On Censorship

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Despite everything that had been said, the brilliant people who animated Charlie Hebdo knew all well  the legitimate limits of freedom of expression. Their drawings were often crude and provocative, but never hateful. Despite their old slogan, they were anything but "dumb and mean". They were animated by values of universal solidarity and peaceful coexistence. Yes, they were militant anticlericals, but frankly I don't think that's the main point. They opposed organized religions because they saw them as forces of hatred and oppression. That's their legacy IMO.

Those limits being?

Hate speech. Charlie Hebdo never engaged in hateful drawings or commentary, and had a policy of attacking ideas and beliefs rather than groups of people.

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In all fairness, I don't speak French I just found it on google

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Next cover should satirise Muslims and the Front, to prevent Le Pen soapboxing anymore.

(Le Pen has just announced she is "not Charlie")

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This is a funny argument. Everytime I read somebody on the left victim-blaming and alleging Charlie Hebdo is some sort of Front National rag, I feel inclined to disagree with them; but when I see these "helpful suggestions" to start printing pictures of Muhammed on every paper (and the ubiquitous "OMG SO EDGY I'M DRAWING MUHAMMED IN A BRA HAVING BUMSEX LOL TAKE THAT ISIS" ) I feel inclined to dislike them as well.

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short for "Social Justice Worker". Common synonyms include "bogeyman", "people who are mean to me " etc.