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RandySF

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Fri May 26, 2023, 09:23 AM May 2023

When asked about Holocaust deniers, Sen. Cirino said colleges should be about different views

Ohio state Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, danced around a question about college professors interacting with a student with “a dissenting view” of the Holocaust Wednesday morning during the House Higher Education Committee Meeting.

State Rep. Casey Weinstein, D-Hudson, asked Cirino, “If a student had a dissenting view about the Holocaust, which there is a very active denial group out there, would the professor be obliged to agree with the student and could the professor take a side on the Holocaust?”

According to a 2020 study of millennial and Gen Z adults from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), 23% of those who responded believed the Holocaust was a myth, had been exaggerated, or weren’t sure.

Cirino said he has received this question many times since introducing Senate Bill 83, a massive higher education bill that would have wide-ranging impacts on college campuses.

“I think Holocaust deniers are off the charts,” Cirino said before proceeding to answer what he would do as a college professor in that situation.

“I would expect the professor to not shout that person down and throw him out of the classroom or embarrass them in front of their other students. I would expect the professor to come down on the side of what is history,” he said.




https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/when-asked-about-holocaust-deniers-sen-cirino-said-colleges-should-be-about-accepting-even-views-that-are-uncomfortable/

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