In my university, we covered the Holocaust and Holocaust denial. The conclusions of myself and my friends (I even think our teacher was of a similar opinion. He was a bit based as, because he was a historian of fascism, he was adamant that Trump wasn't a fascist) is that even though Holocaust denial is a tad bit absurd, trying to shut it down just makes it worse, and it's already a bit iffy silencing people for disagreeing with you.
It is vital to make the distinction between Holocaust revisionism and Holocaust denial. They are absolutely not one and the same, and it's just another case of using language to delegitimize.
And even worse, the deniers have some point. It has been over exaggerated and drummed up to levels far beyond reality, often by those who weren't there just as much as any of us.
Which means even if you want to shut them down, you can't because they have small chunks of lies on your side that holds them up just as much as the reality proves them wrong.
In my university, we covered the Holocaust and Holocaust denial. The conclusions of myself and my friends (I even think our teacher was of a similar opinion. He was a bit based as, because he was a historian of fascism, he was adamant that Trump wasn't a fascist) is that even though Holocaust denial is a tad bit absurd, trying to shut it down just makes it worse, and it's already a bit iffy silencing people for disagreeing with you.
It is vital to make the distinction between Holocaust revisionism and Holocaust denial. They are absolutely not one and the same, and it's just another case of using language to delegitimize.
And even worse, the deniers have some point. It has been over exaggerated and drummed up to levels far beyond reality, often by those who weren't there just as much as any of us.
Which means even if you want to shut them down, you can't because they have small chunks of lies on your side that holds them up just as much as the reality proves them wrong.