| | '''Holocaust trivialization''' is the downplaying of the [[Holocaust]], the state-controlled mass-murder of over ten million innocent civilians, usually by creating false equivalencies between the genocide and events whose atrociousness is magnitudes less. Trivialization of the Holocaust is considered to be a prominent form of [[antisemitism]] because it mocks the suffering and deaths of millions of innocent Jews. | | '''Holocaust trivialization''' is the downplaying of the [[Holocaust]], the state-controlled mass-murder of over ten million innocent civilians, usually by creating false equivalencies between the genocide and events whose atrociousness is magnitudes less. Trivialization of the Holocaust is considered to be a prominent form of [[antisemitism]] because it mocks the suffering and deaths of millions of innocent Jews. |
| − | Neo-Marxist leftists, who senselessly invoke [[Godwin's Law]], frequently make outlandish Holocaust comparisons. For example, progressive leader [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] compared strict border policies in the [[Trump]] era to the Shoah, a remark condemned by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.<ref>Steinbuch, Yaron (June 24, 2019). [https://nypost.com/2019/06/24/us-holocaust-museum-denounces-aocs-concentration-camp-remarks/ US Holocaust museum denounces AOC’s ‘concentration camp’ remarks]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved January 11, 2023.</ref> | + | Neo-Marxist leftists, who senselessly invoke [[Godwin's Law]], frequently make outlandish Holocaust comparisons. For instance, progressive leader [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] compared strict border policies in the [[Trump]] era to the Shoah, a remark condemned by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.<ref>Steinbuch, Yaron (June 24, 2019). [https://nypost.com/2019/06/24/us-holocaust-museum-denounces-aocs-concentration-camp-remarks/ US Holocaust museum denounces AOC’s ‘concentration camp’ remarks]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved January 11, 2023.</ref> |