Maybe there is hope after all, or: A most unexpected change of heart
Category: History
A most unexpected change of heart
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 45 Comments •
Respectful Insolence
"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, pseudoscience, history, and pseudohistory (and anything else that interests him)
Who (or what) is Orac?
Orac is the nom de blog of a (not so) humble pseudonymous surgeon/scientist with an ego just big enough to delude himself that someone, somewhere might actually give a rodent's posterior about his miscellaneous verbal meanderings, but just barely small enough to admit to himself that few will. (Continued here, along with a DISCLAIMER that you should read before reading any medical discussions here.)
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Holocaust denial:
Holocaust denial versus free speech
Category: History
On the tension between combatting Holocaust denial while still preserving free speech.
Posted by Orac at 12:00 PM • 34 Comments •
Bishop Richard Williamson, Holocaust denial, and the problem of "recantation" by cranks
Category: History
A blast from the past about Holocaust denial.
Posted by Orac at 12:00 AM • 150 Comments •
Six years in the blogosphere...
Category: Blog housekeeping
Has it really been six years? Six years ago today, on a dim and dreary Saturday in December, almost on a whim I sat down, went to Blogspot, and started up the first version of Respectful Insolence with an introductory...
Posted by Orac at 11:00 AM • 73 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Elie Wiesel: Carve out an exception to free speech for Holocaust denial
Category: History
It occurs to me that I haven't written about this topic in quite a while, but a recent event makes me think that maybe now's the time to revisit this topic. I'm referring to Holocaust denial. Newer readers may not...
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 321 Comments •
"Debating" denialists
Category: History
I happened to be listening to the Holocaust Denial On Trial podcast yesterday, specifically this episode which is a recording of a speech given by Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt about Holocaust denial and her experiences being sued for libel in...
Posted by Orac at 12:00 PM • 42 Comments •
The "vindication of all kooks" corollary to the principle of crank magnetism
Category: History
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. The problem is, the enemy is science itself.
Posted by Orac at 6:00 AM • 85 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Schadenfreude again over David Irving
Category: History
Should "good guys" use bad tactics against hate?
Posted by Orac at 12:00 AM • 138 Comments •
Combatting Holocaust denial: Ur doing it wrong when u smash free speech
Category: Holocaust denial
Throwing out the baby with the bathwater in Germany.
Posted by Orac at 8:00 AM • 335 Comments •
Holocaust Denial on Trial podcast
Category: History
As regular readers know, one of my interests outside of medicine is the phenomenon of Holocaust denial. Granted, I haven't written as much about it lately as I used to, but that doesn't mean I've lost interest. Actually, I think...
Posted by Orac at 3:00 PM • 11 Comments •
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