HAE joined VOAT, become a holocaust denier, then done independent research and stopped being a denier? (Conspiracy)

submitted ago by GoddammitMrNoodle

It was pretty easy to jump on the band wagon and become a holocaust denier, because it seemed so obvious. Not to mention them darned Jews, right? But something never sat right with me, something along the lines of if it was so obvious why are deniers a minority.

So I did a bunch of research independent of any forums, because let's face it any one on a forum already has an axe to grind.

In the end I really did have to agree that:

  1. Deniers cherrypick. I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of war related documentation there is available and deniers only ever seem to use the few bits that suit their purpose, and then they beat that like a kettle drum.

  2. Overwhelming evidence about the gas chambers NOT being gas chambers turned out to not be so overwhelming afterall. Again deniers seem to only use evidence or methodology that suited their objectives.

So either the Jewish conspiracy is so huge and well funded that they are able to perpetuate a hoax of a scale grander than I can even imagine. Or there actually is a lot of truth there. I do remain open to any new information on or approaches to the subject however.

Anyhow, am I the only one?

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dellcos ago

No. Same as with Ron Paul. No one has ever said, "I USED to support Ron Paul."

Ideas come to through legit thought and research aren't easily swayed.

GoddammitMrNoodle ago

Are you saying that deniers have come to their position through legit thought and research? I'm not arguing with you, just not clear on your meaning.

dellcos ago

Yes. Any amount of real research will get you "denying" major claims of the holocaust simply by the fact that they are blatantly untrue. And any amount of questioning makes you a "denier." So...

GoddammitMrNoodle ago

Fair enough. It's the real research part that the stickler for me though.

dellcos ago

Depends on your definition. But it doesn't take much to see that they are lying about certain things. Then you are in the rabbithole.

For context, I read a book a week, REAL BOOKS, and take notes the whole way. I look at the footnotes and I will actually attempt to assess the sources presented.