keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted February 21, 2020 Anyone watch the documentary last night. Very sad to think there are people who think the earth is flat. Even more alarming that many think the Holocaust didn't happen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,842 Posted February 21, 2020 It's highly depressing to see holocaust denial becoming more mainstream. Anti-history, anti-science and anti-common sense seems to be far too prevalent. I did think the flat earthers were a bit of fun for a while until I realised they were serious. Is it simply the Internet giving tin foil hatters a bigger audience to spread their nonsense further? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted February 21, 2020 Is it simply the Internet giving tin foil hatters a bigger audience to spread their nonsense further? Steve Coogan said today that he does not use social media for those reasons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,306 Posted February 21, 2020 Having personally and recently visited Auschwitz and Birkenau......anyone who is in denial of the Holocaust, is as ignorant, as ignorant can be..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted February 21, 2020 Unfortunately, the deniers are Far Right in their thinking and they are trying to legitimise their ideology and draw people into their net by appearing to be astounded that anyone thinks this could have happened. That is their brief. Make people believe it was so inhuman that it just couldn't have happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted February 21, 2020 6 hours ago, Herman said: It's highly depressing to see holocaust denial becoming more mainstream. Anti-history, anti-science and anti-common sense seems to be far too prevalent. I did think the flat earthers were a bit of fun for a while until I realised they were serious. Is it simply the Internet giving tin foil hatters a bigger audience to spread their nonsense further? Holocaust denial is a logical outcome of the Marxist ideology being pushed by groups such as Common Purpose. You state the symptoms very well. 'Anti-history, anti-science and anti-common sense' are all markers to identify the cultural Marxist agenda being promoted in educational establishments and media such as the BBC. Anti-history: The Marxists try to shutdown our traditional history, de-platform our icons (eg. Churchill was a war criminal). Anti-science: The whole trans movement and the denial of biology (eg. Dawn Butler going on TV and saying babies are born without a ****) Anti-common sense: Take your pick from thousands of wierdos and freaks suffering from Brexit Derangement Syndrome or Extinction Rebellion - supposed friends of nature - destroying an ancient garden in Cambridge, or worse still, preventing ambulances from reaching hospitals by blocking bridges. So when you add in the anti-Semitism that runs as a thick thread throughout the left, you can see how they deny the rights of the Jewish people to a homeland then denying the Jewish history is a necessary step of oppression. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ron obvious 1,517 Posted February 21, 2020 Actually I think the deniers are a good thing, simply for periodically reminding us of the horrors mankind is capable of perpetrating. Their arguments are so easily demolished, the adherents so patently sad & deluded (like the man with the guitar) that no rational human being could ever be persuaded to join their ranks. There are always some people somewhere who will believe in explanations for events which are contrary to all evidence & logic. Social media now enable them to find like minded people to indulge in their own little shared fantasy.. All you can do is refute it with evidence & logic & put your faith in the inherent good sense of most of the population. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,842 Posted February 22, 2020 The trouble is that this BS gets more and more traction if you let it ride as the anti-vaxxers have proved. It gets to stage where historic facts and/or scientific evidence bounces off these people. I'm not sure what you can do to stop it other than draconian laws that the German's have.A verbal kicking isn't that powerful. Banning them from sites like this helps but they end up festering in really dark parts of the web. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,224 Posted February 22, 2020 11 hours ago, Rock The Boat said: Holocaust denial is a logical outcome of the Marxist ideology being pushed by groups such as Common Purpose. You state the symptoms very well. 'Anti-history, anti-science and anti-common sense' are all markers to identify the cultural Marxist agenda being promoted in educational establishments and media such as the BBC. Anti-history: The Marxists try to shutdown our traditional history, de-platform our icons (eg. Churchill was a war criminal). Anti-science: The whole trans movement and the denial of biology (eg. Dawn Butler going on TV and saying babies are born without a ****) Anti-common sense: Take your pick from thousands of wierdos and freaks suffering from Brexit Derangement Syndrome or Extinction Rebellion - supposed friends of nature - destroying an ancient garden in Cambridge, or worse still, preventing ambulances from reaching hospitals by blocking bridges. So when you add in the anti-Semitism that runs as a thick thread throughout the left, you can see how they deny the rights of the Jewish people to a homeland then denying the Jewish history is a necessary step of oppression. What an absolute load of squit. You're the idiot who believes the N@zis were socialists. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ron obvious 1,517 Posted February 22, 2020 4 hours ago, Herman said: The trouble is that this BS gets more and more traction if you let it ride as the anti-vaxxers have proved. It gets to stage where historic facts and/or scientific evidence bounces off these people. I'm not sure what you can do to stop it other than draconian laws that the German's have.A verbal kicking isn't that powerful. Banning them from sites like this helps but they end up festering in really dark parts of the web. You cannot ban ideas. If someone once thought it, sooner or later someone else will think it again. The only way is to periodically call the idiots out & show their ridiculous arguments to be the nonsense they are. That way we never forget the terrible reality which actually happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoola Han Solo 448 Posted February 22, 2020 15 hours ago, Rock The Boat said: Holocaust denial is a logical outcome of the Marxist ideology being pushed by groups such as Common Purpose. You state the symptoms very well. 'Anti-history, anti-science and anti-common sense' are all markers to identify the cultural Marxist agenda being promoted in educational establishments and media such as the BBC. Anti-history: The Marxists try to shutdown our traditional history, de-platform our icons (eg. Churchill was a war criminal). Anti-science: The whole trans movement and the denial of biology (eg. Dawn Butler going on TV and saying babies are born without a ****) Anti-common sense: Take your pick from thousands of wierdos and freaks suffering from Brexit Derangement Syndrome or Extinction Rebellion - supposed friends of nature - destroying an ancient garden in Cambridge, or worse still, preventing ambulances from reaching hospitals by blocking bridges. So when you add in the anti-Semitism that runs as a thick thread throughout the left, you can see how they deny the rights of the Jewish people to a homeland then denying the Jewish history is a necessary step of oppression. You truly are a nut job. In your twisted world racism against black people, Muslims etc is perfectly normal, so shove your hypocritical self-righteous guff 👍🏻 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted February 22, 2020 10 hours ago, Hoola Han Solo said: You truly are a nut job. In your twisted world racism against black people, Muslims etc is perfectly normal, so shove your hypocritical self-righteous guff 👍🏻 What Evidence do you have for that accusation Hoola, I’ve seen what he writes, he’s right of centre no doubt, but what has he said that causes you to draw such an extreme conclusion? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted February 23, 2020 18 hours ago, A Load of Squit said: What an absolute load of squit. You're the idiot who believes the N@zis were socialists. They were. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted February 23, 2020 14 hours ago, Hoola Han Solo said: You truly are a nut job. In your twisted world racism against black people, Muslims etc is perfectly normal, so shove your hypocritical self-righteous guff 👍🏻 Watch your step. You're walking very close to the edge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted February 23, 2020 15 hours ago, keelansgrandad said: RTB=Really Totally Blinkered. You are obsessed with Marxism but haven't a clue what it is. Sure your name isn't McCarthy? Check under your bed tonight. You never know. How you dare blame the Holocaust on anyone but the Nazis and their supporters is a disgrace and you are as bad as a denier which in certain countries is illegal. To use Brexit in the same argument shows how really thick you are That's a vile piece of slander. You, too, walk close to the edge. No where have I ever wrote such a thing. The question under discussion is holocaust denial, not the origins of the holocaust. I need an apology from you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoola Han Solo 448 Posted February 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Rock The Boat said: Watch your step. You're walking very close to the edge. Is that a threat or promise? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,842 Posted February 23, 2020 9 hours ago, Van wink said: What Evidence do you have for that accusation Hoola, I’ve seen what he writes, he’s right of centre no doubt, but what has he said that causes you to draw such an extreme conclusion? Pay attention for goodness sakes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,842 Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Rock The Boat said: They were. No they weren't as has been explained countless times. Stop trying to rewrite history. https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/09/05/were-nazis-socialists/ https://www.abc.net.au/religion/nazism-socialism-and-the-falsification-of-history/10214302 https://www.britannica.com/story/were-the-nazis-socialists Edited February 23, 2020 by Herman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daz Sparks 1,198 Posted February 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Herman said: No they weren't as has been explained countless times. Stop trying to rewrite history. https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/09/05/were-nazis-socialists/ https://www.abc.net.au/religion/nazism-socialism-and-the-falsification-of-history/10214302 https://www.britannica.com/story/were-the-nazis-socialists Are you trying to cloud the argument with facts Herman? Tsk, tsk, that will never do. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,842 Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) As Ron says: "The only way is to periodically call the idiots out & show their ridiculous arguments to be the nonsense they are." This is about the 5th or so times that this has come up, (it is rather sinister), but I will keep posting the facts on this subject as it is very important. Edited February 23, 2020 by Herman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daz Sparks 1,198 Posted February 23, 2020 Indeed Herman, but it does seem that a certain someone doesn't like being called out so much. I'm no lawyer but I can't see anything written that causes the authors any problem though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted February 23, 2020 That's a vile piece of slander. You, too, walk close to the edge. No where have I ever wrote such a thing. The question under discussion is holocaust denial, not the origins of the holocaust. I need an apology from you. You, and we know your thoughts well enough, by inference are trying to pin everything wrong in this world on socialism. And you stooped so pathetically low as to label the Nazis as socialists. So once again by inference, accusing the socialist movement of being responsible for the Holocaust. That is vile and you owe us all an apology. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted February 23, 2020 3 hours ago, keelansgrandad said: That's a vile piece of slander. You, too, walk close to the edge. No where have I ever wrote such a thing. The question under discussion is holocaust denial, not the origins of the holocaust. I need an apology from you. You, and we know your thoughts well enough, by inference are trying to pin everything wrong in this world on socialism. And you stooped so pathetically low as to label the Nazis as socialists. So once again by inference, accusing the socialist movement of being responsible for the Holocaust. That is vile and you owe us all an apology. You have been reported Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted February 23, 2020 You have been reported And? That doesn't make you right Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoola Han Solo 448 Posted February 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, keelansgrandad said: You have been reported And? That doesn't make you right I wouldn’t worry. Most can see what a bitter and twisted individual Rock the Boat is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,224 Posted February 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Rock The Boat said: You have been reported😀 Can you report me aswell? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barbe bleu 834 Posted February 23, 2020 Can this whole thread be deleted please? I It's an important and sensitive subject that deserves to be treated in a more responsible fashion than it has. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted February 23, 2020 Can this whole thread be deleted please? I It's an important and sensitive subject that deserves to be treated in a more responsible fashion than it has. I think that is right. I for one will leave it there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,416 Posted February 23, 2020 You mentioned Steve Coogan. Take his advice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted February 23, 2020 https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/footage-shows-pro-corbyn-activists-in-meeting-with-far-right-holocaust-deniers-1.497129 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites