The Taboo Quality of the Holocaust
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Editorial: The Taboo Quality of the Holocaust
The Jewish Holocaust is one of the few remaining taboos of western
society, on par with incest and paedophilia. Most people will react
with very strong feelings ranging from anger to fear, shock and
disgust, when exposed to any perceived threat to beliefs relating to
the Holocaust. Even discussing its taboo nature causes considerable
levels of discomfort. Unbeknown to most people, its continued
existence serves a number of powerful interests and comes at a
terrible cost to society.
The taboo quality of the Jewish Holocaust in Western society is being
enforced no differently from taboos in Polynesia: failure to comply
results in social and economic ruin, incarceration, physical attack,
sometimes even loss of life. Believing that the Jewish Holocaust as
we know it - as the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored
persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi
regime and its collaborators through the use of gas and other methods
- actually occurred, determines whether a person is considered a Nazi
and Anti-Semite (in other words utterly evil and a danger to society)
or not.
A political/historical taboo like this wouldn't exist if it didn't
serve very powerful interests. The most obvious is support for
Israel. Reports of the murder of six million Jews understandably
generated considerable sympathy and support for the idea of the
foundation of a Jewish state in Palestine and still helps deflecting
criticism of Israel's treatment of the Palestine people and its
neighbours. Less obvious is the interest of the political left in
gaining moral superiority over the political right. And last, but not
least, there is the interest of the Allied powers, especially the US
and the UK, of justifying their war crimes committed against the
German people during World War II. Who worries about the deliberate
destruction of 90% of German civilian buildings resulting in the
killing of 600,000 civilians when hearing about the gassing of six
millions Jews?
The continued existence of the Holocaust taboo, 60 years after the
end of World War II, comes at a terrible price. For one, it makes it
virtually impossible for world opinion to hold Israel responsible for
its treatment of the Palestine people. Any criticism of Israel's
policies is stifled by wholesale claims of Anti-Semitism, implying
that the critic is trying to 'finish off' Hitler's job of
exterminating the Jewish people. This doesn't necessarily occur
intentionally. In many cases it's simply the result of a Holocaust
induced paranoia. For two, it makes it easier for the US government
to continue its use of aerial bombing against civilians as a means of
warfare. The killing of more than 3000-4000 civilians per month in
Iraq pre-dominantly through US air strikes wouldn't be possible
without the belief in US military and political circles that the
killing of civilians in air warfare ('collateral damage') is not a
war crime, a belief that has its roots in the unpunished strategic
bombing of Germany and Japan during World War II.
Historical revisionism is not about denying the truth. It's about
establishing the truth, regardless of the outcome. The failure of the
political left to embrace Holocaust revisionism is depriving it of
the potentially most powerful weapon against its political enemies.
It should stop fighting against its political enemy of 60 years ago
and start using all available means to fight today's battles.
[Andrew Winkler is the Editor/Publisher of The Rebel Media Group. He
can be contacted on editor at TheRebel.Org]
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