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From: root@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith)
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Subject: Re: Remembering the Holocaust: What have we learned?
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Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 22:44:12 EST
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>  RIGHT ON RICH! I'm behind you 100% on this. When Don Black began posting
>  his "RACIAL/RELIGIOUS DIATRIBES", there were only a few who ACTIVELY OPPOSED
>  his Hate-Baiting! Those who did counter Black's "honest questions" have
>  been continually rebuked by a good number of Christians. 

There is another way to "oppose" hate-baiting and that is to ignore his
words.  A response from you is just what the "hate-baiter" wants to fuel
disention.  To ignore his words renders them just so many useless bytes.

Of course, you might argue that without a direct response, his hateful
diatribe will become a fanatical hate organization and the ignorant human
flotsam will cling to his cause.  But here again it isn't the words
that are doing the harm... it's the people that are goaded into
taking his words to heart.  People will believe what they want to believe.
When hate like this gets the sanction of the state or of the education
system... THAT'S when you start getting twitchy.

You would seem to be saying that you must vigorously "oppose" all such
potential Adolph Hitlers.  But trying to police the social, political
and religious ideas of everyone before they become a menace seems a bit
hasty.  Until such time that Mr. Black aquires a following (like that
group in Arkansas wouldn't worry called "The Group") I wouldn't worry
much about his rantilizations.  Too much time has already been devoted
to this guy's sick viewpoints.

I do agree, however, that if Mr. Black's beliefs follow his reputation,
then he certainly needs a good swift intellectual kick up side the head.
-- 


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