Let's take Modi, his government presently in power in India. The policy and agenda that is prioritised by the ruling BJP and its Hindutwa supporters are to stay in power using religion as a tool. I'm just giving you this example of India due to my vague memory of you originating from India and will be aware of the devastation, killings, violence misery, and racism the right-wing ultra-nationalism, fuelled by the media and government circles is causing to minorities?
Let's for example substitute the policymakers, media and those setting the agenda and narratives for Charlie Hebdo. Modi and his fellow MP's are not personally going around killing. Obviously, what I'm getting at is words and actions do have consequences. As you state, we are in the 21st-century and those doing the actual killing says more about the people than the policymakers. However, don't you think the instigators should cop some of the blame or would you just put the entire blame on those simple-minded, nasty and easily influenced murderers?