According to Shimer College Assistant Professor Adam Kotsko, the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo was “devoted to hate speech,” comparing it to the hate group Westboro Baptist Church and saying it was not “surprising” they were attacked. (RELATED: #NotAllMuslims Murder 12 People In Paris Because Somebody Disrespected Allah)

Kotsko, who has a PhD in Theology, Ethics, and Culture from Chicago Theological Seminary, tweeted his opinion in the wake of the deadly attack on the paper Tuesday morning. He deleted the tweets under scrutiny, but Salon parody account @Salondotcom managed to grab a snapshot.

Kotsko responded by apologizing, and literally begging Salondotcom to delete their screen-cap of the tweets.

I made a mistake I made too often: choosing the wrong example to make a general point. I shot off before I fully understood the situation. — Adam Kotsko (@adamkotsko) January 7, 2015

@Salondotcom Dear God, PLEASE take down that tweet. I was wrong. I’ll say it a thousand times if you want. — Adam Kotsko (@adamkotsko) January 7, 2015

Nothing I post here represents the views of Shimer College, nor does anything I posted here and subsequently deleted. — Adam Kotsko (@adamkotsko) January 7, 2015



But later, Kotsko resolved to “move forward” since the tweet was publicized by “2 daily caller freaks [sic].”

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