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In reply to the discussion: An exhibition in Iran will mock the Holocaust [View all]LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)be, respectable.
I don't think that a music or chemistry lecturer would be fired from a university for denying the Holocaust, or any other crazy view (so long as they didn't harass Jewish or other minority students), though they would undoubtedly make themselves unpopular. A history lecturer who denied the Holocaust SHOULD be fired, because they're teaching their students lies within their own subject.
If someone was attacked or killed for denying the Holocaust, then the attacker would go to prison - such actions are not accepted. A few years ago, the Oxford Union (a private organization but with some links to the university, which the Oxford Union exaggerates to increase publicity) invited David Irving and Nick Griffin (then the BNP leader) to speak. More recently, they invited Marine LePen. On both occasions, there were massive protests by students and others, but murdering the speakers or bombing the Oxford Union, would NOT be acceptable (do I really need to say this?).
If the opponents of Charlie Hebdo had organized a big demo outside the offices, or had promoted a boycott of the journal, that would be well within their rights. It is MURDER that wasn't.
'and there are facts to argue different points than the mainstream story'
No, there aren't 'facts'; plenty of lies, however.