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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Weisenthal's Fables
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Date: Sat, 21-Sep-85 15:43:58 EDT
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> Before I embark on a refutation of Don Black's stupid comments,
> I have one question. Does anyone - ANYONE - out there believe
> the drivel in his latest posting and doubt that the Holocaust
> happened? If not, perhaps we should just ignore him. [DAVE SHERMAN]

Unfortunately, despite claims to the contrary, it is best to show him
for what he is as often as possible:  an insecure lying flailing ignoramus
who adheres to the notion that, if HE has problems, some group (say, the
Jews, the liberals, the homosexuals, the Communists, the butchers, the
bakers, the candlestickmakers---surely his problems could never be his
own fault!) is "responsible" for it, deliberately ruining his life, the glory
of his holy country, the world at large, his sex life, etc.  It is important
to repeatedly show that his statements are about as supported by evidence as
a story by the Brothers Grimm.  Because one of the important functions of
Black's "big lie" technique is the incredibleness of the statements being
made.  People who use this technique hope that thinking people will find the
statements SO outlandish that no one could possibly believe them.  Thus they
keep saying them unencumbered by demands for proof of their lies, eventually
getting significant numbers of people to believe them.  ("Hey, nobody stepped
forward to prove this guy wrong, so maybe he IS telling the truth after all..")
-- 
"iY AHORA, INFORMACION INTERESANTE ACERCA DE... LA LLAMA!"
	Rich Rosen    ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr


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