Abstract
In his recent article, “Holocaust Denial is a Form of Hate Speech,” Raphael Cohen-Almagor argues that so-called “revisionists” and others who deny the historical reality of Hitler’s attempt to wipe out European Jewry should be barred from the Internet, their Web sites dismantled and their pages removed from Facebook and other social networking sites. I maintain that the argument he makes is inconsistent with his professed commitment to the liberal free speech principle, which allows for the suppression of speech only when it is the cause of grave and demonstrable injury.
Highlights
“Holocaust Denial is a Form of Hate Speech,” Raphael Cohen-Almagor argues that so-called ‘revisionists’ and others who deny the historical reality of Hitler’s attempt to wipe out European Jewry should be barred from the Internet, their Web sites dismantled and their pages removed from Facebook and other social networking sites.[1]
It represents a deliberate campaign to promote “enmity against an identifiable group based on ethnicity and religion” and is designed “to underestimate and justify murder, genocide, xenophobia and evil,”[2] distinguishing it from the expression of “vilifying and outrageous views” or the use of “derogatory words and discriminatory adjectives” against persons or groups whom the speaker dislikes
Mention is made of historical Anti-Semitism in several European countries that currently have laws on their books criminally proscribing Holocaust denial and the willful promotion of hatred against identifiable groups, but no link is drawn between Holocaust denial and the revival of Anti-Semitism in Europe or elsewhere
Summary
“Holocaust Denial is a Form of Hate Speech,” Raphael Cohen-Almagor argues that so-called ‘revisionists’ and others who deny the historical reality of Hitler’s attempt to wipe out European Jewry should be barred from the Internet, their Web sites dismantled and their pages removed from Facebook and other social networking sites.[1]. “Holocaust Denial is a Form of Hate Speech,” Raphael Cohen-Almagor argues that so-called ‘revisionists’ and others who deny the historical reality of Hitler’s attempt to wipe out European Jewry should be barred from the Internet, their Web sites dismantled and their pages removed from Facebook and other social networking sites.[1] His rationale for ridding the Web of these miscreants is that Holocaust denial is hateful per se.
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