By David Merlin ∙ April 14, 2017
Seventy percent of American voters view anti-Semitism as a "very" or "somewhat serious" problem according to a survey conducted by Quinnipiac University at the beginning of March This widespread aversion to "anti-semitism" is being crafted into a useful tool by defenders of orthodox Holocaust history. The gambit is to define Revisionism as “anti-semitic,” thus creating a widely…
By David Merlin ∙ April 14, 2017
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's Hitler comment shows how eager the government is to justify its not so secret war to destabilize Syria. The trouble for Mr. Spicer is that he touched the Third Rail of Western politics, lack of reverence for the Holocaust. In the US, any phrase that includes some version of…
By David Merlin ∙ April 3, 2017
Dear Washington Report- You have been one of the foremost voices of rationality and fairness regarding US policies in the Middle East. As such, you should be aware of a developing threat to to free speech and the expression of what can be called in the United States “minority views” toward the oppression of Palestinians….
By David Merlin ∙ March 20, 2017
One of the big reasons that Amazon has pulled Revisionist books is that the government is taking fresh steps in the fight against hatred of Jews by formally adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism. The new and greatly expanded definition on anti-Semitism reads as follows: Contemporary examples of antisemitism in public life,…
By David Merlin ∙ March 18, 2017
Freedom House National Headquarters 1850 M Street NW, Suite 1100 Washington District of Columbia 20036 UNITED STATES Phone: 202-296-5101 Fax: 202-293-2840 [email protected] Dear Freedom House, I am writing to call your attention to a serious threat to internet free speech coming from two quirky English laws. The first law is Section127(1) of the…
By David Merlin ∙ March 10, 2017
One of the more successful stratagems in the battle against historical revisionism is the false claim that Holocaust “denial” is anti-Semitic. This claim is ridiculous for a variety of reasons but the small group of Believer propagandists who came up with the strategy are now working on a similar smear campaign against Palestinian civil-rights groups. The…
By David Merlin ∙ February 24, 2017
Hello Calgary Gauntlet- Scott Strasser // [email protected] [email protected] I am a member of the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust. I would like to comment on Scott Strasser's article of Feb. 16, 2017 and the quote of Professor Maureen Hiebert claiming that, "Holocaust denial is a form of anti-Semitism, plain and simple.” I disagree that there is anything hateful or anti-Semitic…
By David Merlin, Jonas E. Alexis ∙ January 24, 2017
David Merlin has a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He also has a Juris Doctor. He is currently writing a book on the “Irving vs. Lipstadt” trial. He is a frequent contributor to the Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust, CODOH.com. Jonas E. Alexis:…
By Fred A. Leuchter, David Merlin, Jonas E. Alexis ∙ January 6, 2017
[ Editor’s Note: The Ernst Zündel trial, where both David Irving and Fred Leuchter were witnesses, is something I had a front row seat on, having known Ingrid and Ernst for a long time now. The Holohoax Lobby went down in flames from that court case, as it got massive publicity. Sure… the Lobby folks…
By David Merlin ∙ January 6, 2017
Revisionists have long been the target of a smear campaign alleging that our questioning the most extreme and impossible propaganda tales is “anti-Semitic” and we should be all thrown in jail. The governments of Europe have kindly obliged and have criminalized expressing doubt about any aspect of the Holocaust. Our warnings to free speech groups,…
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