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Defending Truth: Legal And Psychological Aspects Of Holocaust Denial, Kenneth Lasson
Defending Truth: Legal And Psychological Aspects Of Holocaust Denial, Kenneth Lasson
Kenneth Lasson
Today that form of historical revisionism popularly called “Holocaust denial” abounds worldwide in all its full foul flourish – disseminated not only on Arab streets but in American university newspapers, not only in books, articles, and speeches but in mosques and over the Internet. Can we reject spurious revisionism, or punish purposeful expressions of hatred, and still pay homage to the liberty of thought ennobled by the First Amendment? Are some conflicts between freedom of expression and civility as insoluble as they are inevitable? Can history ever be proven as Truth? This article attempts to answer those questions. Part I …