• TheRealKuni@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Okay but, let’s be fair, not knowing the Nazis burned books on trans healthcare and research is not the same as denying the holocaust.

    I’m not saying she hasn’t denied the holocaust. I’m just saying this isn’t an example of that.

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      24 hours ago

      Shes denying part of the holocaust. Whether that be from ignorance or otherwise idk and idc. Denying part of the holocaust is definitionally holocaust denial. Thats litterally the defining trait of the word

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        24 hours ago

        Denying part of the holocaust is definitionally holocaust denial.

        It really isn’t “definitionally” Holocaust denial. “Holocaust denial” as a linguist concept as understood by most people has nothing at all to do with denying the burning of trans literature.

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          23 hours ago

          “Deniers assert that the Holocaust is a fabrication or exaggeration,[3][4][5]making one or more of the following false claims:”

          and then an incomplete list of holocaust denialist claims. Thats from your own link

          J K Rowling is claiming the holocaust is exaggereted in them tweets, therefore: denying part of the holocaust as defined by the above.

          and holocaust denial is an academic term with a pretty precise definition, as much as it is a colloqial one.

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      2 days ago

      There’s also a difference between not knowing something and implying that something is a lie (and sending that implication out to her millions of Twitter followers).

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        Oh absolutely, I agree 100%. All I’m saying is that this wasn’t an example of holocaust denial. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t ignorant and shitty.