California School District Under Fire for Holocaust-Denial Assignment

[Scootaloo]

76. As I tell geek upthread, it's not a situation of "happened or no"

But rather, what the facts of the event are, what they mean, who did what, etc.

Yes, it is, in great part settled. Should the book then be closed, shelved, and placed behind a locked door? Should we be looking at it through hermetically-sealed glass, going "there's the book we never open, thank goodness we all know what's in it!"

...yeah it's a bit overwrought, but really.

No, the book should be on every table, open and readable, peopel should be free to wander around, coming up with ideas and questions and seeking answers - and again, there are answers for pretty much everything you could ask.

So when some imbecile "raises a question" about the gas chambers at Auschwitz... answer his dumb ass. Don't go "Oh my god, you can't ask that!"

Seriously, these guys actually rely on such reaction to make their case. The last thing they want is for people to actually engage their bullshit, because none of it stands up to examination.