" [S]ome teachers are tempted to adapt to the increasing passive support for jihadi identity politics evident among pupils. This is especially true in parts of France. One French teacher recalled a student who had refused [to] keep the one minute's silence for Hebdo victims by saying, 'I'm not Charlie; I think the terrorists did the right thing'. The teacher's response was telling: 'Children have the right to say silly things, to even say offensive things'. That's true. This is a book defending that right. But arguing for free speech and political tolerance is not an excuse for this sort of cultural cringe in the face of abhorrent ideas. We need to confront pupils who say stupid things, yet too often these sorts of views are indulged: 'So you favor Caliphate and and think 9/11 is a Zionist plot? That's an interesting idea. Any other views?'. "
― Claire Fox , ‘I Find That Offensive!’
![Claire Fox quote : [S]ome teachers are tempted to adapt to the increasing passive support for jihadi identity politics evident among pupils. This is especially true in parts of France. One French teacher recalled a student who had refused [to] keep the one minute's silence for Hebdo victims by saying, 'I'm not Charlie; I think the terrorists did the right thing'. The teacher's response was telling: 'Children have the right to say silly things, to even say offensive things'. That's true. This is a book defending that right. But arguing for free speech and political tolerance is not an excuse for this sort of cultural cringe in the face of abhorrent ideas. We need to confront pupils who say stupid things, yet too often these sorts of views are indulged: 'So you favor Caliphate and and think 9/11 is a Zionist plot? That's an interesting idea. Any other views?'.](/image/1364441.jpg)