“Making the gas chamber, — and not mass murder by the godless state — the centerpiece also denies something. It denies, or at least pulls the attention away from the victims of Communism, another “purely exterminationist, annihilationist” crime against humanity.”
It is not an apples and oranges argument. Speaking of the horrors of the Holocaust does not deny the horrors committed by Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, or any other dictator, be it from Communism, Fascism, or just a plain old dictatorship. One can speak to all of them. We humans are very capable of chewing gum and rubbing our tummies at the same time. It is not an either/or discussion. One does not take away from the horrors of the other. Your argument here is a false one. I don’t understand why you keep on trying to defend the indefensible.
Of course. They are all horrible, inexcusable crimes regardless of technology used. That was the point I was making.
I do not defend Williamson blindly and don't subscribe to his views. But I want him to stand accused accurately, for the views he actually holds, and also in the context of other deniers of evil. I can point out any number of people in position of authority who question the intentions, the scope, and the methods of killing in the Gulag. I don't see that creating a public outcry. So, I conclude, that this episode is heated up by the media because it has the potential to hurt the Catholic Church, and to slow the momentum toward greater traditionalism in the Church, and I happen to be Catholic who welcomes these changes.