#denial of nazi crimes

[hippityhoppityyourenowmyproperty]

Not the fucking terfs fighting for their lives rn trying to somehow claim rowling wasn't denying the book burnings

[transexualpirate]

2000: everyone loves the fantastical magical universe a single mother created by herself in her amazing books!

2024: we regret to inform you she is currently engaging in denial of nazi crimes.

[violet-phoenix-nebula]

Important distinction regarding JKR and Holocaust denial

I think it's really important that we get the distinction here right, especially to be as effective as possible.

"... that would fall under the category of Nazi crime denialism. Now, there is a reason I use that phrase in particular.

"She has not, at time of recording, engaged in holocaust denial. That needs to be made very clear. The holocaust very specifically refers to the crimes committed against the Jewish people by the Nazis.

"However, the holocaust was not the only crime committed by the Nazis. So while holocaust denial is a form of Nazi crime denial, not every Nazi crime denial is holocaust denial."

Vera Wylde - JK Rowling's Nazi crime denial and why it matters

I would highly encourage everyone to watch this video. She goes into a lot of detail and breaks down all of the proof that the Nazis burning that material did factually happen. It's a very well put together video.

Bonus for supporting her as a trans creator!

[brick-van-dyke]

TERFs 🤝 Zionists

Using the exact same talking points and rhetoric.

[ketrindoll]

The tankie mindset

Documents left by soviets and the KGB in occupied states as well as soviet archives in russia proving their crimes, like genocide, torture, and authoritarianism - lies

Soviet defectors and their accounts - lies

Peoples experience of living in the USSR, especially in occupied states - lies

Things like Katyn that even modern russian government admitted - lies

But

Some propaganda booklet or a Reddit forum they read while chilling in the West, no personal or familial contact with USSR whatsoever - the gospel truth

[chaiaurchaandni]

[gwydionmisha]

How Transphobes Wield Nazi Crime Denialism To Further Fascism

[themalhambird]

It is 1.30 in the morning I should be asleep instead I am awake panicking because the shadow justice Secretary apparently thinks that The Author Who Will Not Be Named has some gold points, actually, and it's looking horribly like the future government is only marginally less likely to get the love of my life hate-crimed to death than the current lot are.

[hellyeahheroes]

J.K. Rowling & Holocaust Denial by Caelan Conrad

This situation showcases why intersectionality is so important. bigots will always target multiple marginalized groups at the same time, and they will find strength in trying to deny they're doing it, or have done it. In fact, it is crucial for them to try to separate and isolate the groups they target That's why we must always stand together against them

-Admin

[sofiadragon]

How is the adults-only show about demons in hell made by people less problematic than the beloved children's book series about the power of love?

[lyinginbedmon]

For context here: As Delzoun here notes, the term "Holocaust denial" refers not only to denial that the Holocaust occurred but also to denial of specific elements, such as what groups were targeted or how many were killed.

JK Rowling, specifically, has stated that trans people being targeted by the Holocaust was "a fever dream".

Anyway, here's one of the most renowned photographs from the Nazi book burnings that occurred in the earliest stages of the Holocaust.

You can find this image with incredible ease, even with the state of Google these days.

What are they destroying? Oh, that's the research and studies of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, which housed and supported many trans people and was the site of some of the very first transition surgeries.

What they are destroying, in this photograph, available damn near everywhere, is some of the earliest research and history of the trans community in the 20th century.

[hippityhoppityyourenowmyproperty]

@radlymona You really didn't pay attention when you visited, did you?

[immaculatasknight]

Bad neighbors

[notaplaceofhonour]

As a leftist Jew who believes strongly in the cause of dignity and freedom for the Palestinian people, and that Israel has abused them, I am begging fellow leftists to understand that real life is not a comic book. A government being “the bad guy” in a situation does not automatically make anyone who opposes it “the good guy”.

Hamas denies the Holocaust. Hamas disseminates the Protocols of the Elders of Zion—the conspiracy theory it paints is what they mean by “Zionist”. Hamas forbids foreign aid educators from teaching human rights to Palestinians, and claims that even teaching that the Holocaust happened is a war crime. Hamas has written the aim of annihilating Israel (the country and its people) into its charter—the mass slaughter and violent expulsion of 7 million Jews from the land is written into its laws.

There is no crime any state could ever do that would justify any of that; there is no act of state repression that could ever make it acceptable to side with the organization spreading Nazi pamphlets and Holocaust denial.

Oppose Bibi Netanyahu. Oppose Israel’s far-right, authoritarian government. Oppose Likud’s policies. Oppose its violence against Palestinian civilians. That isn’t antisemitic. But Hamas is—verifiably, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to its core—antisemitic. Its portrayal of Israeli Jews as blood-thirsty, child-killing master manipulators that control international media and finance is antisemitic. Its insistence that Palestinian freedom necessitates the death & expulsion of Jews from the land is antisemitic. Its redefinition of “Zionism” as a pejorative to mean genocidal Jewish/Israeli Supremacy is antisemitic.

Supporting the Palestinian people in their plight is a noble and loving goal; please never stop that. But do not let Hamas co-opt that into excusing or denying their rampant antisemitism and war crimes.

[ara-line]

I've seen many leftists call Israel fake because it's 'colonial.'

So if that applies to Israel, then why isn't the US a fake country? How about my home country of Canada? Aren't they fake by that same metric?

At least be consistent my God.

I'm just saying, Neo-Nazis and Leftists should be easier to tell apart when it comes to them talking about Jews. You know. Ideally.

[fading-event-608]

Hello! I see people here are talking about Gaza again. 

I’m not one to vaguepost, nor do I usually spend time arguing with zionists and liberals online, but the amount of “pro-Palestine” liberals I’ve seen in the last day saying that Gazans “deserve genocide” because Trump won…

I’m not surprised to hear that democrats are mad at third-party voters. It’s true that even if all swing third-party votes went to Kamala she’d still have lost, but reality isn’t important to these people. Democrats want a monopoly - of course they’re upset at everyone who isn’t voting for their party. Of course they’re more upset with communists and anarchists than they are with nazis.

None of this is new. But even though we’ve seen these patterns before, I am absolutely sick to witness these people blaming Palestinians for this. I’m sick hearing them almost gleefully wishing for Gaza to be turned into a parking lot. I’m sick coming across individualistic little diatribes about how they’re “done” boycotting, “done” helping others.

Is it Palestinians’ fault that Kamala’s campaign was so poorly run?

Is it Palestinians’ fault that the US is now so full of nazis that the Democrats lost the popular vote for the first time since 2004, by 5 million votes?

Is it Palestinians’ fault that the US supplies and supports Israel in their annihilation of Gaza and other occupied Palestinian territories, as well as neighbouring countries?

Is it Palestinians’ fault that the government assisting Israel’s genocidal project was, for the past four years, Biden’s administration? A Democrat’s administration? 

The crime that Palestinians have committed in the eyes of these liberals is the crime of existing where said liberals can see them - namely, on social media. The unofficial charges: not being silent, resisting, asking for help from the people best equipped to give money for their survival. So again, I’ll ask - is it the fault of Palestinians that the people best equipped to help them are those in the imperial core? That the people Palestinians must go to for help are people benefitting from both this genocide and the genocides the empires that house them are built on?

Of course the gravest offence is interrupting the liberal supply of white noise. Comfort is, after all, the biggest priority in liberalism - silence and denial is self care. Murder by proxy is the most popular of hobbies, and is best enjoyed with the sound off. But Palestinians are not quiet. You can see their faces now - and the identification of them as something other than faceless, or rather someone, begins to burrow through the insulation built up around you. 

You have the barest sense of how fragile your world is. You can either turn away from this, or continue your journey towards the truth. These liberals are examples of those violently turning away and taking up the slaughter again, desperate to dispel any reminders that they are not the only people on earth worthy of life.

You can literally buy an indulgence now by donating to a Palestinian fundraiser. Yes, even if you’re not a Democrat, or you’re from Europe (chances are your government supplies Israel too, or is at least complacent), or there’s any other facet of your identity that supplies nuance. This is up to all of us, no matter who we are. 

I’ve been spotlighting Falastin’s campaign to save her family in Gaza for more than two months now. I will continue to do so until they’re safe; but their safety will likely be a long time coming. This is in part because Falastin’s campaign must support 24 people, and in part because donations are slowing down - not only for Falastin, but for a lot of other fundraisers I keep an eye on. To be afraid for so many people while watching liberals angrily abandoning this cause is distressing and disheartening.

This is life or death. I don’t care who you are, and I care even less to hear if you’ve voted or who you voted for. All I ask is that you boost this post and, if you can, donate to Falastin. The Gofundme is in SEK and the rates are:

10$ = 107 SEK

25$ = 269 SEK

50$ = 538 SEK

100$ = 1,076 SEK

You can also donate via PayPal in USD: [LINK]

We also host a raffle for hand-made Palestinian thob [info HERE], and the first winner will be chosen in a bit less than 2 days. 

P. S. Yes, Falastin’s campaign has been vetted, several times across multiple platforms:

#282 in El-Shab-Hussein and Nabulsi's spreadsheet [HERE], 

#957 in the Butterfly Project spreadsheet [HERE]

Falastin's account: [LINK]