@freyntje reminds me ever more of David Irving who once, in Nov 94, pathetically tried to challenge @deborahlipstadt in a debate about his claim that the absence of a written order from the Führer’s hand was a reason to doubt the reality of the #Holocaust. @SinaloCaroline 1/6
Similarly today, @freyntje is doubting the planification of the #GenocideAgainstTheTutsi just because the ICTR did not convict Bagosora of conspiracy to commit genocide (prior to 7 April 1994), thereby simply disregarding available historical evidences of the planification. 2/6
Back then, Irving was ridiculously waiving with 1000$ in his hand for anyone to engage in a debate with him, must’ve been quite a sight! Today @freyntje is waving as much as he can on Twitter to “debate” his historical distortions & manipulations. @gateteviews@SinaloCaroline 3/6
Just like Irving, @freyntje is playing the victimization card, crying about “censorship” and contamination of the academic world.
It’s not about censorship @freyntje, that is neither possible nor wish-able, it is about the minimum required honesty to debate. 4/6
Striking how many of the claims made by @deborahlipstadt against Irving (book Denying the Holocaust) do fit @freyntje like a glove. Misstated evidence; misquoted sources; falsified statistics; misconstrued information; bent historical evidence to serve his own purpose & beliefs
@MarcHoogsteyns@PVerlindenJst I met @PVerlindenJst a few times in person at his conferences. His usual boastfulness and arrogance put aside, every single time, he made statements that cannot possibly be supported by any serious academic nor have been double checked. 1/5
@MarcHoogsteyns@PVerlindenJst One time, he claimed that millions of Rwandan refugees were afraid to return and called me a liar when I said that 3,5 M Rwandan refugees had already returned to Rwanda from DRC and Burundi since 94. ... I guess UNHCR is not a reliable source in his eyes. 2/5
@MarcHoogsteyns@PVerlindenJst Another time (about the refugees camps in DRC), I asked him if there were (according to him) weapons in those camps. I quote his answer: “Maybe a few rusty guns, but I’m not even sure they were still functional”. ...I guess MSF is not a reliable source in his eyes neither. 3/5