Topic: Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence
it should be a criminal offence because it is disrespectful for all the people that died. if anyone denies the holocaust then they are racist and anti semitic and will cause problems elsewhere.
it should be a criminal offense because of the horrible factual documented suffering that occurred & it should not be trivialized & lied about
it should be classified as a hate crime that is offensive and a lie.   it seeks to give mass murderers a free pass and encourages others to do the same.
it should be criminal to lie about a known true fact. this is the tactic hitler used to mind manipulate millions of people  into believing they were right and just in murdering millions of jews .
it should not a criminal offence as it is just an opinion rather than actually committing a crime.
it should not be a criminal offence because in the us there is the right to free speech, as horrible as it may be.  being ignorant and hateful in speech only is not a crime.
it should not because it would impose on free speech.
it shouldn't because everyone is entitled to free speech and if you make this a criminal offence then what else can it lead to.
it was a horrible, tragic event, the worst this world has ever seen. we need to learn from history and if it is denied, it opens the door for it to happen again if people don't believe it ever happened.
it was a horrific event and should not be denied. we need to learn from history and everyone needs to know that it happened and never let it happen again.
it would be difficult to determine whether or not to prosecute a holocaust denial, because each of us is entitled to our opinion on a subject matter.
it's a fact that it happened and anyone who believes otherwise should be locked up.
its completely disrespectful to the jewish race to ignore their struggles
its freedom of speech and shouldn't be illegal
it's just freedom of speech, you can't arrest someone for not believing something
it's only denial, lies shouldn't be punished
Laws criminalizing holocaust denial are the only way to force social media platforms to crack down on anti-semitism online since they aren't doing so of their own volition now.
making holocaust denial a criminal offence would mean that we no longer have free speech.
Making Holocaust denial a criminal offense will force deniers underground, and their activity will be hard to monitor.
making it a criminal offense would hold accountable those who deny our past horrors
making this a criminal offence is against freedom of speech, people who are prosecuted and locked up for this offence would then become political prisoners in what would become an oppressive regime.
making this an offense is oppressing people's opinions and making a crime of them
many innocent people lost their lives in the holocaust. denying it happened is an insult to their families and the survivors.
many people died during the holocaust and to deny it happened when there are facts to prove it is absurd.