New York Times: ‘A French Teenager’s Anti-Islam Rant Unleashed Death Threats’

The New York Times, like the rest of the establishment Left’s propaganda organs, is committed to concealing crimes done in the name of Islam and in accord with its teachings, and does all it can to absolve Islam of all responsibility for those misdeeds. This headline is a particularly piquant example of how it is done: the responsibility for the death threats is placed not upon those who actually issued the threats, but upon the “teenager’s anti-Islam rant.” It would be akin to saying, “An accident at the lab unleashed the virus”: in such a case, the lab would be responsible. And so likewise the teenager is responsible for “unleashing” the threats, although she was actually their target, and she did not force those who made the threats to do so in any way. The Times never even considers the idea that Muslims are in control of their actions and responsible for any threats they may issue. To do so would be “Islamophobic.”

“A French Teenager’s Anti-Islam Rant Unleashed Death Threats. Now 13 Are on Trial.” By Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, July 6, 2021

PARIS — The French girl, 16, was sharing highly personal details about her life in a livestream on Instagram, including her attraction to women. Just not Black or Arab women, she said.

When insults and death threats started pouring in to her Instagram account in response to her comments in January 2020, some from viewers saying she was an affront to Islam, the teenager, Mila, dug in, quickly posting another video.

“I hate religion,” she declared. “The Quran is a religion of hatred.” She also used profanity to describe Islam and the crudest of imagery in referring to God.

The ensuing onslaught of threats after the video went viral has landed 13 people in court on charges of online harassment.

The case has put a spotlight on the roiling French debate over freedom of expression and blasphemy, especially when it touches on Islam. It is also a landmark test for recent legislation that broadens France’s definition of cyberharassment in regards to attacks on the internet, where vitriol is plentiful, modulated debate less so….