This is an incredibly disappointing take. I’ve studied the Holocaust for a quarter century. The prelude to genocide is always demonization of the “other.” The Nazis could never have started, much less sustained, a campaign of persecution leading to genocide without it. 1/https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/1380974827595390979 …
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Mr. Shermer once did good work on the Holocaust and Holocaust denial. His book on Holocaust denial, Denying History, was excellent and inspired me. So why the disconnect? 5/
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How could he have refuted Holocaust deniers two decades ago but not grasp the key role of hate speech and conspiracy theories (e.g., Germany would have won WWI if not for being “stabbed in the back” by Jews and Communists) in laying the groundwork? Puzzling. 6/
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@deborahlipstadt or@AuschwitzMuseum can elaborate. Have you seen this take before? 7/7Show this thread
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