Finland to criminalise Holocaust denial

https://lemmy.ml/post/30162252

Finland to criminalise Holocaust denial - Lemmy

Let’s say better late than never.

I mean, the holocaust definitely happened, was horrific, and people who deny it either deny history happened at all of are conspiracy theorists, but I don’t like the precedent set by the government specifying what opinions are allowed to have - it doesn’t sound like something we should be celebrating, and anyway, banning opinions just drives them underground, if you want to regulate people’s thoughts you have to legalise them.
Not all opinions have to be around the table to debate. It’s a false idea of democracy. Your freedom of opinion has limits and one fundamental is humanity. Denying a crime against humanity isn’t an opinion.

I respectfully disagree. Note that we are talking about holocaust denialism, not holocaust support. The first is just very dumb, whereas the latter is morally despicable.

In other words: Supporting a crime against humanity is never an option. Denying a crime against humanity is always an option.

“Holding a lit cigarette next to the mouth is not smoking” is not “smoking” : that’s a petty distinction, with dubious benefits