Sharon Hill
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Who among Forteans were/are clearly Holocaust deniers? It seems that a community with a tendency towards anti-science and contrarianism would produce some figures with appallingly unethical positions. I'm wondering how common this is and would like to know more.
For example, Jim Brandon/ William Grimstad was the author of Weird America, a classic Fortean volume and also the writer of Rebirth of Pan. He was a revisionist historian and Nazi sympathizer, gaining recent interest because of the Hellier documentary. He still is praised as a "synchromystic" (whatever shit that is) by Loren Coleman who seems to think there is nothing unseemly about him worth mentioning. I understand that we should not logically discredit work in one area because of personal beliefs. Yet, there is a case to be made that someone who denies the Holocaust is not a credible source for anything. Nor are they worthy of promotion and praise.
For example, Jim Brandon/ William Grimstad was the author of Weird America, a classic Fortean volume and also the writer of Rebirth of Pan. He was a revisionist historian and Nazi sympathizer, gaining recent interest because of the Hellier documentary. He still is praised as a "synchromystic" (whatever shit that is) by Loren Coleman who seems to think there is nothing unseemly about him worth mentioning. I understand that we should not logically discredit work in one area because of personal beliefs. Yet, there is a case to be made that someone who denies the Holocaust is not a credible source for anything. Nor are they worthy of promotion and praise.