Daily Poll: Is It Appropriate for Atheist Groups to give a Platform for Holocaust Deniers?
Daily Poll: Is It Appropriate for Atheist Groups to give a Platform for Holocaust Deniers? Sunday April 30, 2006 Larry Darby, former president of Alabama’s Atheist Law Center, attracted a lot of negative attention for inviting David Irving, a notorious Holocaust Denier, anti-Semite, and apologist for fascism, speak at his group. Darby insisted that he only did this in order to support Irving’s free speech rights, but it seems clear that he agrees with Irving’s Holocaust Denial and anti-Semitism. Daily Poll: Is it appropriate for atheist or free thought groups to give a platform for Holocaust Deniers? • Yes, they have a responsibility to promote free inquiry and support minority ideas • Yes, so-c
