Comments on: Facebook Holocaust Deniers Mock Museum Shooting(With Picture)

By: Dov

Dov — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:04:24 +0000

It is vile and unacceptable that people are allowed to come onto places like Facebook and YouTube and spew their hatred and Holocaust denial. I and a lot of others had relatives who were murdered by Hitler and his henchmen. Holocaust denial is a slap in the face to the millions exterminated in the death camps and by the SS mobile killing squads, and it ridicules and demeans what all victims and their families went through, and the horrors they suffered. It is outrageous that such individuals are allowed to use these accounts to spread their antisemitic lies and filthy videos.

Denial of genocide strives to reshape history in order to demonize the victims and rehabilitate the perpetrators. Denial of genocide is the final stage of genocide; it is what Elie Wiesel has called a "double killing." Denial murders the dignity of the survivors and seeks to destroy the remembrance of the crime.

By: Diocletian

Diocletian — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:34:37 +0000

True scum of the earth, these Von Brunns and Holocaust deniers – vile, demented, paranoid, hate-driven murderous beasts.

And I say that as white American of German and French Catholic ancestry.

Filth, swinish filth

A gutless, vicious madman gunned down a decent, principled, hardworking, loving husband and father, whose last act was one of generosity, going to open a door for a man he thought needed his help – and who murdered him.

Let us hope that there is indeed a God, and a Hell – in which Von Brunn can experience all the mercy, compassion, and love with which he treated his others, and the man whose life he took.

By: JoeBlough

JoeBlough — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:04:49 +0000

The truth needs no entity to defend it. You can call a straight person gay and it won't change the fact that he/she is straight. Oh BTW, this is for LISA, your grandmother was a liar. You admit it yourself in your diatribe.

By: John Sullivan

John Sullivan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:21:46 +0000

whatever

By: MEHIAJ

MEHIAJ — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:55:47 +0000

You are missing an important point here. This "alternate view of history" is used for one reason and one reason only…to promote hatred of Jewish people. There is no other reason. It only exists to say that Jewish people are lying about the Holocaust to gain sympathy and to get money and political power that is not theirs. No one can put forth a legitimate reason to otherwise pursue this "alternate view of history."

By: blair

blair — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:19:44 +0000

jakpop you are such a intellectual

By: bcuban

bcuban — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:48:44 +0000

Kent, I agree that he certainly has a right to say it on a public sidewalk, or any govt owned land. Are you saying he has some type of legal right to say it on FB? What is your analysis?

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:37:16 +0000

Or landing on the moom?

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:36:15 +0000

Hi Lisa–Unfortunately, you did not answer the question and BTW, I also lost family to the holocaust. My roots include Hungarian Jews AND Gypsies (strange but true). While it is possible that jakbop is PROBABLY an anti-semite, he carefully crafted his response to try to defend alternate views of history as opposed to saying he hates Jews.

In my opinon, there is NO DOUBT that the holocaust happened but he has a right to say HE doesn't think it happened. Hey, there are people that still doubt that the US has been to the moon!

By: mcsey

mcsey — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:31:50 +0000

We're also gonna need to ban all pro-life groups on facebook. When will Zuckerberg stop these recruiting grounds for the next Scott Roeder in training?

By: Shoom

Shoom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:15:39 +0000

Why would one question the holocaust? If you just want to make a point that you have to be sceptic about history, why not question the founding of America? Or the historical existence of Ceasar?
If you question Holocaust and Holocaust alone, the intention is clear, I think…

Btw. I'm german and denying the holocaust is a criminal act over here.

By: Barry

Barry — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:33:31 +0000

Mr. Zuckerberg has a history of being a different kind of leader including morally-ambiguous actions sailing under the flag of new ideas. However if it is a big enough problem, I suggest not using the service in lieu of complaint. I could find no measurable advantage of Facebook/Myspace over IM/email/phone except an infinite number of click-here-play-a-crappy-useless-game requests. Your mileage may vary.

By: BMan

BMan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:03:44 +0000

I'd like to propose a new amendment to the constitution. That is Freedom from Religion. The right wing kooks that are getting shaken loose because they lost their chance to stack the supreme court, are example enough of the problems we face. We need comprehensive solutions to what amounts to a homegrown terror network.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:42:31 +0000

I guess I feel that if Facebook can sell our information to make money and they're ok with taking that liberty, I would appreciate them taking a little less caution when it comes to something like this. I'm generally 100% opposed to censorship, but what good can come of promoting hate? If there was an open debate about it or something civil where people could share viewpoints… but that is not what is happening with that group.