Cochise
Priest of the cult of the Dog with the Broken Paw
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Actually I'd have been interested to hear him speak. He must - in his own mind - have had some reason for believing what he did. I'm pretty sure from what I have heard of him that he wasn't just a straightforward anti-Semite however unpalatable his views.I went to a sit down student protest at uni - he was booked to speak at our union and we barred his way in. We were being photographed by... who knows but men with creases pressed in their jeans and very clean shoes, trying to pass as fellow students. Very interesting experience. As I said upthread, my grandad was amongst the soldiers who walked into Belsen. Wasn't going to let a holocaust denier speak. My grandad (who was not only a sargeant but also excelled at bare knuckle fighting) would have dealt with him in a more straightforward way.
And I'm not really in favour of muzzling people - it tends only to reinforce the views of their fellow travellers, instead of their views being exposed and ridiculed.