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"Holocaust denial is a problem with many dimensions. It is part
anti-Semitism, part antihistory, part antiauthority, part
antidemocracy. Like all forms of hatred, and all ideologies that
promote or apologize for fascism, it must not be dismissed as either
something 'silly' or as something to be combated with platitudes or
incantations of 'the truth.' It must be fought as hatred, as
ignorance, and as ideology. Those who dismiss Holocaust denial as the
stuff of flat-earth types forget a simple historical fact: all bigotry
and anti-Semitism is palpably absurd. People throughout history have
accepted these absurdities as empowering truth. The painstaking effort
to debunk the deniers' agenda and their claims ... is only a small
part of what we must do."(Stern,
Ken. Holocaust Denial. New York: American Jewish Committee, 1993)
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