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One in five young Americans think the Holocaust is a myth (www.economist.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Powderhorn to c/usnews

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[–] t3rmit3 39 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This is the logical outcome of a certain party both pushing an identity of male-dominance based on toxicly masculine characteristics, and who also cozies up to White Supremacist orgs like the Proud Boys.

The GOP is and has always been a fertile recruiting ground for white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups, and the "manosphere" has accelerated the spread of their core rhetoric (which includes Holocaust denialism) geometrically.

[–] drwho 11 points 11 months ago

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