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Author: Robert
Michael
June 7, 2000
My brother recently sent me a long interview of
Deborah Lipstadt, most of it centering around the
Irving case. I had met her briefly years ago at a
conference in Boston and, as a new teacher of Holocaust,
I asked her during our conversation, "What do I do if a
student makes antisemitic remarks in class?" She replied
tersely, "F--- 'em." It was like Alexander cutting
the Gordian Knot with his sword. Congrats, Deborah, you
did good!
One statement in her interview caught my attention.
She said of Irving: "But he's not a normal person -- he's
an antisemite."
It always seemed to me that a normal person certainly
could be an antisemite. Thoughts?
Robert
Michael
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