Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2018 11:54 am
I do not deny it.
However, I do deny the idea that a viewpoint with many contestors is "established".
Because sometimes even national leaders just want to hang out
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Prydania wrote:Petrolheadia wrote:I do not deny it.
However, I do deny the idea that a viewpoint with many contestors is "established".
I would say when every peer reviewed study of the Holocaust from a professional academic historian reaffirms the Holocaust as a historical fact it becomes “established.”
If you don’t want to believe them? Talk to some survivors. Tell them that you’re not sure if what they lived through is “established” as having happened.
Petrolheadia wrote:Prydania wrote:I would say when every peer reviewed study of the Holocaust from a professional academic historian reaffirms the Holocaust as a historical fact it becomes “established.”
If you don’t want to believe them? Talk to some survivors. Tell them that you’re not sure if what they lived through is “established” as having happened.
I do not believe them, but whether the other studies are peer reviewed or not does not mean this narrative is uncontestes.
Prydania wrote:Petrolheadia wrote:I do not believe them, but whether the other studies are peer reviewed or not does not mean this narrative is uncontestes.
Who don’t you believe?
Professional, academic scholarship is based on the idea of proving something through evidence. Be it historical evidence, archeological evidence, or scientific evidence. Actual professional academics have uniformally declared that the Holocaust his an established, historical truth.
The people who “dispute” it are fringe amateur historians who have had their theories and papers rejected because their theories do not stand up to the evidence presented.
Add in the fact that the vast majority of people who deny the Holocaust are antisemitic proponents of the Nazi regime? And you have have the denial side riddled with problems dealing with bias, poor methodology, and shoddy “evidence.”
Or to put it this way? If someone tells you it’s raining and someone else tells you it’s sunny out it’s not your responsibility to assume both may be right. It’s your responsibility to stick your head out the window and figure out which one’s bullshitting you.
So when you metaphorically “stick your head out” to see which side is telling the truth on this issue? Well the mountains of peer reviewed research, survivor testimony, testimony from camp officials and German government officials, testimony from soldiers who liberated camps, not to mention photographic and physical evidence? It’s clear the Holocaust is historically established fact.
The people telling you didn’t happen are the people telling you it’s sunny in the middle of a rainstorm. You should be able to tell they’re full of shit with relatively little effort.
Petrolheadia wrote:Prydania wrote:I would say when every peer reviewed study of the Holocaust from a professional academic historian reaffirms the Holocaust as a historical fact it becomes “established.”
If you don’t want to believe them? Talk to some survivors. Tell them that you’re not sure if what they lived through is “established” as having happened.
I do not believe them, but whether the other studies are peer reviewed or not does not mean this narrative is uncontestes.
Greater vakolicci haven wrote:"What the honourable delegate from Prydania appears to be incapable of grasping is thus. People have a right to be wrong. They have a right to tell everybody why they believe their incorrect beliefs are in fact correct, and it is then the duty of those with correct beliefs to discredit them publicly. It is not the place of the world assembly, nor of any nation in it to attempt to legislate which beliefs, correct or incorrect, may be freely spoken."
Araraukar wrote:"Given how extensively my government has edited Araraukar's official past, they would be delighted with such a proposal that allowed them to punish anyone trying to discredit the historical facts as they officially exist. Personally I couldn't be more against this, given that I am one of the people who would be - in fact, was - negatively affected by going against established facts."
Kenmoria wrote:"This proposal does need some clauses preventing governments, not individuals, from contradicting known historical truth. I do however wonder about how feasible this may be, given that governments will always consider their version of history the only version that is true."
Kenmoria wrote:Araraukar wrote:"Given how extensively my government has edited Araraukar's official past, they would be delighted with such a proposal that allowed them to punish anyone trying to discredit the historical facts as they officially exist. Personally I couldn't be more against this, given that I am one of the people who would be - in fact, was - negatively affected by going against established facts."
"This proposal does need some clauses preventing governments, not individuals, from contradicting known historical truth. I do however wonder about how feasible this may be, given that governments will always consider their version of history the only version that is true."
Araraukar wrote:Kenmoria wrote:"This proposal does need some clauses preventing governments, not individuals, from contradicting known historical truth. I do however wonder about how feasible this may be, given that governments will always consider their version of history the only version that is true."
"As long as "clearly established historical facts" is used in the proposal text, the government's truth will remain as the "known historical truth"."
Teretstein wrote:Araraukar wrote:"As long as "clearly established historical facts" is used in the proposal text, the government's truth will remain as the "known historical truth"."
Correct. It permits the rewriting of history, a common tool of oppressive regimes throughout history, and then backs that up with penalties under international law should any independent voices within a country using this practice speak out. This is the last thing that this Assembly should be supporting.
Imperium Anglorum wrote:The purpose of this proposal is to prohibit Holocaust denial.
I permit the submission of this proposal by a person who is already a GA author, with appropriate substitution of arbitrary text to the preamble, where the operative clause is unchanged.
Imperium Anglorum wrote:Defining what is a clearly established historical fact is going to be necessary. Right now, people are pretending that any claim at all counts as a CEHF.
Sciongrad wrote:Petrolheadia wrote:I do not deny it.
However, I do deny the idea that a viewpoint with many contestors is "established".
OOC: There are many people that claim the earth is flat and that the ground is accelerating upward at 9.81 m/s^2. Does that mean gravity is not well established? You seem to be a pretty good example of why this proposal is necessary. It doesn't matter how many people contest a theory if there is indisputable evidence corroborating it.