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sandensea

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7. They do - but learned quickly that denying its existence makes another one more likely

Reply to Aristus (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 01:50 PM

Feb 2021

That's the thing about neo-Nazis: they're dumb as rocks; but when it comes to pushing their agenda, they can be surprisingly canny and wily.

It's the same gaslight tactic racists use: deny there's any 'racism' - while making sure it's felt as widely and painfully as possible by its intended targets.

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A thought regarding that repellent "Six Million Weren't Enough" (killed in the Holocaust) meme. [View all] Aristus Feb 2021 OP

I see it as progress in self-identification. niyad Feb 2021 #1

Good. Aristus Feb 2021 #3

That's what it was always about: denying a crime, in hopes it might happen again sandensea Feb 2021 #2

I never understood Holocaust denial among neo-Nazis. Aristus Feb 2021 #4

They do - but learned quickly that denying its existence makes another one more likely sandensea Feb 2021 #7

"It didn't happen" to "It did and it was insufficient" krispos42 Feb 2021 #5

One interesting thing: Aristus Feb 2021 #6

Afraid not. Caliman73 Feb 2021 #8