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To: Lane3 who wrote (192555)	1/26/2021 6:43:39 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) of 359863

OT -- Plenty of countries have made Holocaust denial illegal. Sixteen European countries and Israel have laws against Holocaust denial, the denial of the systematic genocidal killing of approximately six million Jews in Europe by Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. Many countries also have broader laws that criminalize genocide denial. Among the countries that ban Holocaust denial, Austria, Germany, Hungary and Romania also ban other elements associated with Nazism, such as the display of Nazi symbols. .... Scholars have pointed out that countries that specifically ban Holocaust denial generally have legal systems that limit speech in other ways, such as banning " hate speech". According to D. D. Guttenplan, this is a split between the " common law countries of the United States, Ireland and many British Commonwealth countries from the civil law countries of continental Europe and Scotland. In civil law countries the law is generally more proscriptive. Also, under the civil law regime, the judge acts more as an inquisitor, gathering and presenting evidence as well as interpreting it". [1] Michael Whine argues that Holocaust denial can inspire violence against Jews; he states, "Jews' experience in the post-World War II era suggests that their rights are best protected in open and tolerant democracies that actively prosecute all forms of racial and religious hatred". [2] more at en.wikipedia.org re: He wasn't defending QAnon. He was defending the right of citizens to believe whatever nonsense they prefer. Where he goes wrong is deceitfully framing the question as the government taking away the right to believe it. I'm pretty sure no government has yet tried to make it illegal. OTOH, society gets to apply whatever pressure it is able and allowed.

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