University of Wyoming president condemns anti-Semitic flyers on campus

University of Wyoming President Laurie Nichols condemned the contents of Holocaust denial flyers that were posted around campus in recent days.

“We must acknowledge that the First Amendment allows expression that is so reprehensible that it must be answered,” she said in a statement Friday morning.

Holocaust denial is “simply false,” and part of a history of anti-Semitic behavior, the president said.

“Outrageously incorrect information such as that contained in the fliers has been used for decades by those who hold anti-Semitic views to harass the Jewish community,” Nichols said.

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