I think that the people at Charlie Hebdo were agitators. If anyone's surprised that some insane, murderous piece of shit blew them away they're likely not familiar with the extent of Charlie Hebdo's racist xenophobic bullshit.
That being said, those gunmen (and their accomplices) are/were scum of the earth, and I sincerely hope that the consequences of their hideous crimes serve as a lesson to any other extremist piece of shit out there. My heart goes out to the families of the employees,...