The deputy La France Insoumise and former professor of history and geography Alexis Corbière caused controversy on Friday evening, October 15, questioning the relevance of the choice to show the
Charlie Hebdo
cartoons
to teenagers.
"
In my time
Charlie Hebdo
was for adults only,
" he pleaded
.
There are drawings which are not made for adolescents
”.
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The deputy denies preventing criticism of religion, but he maintains that "
an educational tool must be adapted to a child
".
“
We do not talk to a 10-year-old child like a middle school student or a high school student
(...) The
teacher's job is not to shock but to help progress.
School must remain a place of transmission,
”he added.
These statements were shocking, especially on social networks.
The historian Jean Garrigues thus accuses the deputy on Twitter of "
justifying
" the assassination of Samuel Paty.
“
The new axis.
The prudish Ferry-Corbière
”, for his part let go the chronicler and essayist Raphaël Enthoven, in reference to the philosopher and former Minister of National Education who had estimated in November 2020 on franceinfo that
“ We are not obliged, to to teach freedom of expression, to show cartoons that border on pornography.
You don't have to insult people to defend freedom of expression. ”
