The Holocaust never happened because Israel is greedy?
Mike Rivero, swirling in the whirlpool of conspiracy theory, has another gem on his letter page today.
WRH: The strongest single reason to doubt the official story of the holocaust is that Israel does not behave like they are grateful for all the blood and money we spent to stop Hitler. Israel makes a great stink about reparations for lives ruined by the Nazis, but what about all those millions of American families who were ruined by the death or crippling of a principle earner? Where is their reparations? An honorable people would work to repay the nations that halted Hitler's plans, not keep demanding more and more money.
Note the lack of capitalization regarding the Holocaust. This was a mistake on Rivero's part showing his anti-Jewish bias. You may argue about the significance of 'a' holocaust, but capitalization is the only thing that makes sense when referring to THE Holocaust.
What 'official story' is he referring to? Is it the Nuremberg record, individual survivor accounts, consensus of historians, Nazi records, television specials, and/or movies? By not defining what he refers to as 'the official story,' he leaves the door wide open for the accounts of con artists such as Benjamin Wilkomirski to be considered part of 'the official story' and discredit by association otherwise valid information.
Rivero uses circular reasoning to support his anti-Holocaust bias. Using a claimed lack of monetary gratitude from Israel toward the nations responsible for defeating Nazi Germany as a reason to doubt Rivero's hazy version of 'the offical story' only works if you FIRST ASSUME the Holocaust did not happen! His basic reasoning boils down to: 'Israel is greedy.' 'Because Israel (2005) is greedy, the Holocaust (1940's) did not happen.' This 'reasoning' is on par with a bad 'Dilbert' cartoon strip.
Sadly, Rivero has been on a downhill course after contracting conspiranoia. Will he ever awaken from his self-imposed conspiracy prison?
WRH: The strongest single reason to doubt the official story of the holocaust is that Israel does not behave like they are grateful for all the blood and money we spent to stop Hitler. Israel makes a great stink about reparations for lives ruined by the Nazis, but what about all those millions of American families who were ruined by the death or crippling of a principle earner? Where is their reparations? An honorable people would work to repay the nations that halted Hitler's plans, not keep demanding more and more money.
Note the lack of capitalization regarding the Holocaust. This was a mistake on Rivero's part showing his anti-Jewish bias. You may argue about the significance of 'a' holocaust, but capitalization is the only thing that makes sense when referring to THE Holocaust.
What 'official story' is he referring to? Is it the Nuremberg record, individual survivor accounts, consensus of historians, Nazi records, television specials, and/or movies? By not defining what he refers to as 'the official story,' he leaves the door wide open for the accounts of con artists such as Benjamin Wilkomirski to be considered part of 'the official story' and discredit by association otherwise valid information.
Rivero uses circular reasoning to support his anti-Holocaust bias. Using a claimed lack of monetary gratitude from Israel toward the nations responsible for defeating Nazi Germany as a reason to doubt Rivero's hazy version of 'the offical story' only works if you FIRST ASSUME the Holocaust did not happen! His basic reasoning boils down to: 'Israel is greedy.' 'Because Israel (2005) is greedy, the Holocaust (1940's) did not happen.' This 'reasoning' is on par with a bad 'Dilbert' cartoon strip.
Sadly, Rivero has been on a downhill course after contracting conspiranoia. Will he ever awaken from his self-imposed conspiracy prison?
posted by Tom at 8:02 PM
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