The+Million+Merkel+March&utm_campaign=jan2015) Another Jewish paper has the better idea. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756/60 "2015-01-15T03:05:34Z")
It’s their paper, they can erase whatever they want. Freedom of speech also works for things we don’t like.- Stop getting your panties in a bunch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-jewish-newspaper-has-photoshopped-angela-merkel-out-of-the-charlie-hebdo-march/709756.md?page=4)