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Sounds context dependent. Asking for evidence can certainly be an aggressive act—asking for evidence of the holocaust in certain situations would be interpreted
by SomeOtherThrow 7y ago
Sounds context dependent. Asking for evidence can certainly be an aggressive act—asking for evidence of the holocaust in certain situations would be interpreted as holocaust denial. This sounds like traditional media context erasure to create a story out of nothing.
- prepend 7y agoThat’s why more information on the questioning is so helpful. The quote said it was a professor trying to learn what the grievances were. The difference with holocaust deniers (really quite an uncomfortable comparison of millions murdered to the demands of a few dozen rich, spoiled young adults that perceive violence) is that there is an existing evidence base documenting the holocaust. You can’t skip this step and there’s a lot of soul searching for the harm is caused to the collectors of that evidence. Skipping the evidence base and going directly to no questions is a stupid approach in that it will not help people understand and avoid future harm.
- SomeOtherThrow 7y agoIt was the journalist who picked the context of the quote to carefully frame the narrative. Blame them.
- mruts 7y agoWell, there’s already a lot of evidence about that, so there’s no need. Asking for evidence is absolutely essential to the progress of knowledge and truth.
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- SomeOtherThrow 7y agoI agree, it depends on the context.