I'm posting this because this topic is in the news now with the comment from Facebook Zuckerberg and also because holocaust denial rhetoric appears on this site fairly frequently, so it's relevant to thaivisa.com.

This article covers the different tactics of holocaust deniers and we've seen ALL of those same tactics here on this forum. Most insidiously the game of acting innocent and "just asking questions" when the clear goal is extremely hateful. 

For now Facebook is sort of allowing holocaust denial rhetoric, but here is another very well thought out policy about that where it is not allowed.

Probably needless to say, I agree with the latter approach. But I thought some people might be interested in the reasoning behind the harsher policy.

I would support copying that policy here. 

So here --

https://slate.com/technology/2018/07/the-askhistorians-subreddit-banned-holocaust-deniers-and-facebook-should-too.html

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How One of the Internet’s Biggest History Forums Deals With Holocaust Deniers

And how Facebook should, too.

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Taken together or separately, these beliefs serve one goal: to make the ideas of the Nazis socially acceptable.