Norman Finkelstein, Assistant Professor of Political Science at DePaul University, has made a career of minimizing the holocaust. His writings are popular among holocaust deniers, so it's easy to make a connection between Finkelstein and the deniers.
Two weeks ago, Ruth Coniff, political editor for the very-liberal Madison, Wisconsin-based Progressive Magazine referrred to Finkelstein as a denier on Wisconsin Public Radio, but she backed off from the declaration, using the term "holocaust minimizer" for the rest of the show.
Professor Finkelstein complained to the Progressive, and I have to respect them--they didn't cave in to Finkelstein's demands for an apology or a retraction.
Mathew Rothschild, editor-in-chief for the Progressive, comes back at Finkelstein with both barrels blasting. Rothschild extensively researched Finkelstein's writings to in his response.
A sample, courtesy of Norman Finkelstein's web site:
Minimization of the Holocaust--by Characterization.
"Hitler's war against the Jews, even if irrational (and that itself is a complex issue), would hardly constitute a unique historical occurrence."
--Finkelstein, The Holocaust Industry
"The claims of Holocaust uniqueness are intellectually barren and morally discreditable."
--Finkelstein, The Holocaust Industry
"The field of Holocaust studies is replete with nonsense, if not sheer fraud."
--Finkelstein, The Holocaust Industry
"The Holocaust industry has become an outright extortion racket."
--Finkelstein, The Holocaust Industry
"The Holocaust may yet turn out to be the 'greatest robbery in the history of mankind.'"
—Finkelstein, The Holocaust Industry
"I sometimes think that American Jewry 'discovering' the Nazi Holocaust was worse than its having been forgotten."
--Finkelstein, The Holocaust Industry
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