Ernst Nolte

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In einer eMail vom 24.06.00 13:20:35 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit schreibt 
michel.ryckx at freebel.net:

<< On revisionism. Historians have to take that seriously. Only by proving 
that
 revisionists are wrong  (i.e. what they're telling is not historical) -and 
it is
 very hard, I must admit-  and not by complaining, they will be neutralized.
 Btw: over here in Belgium the spreading of revisionist ideas is a felony.  
Free
 speech apparently is not absolute.  And we have a lot of problems with 
fascists
 over here. >>
You have to add that German und Flemish nazis are working very closely 
togehter. "Vlams Blok"  is the most successfull fascist party in Europe next 
to Mr. Haider's party  FPÖ in Austria.
Still a word about Nolte: the problem with him is: he is no revisionist he is 
"only" a very right-wing ideologist. He never denied the Holocaust, and he 
would never deny that there were gas chambers or something like that. He has 
only his very "special" kind of interpreting history. He is a sophist and a 
well-skilled rhetoric, and you never can fix him. Like Haider. And serious 
scientists like Habermas took him for serious because they discussed with him 
in serious newspapers. You are right: it's a question of hegemony, nothing 
else.
kwp