Its a tough one I think, I'm not sure quite where I stand.
He is a twat, but not sure the prison sentence is really valid.
Then again it's not like he is misguided but entirely benign, there is footage of him speaking to neo-nazi rallies where he can't possibly have been naive enough not to realise how his revisionism would fit in and support these peoples warped political views.
Denying the holocaust is shocking and wrong. Revising history and attempting to deny appalling violence and abuse of human rights is pretty much a feature of mainstream politics and the media across the globe.
I worry that maybe this helps to raise his profile and could make him into some kind of marter for the far right.
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