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'''alt.revisionism''' is a [[Usenet]] [[newsgroup]] intended for discussion of the controversial topic of [[Holocaust revisionism]].  Although the name of the newsgroup suggests that all forms of [[historical revisionism]] can be discussed there, the vast majority of discussion (and flame wars) centers on [[the Holocaust]].

(contracted; show full)the revisionists on the newsgroup, regular newsgroup participants such as [[Ken McVay]] and Jamie McCarthy, working on the principle that the best antidote to a bad argument is a better one, began researching the claims of the revisionists to prove them wrong.  They posted their historical findings to the newsgroup and began archiving documents at various Internet sites.  McVay in particular dedicated a great deal of his time to making historical documents available online through his [[Nizkor Project]].


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When faced with such detailed essays and works as McVay's detailed debunking of the revisionist publication ''66 Questions and Answers About The Holocaust,'' the pro-revisionist participants in the newsgroup found it harder and harder to state a legitimate case for Holocaust revisionism, due in no small part, to Oy Vey McVey's habit of being able to conveniently "discover" documents hitherto undisclosed or unknown of, in an effort to debunk any negative evidence posted. ⏎
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.  Many of their offered documents and pieces of evidence were found to be misstated, poorly researched, and often outright lies and falsehoods, although it must be said, that the veracity of Oy Vey McVey's documentation, itself, is highly questionable. ⏎
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.  The revisionists eventually gave up trying to debate the anti-revisionist faction on the newsgroup, and instead they began an ever-increasing number of personal attacks, slanderous (and occasionally libelous) writings and newsgroup postings, and even occasional death threats. This behaviour has now escalated to the degree, that the supporters of the "normative" account of the holocaust, are now working together to have the internet accounts of detractors cancelled by their ISPs.  

The newsgroup has been the target of several [[denial of service]] attacks, spam floods, and other [[hack (technology slang)|hacking]] attempts by supporters of the holocaust, in an effort to render the newsgroup ineffective. .

The information content of ''alt.revisionism'' has dissolved to nearly nil since the advent of the [[World Wide Web]].  However, the flame wars and incessant personal attacks by the revisionist crowd on the newsgroup against the historical evidence of their foes has provided a source of entertainment for many [[kook]] watchers. Many feel it is extremely unfair and unjust for the likes of Oy Vey McVey to have hijacked the agenda of the newgroup, disallowing any discussion which takes an opposing view to the highly questionable supposedly historical evidence, much of which is based on nothing more than eye witness testimony, of Oy Vey McVey.   Critics of Holocaust revisionism cite ''alt.revisionism'' as an expression of its true face.

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