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# Satire is a powerful weapon of democracy
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2015/01/satire_is_a_powerful_weapon_of_democracy/
- Published: 2015-01-07T12:54:41.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:28:18.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: charlie hebdo, Journalism, Politics, satire, terrorism

![Je Suis Charlie](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2015/01/B6v4chJIgAE2YY4.jpg?resize=592%2C548)

Satire is a wonderful part of our political debate. Satire is an under-appreciated part of journalism. Satirical websites and magazines are a celebration of what it means to be human, and a powerful tool to undermine those who would control us.

No wonder [people want to destroy it](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11329976/Paris-Charlie-Hebdo-attack-live.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).

My thoughts are with the staff of [Charlie Hebdo](http://www.charliehebdo.fr/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), and their loved ones. I can’t imagine how horrible this must be.