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Re:Discovering WW1 tunnel of death hidden in France for a ce... by markvdb on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:44AM (#26466630)
The story is about history. The main source to this story worked as the personal European Parliament assistant to Jean-Marie Le Pen [0]. Some Le Pen quotes from that year below [1][2]. Showing this strong support for the most famous holocaust denier in the country is not what you do if you want to be taken seriously as an amateur historian [3].

It shows disrespect for history. It's the historical equivalent of showing your support for the Pi Bill [4] as an amateur mathematician.

I can see the potential for some worthwile signal in the noise cloud this man has generated though. With some luck, proper archaelogists and historians may be able to do their jobs using the lead he has generated. If he hasn't damaged the site too much, that is.

P.S. With my initial comment, I did not have the intention to suggest that Malinowski was doing this in order to further the cause of the Rassemblement National, Putin or Jean-Marie Le Pen.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marie_Le_Pen

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/08/jean-marie-le-... . "On fera une fournée la prochaine fois", when asked about jewish French singer Patrick Bruel.

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/21/jean-marie-le-... . "Monseigneur Ebola could sort that out in three months."

[3] ...or a human being, but I digress

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill

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