Yes, we should be able to deny it happened. It would make you and idiot who is arguing against history, but the same can be said for many opinions held by idiots on this board.
The Great Flood did not happen. The Earth is flat. Bush planned 9/11. The Holocaust never happened. The Tea Party is a dangerous militant group. Communism is no longer a threat. I have a vagina.
All are arguments that intense historical research over years, decades, or centuries does not support, yet we are free to say all of them except the third. Are you afraid of insulting a potential 90+ year old who is viewing this forum? Then why do we allow people to deny the genocide that the Croatians commited against the Serbians through the years? (some just as recently as the 90s)
It is a discussion forum, and if you cannot handle discussion and views that you find offensive, then you shouldn't go to the Backroom. Why single this one historical event out and make such a big deal about it? Do you know how many other horid events happened in human history that people are perfectly free to deny? Some things even more horrible. Other nearly as horrible on a personal level, but on a much larger scale. It makes no sense to make such a big deal out of this one thing. Let the wackos come out of the closet, and let everyone else see them for who they are. The market regulates itself. Society is perfectly capable of ignoring these people or schooling them without the government banning them (an analogy for the moderators on this forum).
Re: The ban on Holocaust denial is crap
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