The signatories’ assertion that Charlie Hebdo was some sort of Gallic cartoon version of “The Turner Diaries,” a foundational text of white supremacy, showed ignorance of French culture, French politics and the French language. For instance, their claim that the publication was “selectively offensive” to Muslims willfully ignored the fact that out of 523 covers published during the preceding decade, seven mocked Islam, while 21 mocked Catholicism and over 300 skewered political targets.