Are “Revisionists” Holocaust-deniers?
Part 1 of 3 (Versión en Español) Table of Contents • The Question • The Answer • Attempts to Confuse: Misdirection Denial Equals Revision • Attempts to Resolve the Contradiction Through Communication: Greg Raven Others Books about Holocaust denial: The Question Let’s get straight what we’re saying. It’s true that “revisionists” don’t like to be called “Holocaust-deniers.” The question for this web page: is the term accurate? Some might ask why we need the term “denier” at all. Why not call them what they want to be called? (Frank Miele, among others, argues for this position.) The answer is that the term “revisionist” is misleading. Historical revisionism is an honest process that occurs all the time. Any work that examines a well-understood facet of history and comes to a radically new conclusion may be said to be revisionist history. Some works are more strongly revisionist than others. However, so-called “Holocaust revisionism” is not history at all; it is dishonest. Calling their e
Part 1 of 3 (Versión en Español) Table of Contents • The Question • The Answer • Attempts to Confuse: Misdirection Denial Equals Revision • Attempts to Resolve the Contradiction Through Communication: Greg Raven Others Books about Holocaust denial: The Question Let’s get straight what we’re saying. It’s true that “revisionists” don’t like to be called “Holocaust-deniers.” The question for this web page: is the term accurate? Some might ask why we need the term “denier” at all. Why not call them what they want to be called? (Frank Miele, among others, argues for this position.) The answer is that the term “revisionist” is misleading. Historical revisionism is an honest process that occurs all the time. Any work that examines a well-understood facet of history and comes to a radically new conclusion may be said to be revisionist history. Some works are more strongly revisionist than others. However, so-called “Holocaust revisionism” is not history at all; it is dishonest. Calling their e
