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"You’re gonna teach me about the Holocaust, which never happened?" "Join your ancestors and die in an oven." Ok so, if the Holocaust didn't happen, how exactl
by glandium 8y ago
"You’re gonna teach me about the Holocaust, which never happened?"
"Join your ancestors and die in an oven."
Ok so, if the Holocaust didn't happen, how exactly did the teacher's ancestors "die in an oven"?
- nzb 8y agoIt's a plausible theory for the numbers to have been exaggerated.
- objectivetruth 8y agoIt's really NOT plausible. In fact, stating that it IS plausible is a form of Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism, straight up, no chaser. If you have new research to add to the massive body of academic historical literature, then publish away, but dropping little one-line "actually, it might not have been that bad" comments is something that belongs on 4chan, not HN. Here's a starting point for anyone who might have believed you for even a microsecond: https://cla.umn.edu/chgs/holocaust-genocide-education/holocaust https://cla.umn.edu/chgs/holocaust-genocide-education/holoca...
- pjc50 8y agoBeing deliberately offensive doesn't require consistency.
- Nasrudith 8y agoBrings to mind the Sarte quoted about the knowing absurdity of anti-semite's statements. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7870768-never-believe-that-anti-semites-are-completely-unaware-of-the-absurdity https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7870768-never-believe-that-... Hence why every Holocaust denier seems obvious about wishing it happened completely. Simple denial of the horror has been broken by accounts and ample documentation - for all of the flaws of the leadership of allied powers in that generation one thing the got right was gathering ample evidence of the extensive crimes.