Today the Daily Northwestern printed letters to the editor in response to Arthur Butz’s column. In addition to the what you might expect – angry alumni expressing their displeasure, in which group you can place me – they also received a letter supporting Butz from a Michael Hoffman, editor of a publication called “Campaign for Radical Truth in History.” A quick Google search and I found his (hate) site. He’s a conspiracy theorist who not only denies the Holocaust, but also believes, among many other things, that the Catholic Church is actually under the thumb of a Jewish conspiracy. He also is clearly a white supremacist – he wrings his hands over “black skin privilege” and condemns the idea of America being a melting pot.
He lives in Idaho. It’s a shame Butz doesn’t move there too.
Sigh…