Calling People ‘Holocaust-Obsessed’ Is the New Holocaust Denial

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PJ Tatler:

Rodger L Simon

8/24/12

 

Don’t let the bland title deter you from reading the brilliant and necessary article on Slate “A New Slur”] by Ron Rosenbaum. The author’s subject is the increasingly ubiquitous accusation of “Holocaust obsession” used against those who persist in seeing significance in this greatest of all human atrocities. Writes Rosenbaum:

 

It’s the word “obsessed” that seems problematic to me. It implies a bright line between legitimate interest and something else, something over-intense, feverish, and counterproductive. But where is that line? How much time should we spend worrying about the threat of future Holocausts and genocides, not just those involving Jews.

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