Topic: Iran president denying holocaust
I hope the link works: http://today.reuters.com/news/newsartic … amp;rpc=22
Couple things that have been bugging me lately.
Holocaust denial seems to be a trendy belief these days. Why? In John Ronson's book Them, he goes into alot of detail about how Antidefamation League people believe that alot of conspiracy theorists and extremists use words like illuminatti, reptillians, greys, etc. as code for jew. Really kind of interesting and makes me wonder.
Holocaust denial can get you thrown into jail in many countries. Why? This seems archaic, that you can actually be thrown in jail for a belief.
It seems to me like total ignorance- there is so much proof to support the holocaust that it makes me sick. All the photos, the movies, the books, television programs, etc. But all the denial I've read and heard about lately makes me wonder what these people are using as a basis for their belief.
From skepdic.com: "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a forgery made in Russia for the Okhrana (secret police), which blames the Jews for the country's ills." Is this true, partially true, or a complete coverup? Is this book the root of the holocaust, naziism and modern antisemitism? Anyone know where I can read about the history of the book? Why it was written, etc.?
Why is the ADL so militant about asserting the 6 million number. Is it really any less awful if 3 or 4 million were massacred? Is there really an antisemitic effort taking place to wipe the holocaust from our consciousness? What would this accomplish?