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Holocaust deniers are just
another of our many ene-
mies.
In his book The Vanishing American
Jew, Alan Dershowitz characterizes
them as "antisemites, anti-Zionists,
conspiracy nuts, fools and other
assorted knaves and naifs."
Dershowitz writes further, "There is
little subtlety to this position. It is not

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Irving has made extensive use of the
Internet to publicize and defend his
views through his Focal Point
Publications Web site and other
Holocaust-denial sites. As a supposed
hater supporting insupportable theo-
ries of history, Irving's Web sites ought
to be crude and ridiculous.
They are anything but. Those look-
ing for swastikas and pictures of the
Fuehrer will have to look elsewhere.
These Web sites fall well within the
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targeted towards thinking people."
But it is hard to characterize British
historian David Irving as being unsub-
tle or unthinking. Irving is the plain-
tiff in a British libel trial in which he
is accusing Emory University history
professor Deborah Lipstadt of defam-
ing him by calling him a Holocaust
denier.

Fred Grossman writes for the
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle.

most crucial of all — a seriousness of
purpose.
Complicating matters are Irving's
writings, which these Web sites feature
plentifully. Rather than ranting, Irving
speaks as a passionate advocate of
scholarly views.
In one chapter of his site, Irving
rips apart a negative article about him,
using arguments so coolly and reason-
ably put that they are virtually impos-
sible to disregard.
Further, Irving's position itself is