I'm a true lover of history and one of the things I really hate is to see history twisted for modern religious, political or ideological reasons. There are unfortunately many examples of this and I think I speak for all here when I say Holocaust denial is one of the very,very,VERY worse.
Should Holocaust denial be illegal in the UK then,I firmly believe so. Holocaust deniers often go on about free speech but I think that's just a bit of rubbish. Unfortunately many intelligent folk buy into it and claim that vile as Holocaust denial is it should not be illegal. Often these same folk repeat parrot like the"slippery slope"argument of the deniers.
They often fail completely to realize that in the UK if you call a black man the n word you are arrested and punished by the courts. Same happens in any other racially abusive verbal attack. Most folk see no problem with this.
Holocaust denial is exactly the same as calling a black man the n word. It is not"historical reserch" or revisionism its a racial verbal/written attack on a person/persons due to there culture and race. Its that simple.
So yes I think it should be a crime in the same way as homophobic insults are in Britain.
Should Holocaust denial be illegal in the UK then,I firmly believe so. Holocaust deniers often go on about free speech but I think that's just a bit of rubbish. Unfortunately many intelligent folk buy into it and claim that vile as Holocaust denial is it should not be illegal. Often these same folk repeat parrot like the"slippery slope"argument of the deniers.
They often fail completely to realize that in the UK if you call a black man the n word you are arrested and punished by the courts. Same happens in any other racially abusive verbal attack. Most folk see no problem with this.
Holocaust denial is exactly the same as calling a black man the n word. It is not"historical reserch" or revisionism its a racial verbal/written attack on a person/persons due to there culture and race. Its that simple.
So yes I think it should be a crime in the same way as homophobic insults are in Britain.
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