How to Confront Holocaust Deniers 1) Do not take them on on their own turf; do not go as the "token opposition" to forums packed with their own kind, that are basically put on for publicity and narcissism; 2) Serious research the organizational, political and funding connections between individuals and organizations associated with Holocaust denials; 3) Do not discuss only the Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust and/or deny that other Holocausts have occured as a) this will cause you to lose credibility; b) feed into Nazi propaganda--past and present--that Jews only care about themselves with very narrow definitions of "What and Who is a Jew"; 4) Do serious scholarship on various dimensions of the Holocaust and practice high levels of integrity, credibility and intellectual honesty at all times--do not try to cover-up the uncomfortable or that which doesn't fit in with hidden or narrow agenda; 5) Learn some basic logic, critical thinking, research skills, sound versus superficial sources and how to look for patterns, connections, correlations and interrelationships between aspects of the Holocaust; 6) Do not desecrate the victims and lessons of the Holocaust by attempting to use, for political purposes of whatever type, selective data, selective interpretations, selective data sources or contrived syllogisms for hidden agenda; 7) Link up with victims of the Nazi Holocaust from various communities to talk and share common experiences, data, testimonies etc; 8) Show you are truly anti-Holocaust not just the Nazi one as again this undermines credibility and feeds into fascist caricatures and propaganda; 9) Organize boycotts against any organization or supporters of any organization that openly or covertly promotes holocaust denial; 10) Organize increased efforts for widened and more rapid releases of data and information under FOIA and for the U.S. Government and the Governments of all countries involved in promoting or fighting against the holocaust to open their files and locate victims of the Holocaust who may be near death; 11) Do active work particularly among the young so that the old nazis and their supporters can die off without continuing to infect/recruit younger generations; 12) Take on the issues squarely and directly and do not attempt to narrowly define issues to suit one's lack of knowledge, hidden agenda, personal sensibilities or inability to reason effectively; this will only hurt the credibility of the one arguing against Holocaust denial which hurts the cause of opposing Holocaust denial; 13. Bring in spokespersons who actually know something, can actually reason at a high level and hold it together in the heat of battle rather than emotional cheerleaders who seek to feed their own psychological needs and who think that somehow the more forceful, virulent and offensive the language therefore the more forceful their arguments--they'll get chewed up. Just some suggestions. Thanks it has been real. From the tone and level of intellect demonstrated on this list that I have seen so far, I unfortunately fear for the cause of opposition to fascism and Holocaust denial; it is not in good hands from what I have seen and I can only hope there is better lurking. Jim Craven James Craven Dept. of Economics,Clark College 1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd. Vancouver, WA. 98663 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tel: (360) 992-2283 Fax: 992-2863 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards Indians; their land and property shall never be taken from them without their consent." (Northwest Ordinance, 1787, Ratified by Congress 1789) "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could not have existed had not labor first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration." (Abraham Lincoln) *My Employer has no association with My Private and Protected Opinion* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
