<P> Noam is wrong when he says that holocaust denial does not equal anti-semitism. It does. There is no other reason for someone to deny it AFTER investigating. That is not the same thing (as Noam tries to argue) as someone denying it, a priori, because it is too preposterous.
<P>Nowhere am I saying that Noam is an anti-semite. I said Noam was too proud to admit that he should have distanced himelf from Faurisson. I too think he has the right to publish, but I can assure you that if he ever attached my comments to his book without my permission, then I would sue is sorry racist ass and then give the moeny to a charity of my choice. Noam should spend more time because his answer is insufficient because he knows better. He is a brilliant man with a command over recent history like no other person I have ever read. For him to plead ignorance of Faurisson's anti-semitism is disingenous at best or a lie at worst.
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<P> <B><I>dave dorkin <ddorkin1@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Which last paragraph are we talking about? Noam as a<BR>anti-Semite? Please...Brad has consistantly opted for<BR>distortions of Noam's statements in favor of<BR>implausible secret motives whereas where Larry Summers<BR>was concerned, he did back flips to reconstrue the<BR>"inappropriate" comments. Why should Noam spend any<BR>more time on this BS? Faurisson had a right to<BR>publish. Period. Noam said this and has been on record<BR>about anti-Semitism since before most on the list were<BR>able to read and write. The rest is simple propaganda.<BR>Wiesel is a real falsifier as a look at his denial of<BR>the Armenian holocaust will attest with no need for<BR>ambiguous mind reading.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>--- eric dorkin <ERIC_DORKIN@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR>> <BR>> That's bull....I think Brad deserves an answer. <BR>> Either that he misquotes NC or that there is an<BR>> alternative ex!
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