Monday, June 29, 2009

Holocaust Denial: Combating Anti-Semitic Extremists

There are extreme individuals around the world today that harbor delusional, immoral, and often dangerous views. Some of these people are laughable in their assertions such as those who believe that John F. Kennedy and Elvis Presley never died and that the 9/11 terror attacks were committed by the Masons, of which several notable United States Presidents were once members. Other individuals are abhorrent and arouse anger and indignation in their narrow and unfounded views. These people could be extreme racists, anti-Semites, atheists, satanists, anarchists, and, yes, holocaust deniers. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, this very minute percentage of individuals believe that the Holocaust was a hoax and a Jewish conspiracy. A few of these individuals have asserted their views in public and are seeking attention to their apparent ‘movement’. Whether that attention is negative or positive does not matter, because they are looking to be acknowledged as the ‘other side’, which they are not. Read more