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What’s so repugnant about this video isn’t only that she’s peddling a hideous historical lie that papers over the Holocaust.
It’s that she’s peddling the same hideous lie ascendent on the political right, as the historical memory of the Holocaust recedes in the United States.
It’s that she’s peddling the same hideous lie ascendent on the political right, as the historical memory of the Holocaust recedes in the United States.
Think that’s an overstatement?
Consider the Harris County GOP’s commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/…
Consider the Harris County GOP’s commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day. washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/…
The dunderheaded take on National Socialism, festered by the likes of D’Souza, is so common that fact-check sites like Snopes have to debunk it. snopes.com/news/2017/09/0…
This is part of an assault on the historical memory of the Holocaust by people with a political agenda, filling the gaps of growing ignorance.
The numbers are alarming. nytimes.com/2018/04/12/us/…
The numbers are alarming. nytimes.com/2018/04/12/us/…
This time, Candace Owens’ ignorance is going viral, but don’t view it in isolation. It’s part of a longstanding effort to replace the actual Holocaust history with fictions that some factions find more politically desirable.
Those saying that Owens‘ views shouldn’t be amplified are missing the point:
They are not marginal in the United States. They are not isolated. They already have platforms. They represent a coordinated effort to rewrite history. They must be combated, not ignored. </thread>
They are not marginal in the United States. They are not isolated. They already have platforms. They represent a coordinated effort to rewrite history. They must be combated, not ignored. </thread>
