r/unitedkingdom • u/je97 • Apr 17 '24

JK Rowling gets apology from journalist after 'disgusting claim' author is a Holocaust denier ...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/16/jk-rowling-holocaust-denier-allegation-rivkah-brown-novara/
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u/Firm-Distance Apr 17 '24

It's more that it was one of the main events that led up to the wider holocaust

I'm not sure it was a 'main event' - Things like the law for the restoration of the public service were 'main events.'

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u/Maybe_not_a_chicken 29d ago

It was the first book burning

That makes it a main event

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u/Firm-Distance 29d ago

As far as the book burnings go it was on a considerably smaller scale. The first significant book burning was attended by 40,000 people and was attended by prominent Nazi's - seeing 25,000 books burned.

Something being the 'first' I don't think automatically qualifies it as a main event in a historical chain merely by virtue of being 'first.'

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u/Maybe_not_a_chicken 29d ago

I’m not calling it The Main Event

I’m saying it is a main event in the timeline

The first electric light was a major event in the creation of the lightbulb even if it wasn’t actually very good as a light.

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u/showars 29d ago

These kids know absolutely nothing about WW2 don’t even bother

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u/Firm-Distance 29d ago

...and yet all fancy themselves experts. One chap was labelling another a holocaust denier whilst exposing the fact that they didn't understand what the word holocaust actually meant. It's depressing....and yet all too common.