I just hope civil rights groups will counter with public displays of their own decrying the Holocaust-deniers.

for tearing one of those down.

The response was as other members have already posted. Freedom of Speech is a pillar for our Constitutional Republic, so I'm told, that means even the most racist, bigoted, misogynistic, or antisemitic speech is protected.

There is also nothing to prevent anyone from protesting such speech, shaming the behaviour and attempting to inflict financial damage upon those who abuse others.

How can someone deny the activities of Nazi Germany during World War II? This doesn't even make sense. They think it didn't happen??? Might as well deny the sun comes up and goes down each day.

By the same token, having this mythical belief seems to be of little threat to anyone who is a rational human being. Of course it happened. Documentation as well as first person verification should be enough proof to make these deniers look like bat shit crazy fools.

Please let me know what I am missing.

It seems to work for Turkey, denying the Armenian genocide.

I know there are all sorts of religious wackos...the earth is 6 million years old, etc, etc, etc, etc. Some pretty crazy shit.

I guess my point is they are nuts. I know it's an insult to reality...but ...I just thinks its so asinine. Like if I drink gasoline I'll be able to run faster.

Guess I have no point other than it is so damned absurd to even give them attention.

Can the transit system be held liable if patrons chose to do that??

In other words, they'll do (allow) anything for money.

Transit agencies charge customers 50% or less of the actual cost.

As it is, many don't understand the Holocaust, and too many (IMO) don't even know about the Holocaust, so revisionism and denialism are going to become more prevalent. Then, there is the anti-Semitism of it all, which is on the rise and barely gets noticed until a bunch of us are gunned down, then it is quickly forgotten and it is back to business as usual hoo-hooing about anti-Semitism being called out, until it leads to the inevitable..."The Jews did it!"

This is another altogether.

It is the complete denial of an historical event that is so well-documented that there is no sane, rational or intelligent argument that can be made to refute what happened. It is an attempt to diminish the barbaric savagery that one group of deranged people visited upon another group of people they considered inferior and therefore treated them without any human compassion or empathy.

I look upon such people who deny the Holocaust as deeply mentally- or emotionally- disturbed people who do not deserve to be engaged or validated in any way. I refuse to waste even a nano of my time on such intentional stupidity. I feel the same way about these Q Anon buffoons.

There will come a time when we will be forced to stop the proliferation of this garbage.

If you're not willing to accept free speech that you disagree with (or even despise), you're applying a personal subjective standard on what's acceptable, and if you can do that, so can others. If a pro-Palestinian ad (yes, they exist) was blocked for being politically controversial, how would you feel?

It is violence.