David Irving
by planetparker
As a historian – a proper historian – I am sick and tired of seeing David Irving referred to as a historian, even a “controversial” one in the media. He is not a historian. He is a fantasist and an imposter.
The ranks of historians are a mixed bunch. Not all are kind, cuddly, generous people like me. There are alas many who are mean-spirited and devious, as well as the many who have fallen prey to alcohol and other drugs. But one thing unites us all: we do not fabricate.
Irving is like all narcissists, obsessed by publicity and unfortunately he gets too much of it. He has also consistently lied about his qualifications. Imposters are far too numerous not only in the ranks of historians.
Irving, along with his buddy Nick Griffin, whinge when they are denied “freedom of speech” for their hate-laden offerings. Yet when someone is being kicked in the face by one of Griffin’s supporters because of their skin colour or their dress, freedom of speech doesn’t come into it – they can’t speak at all. And what about the millions of victims of Nazi extermination – Jews, Gypsies, people with mental and physical defects, homosexuals etc. Freedom of speech doesn’t matter to them, because they’re dead.
