Bonesandbehaviours
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Bonesandbehaviours is a HBD forum that presents itself as a anthropology discussion board. In reality, it is little more than a re-branding of scientific racism in the Anthroscape-vein.
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[edit] History
Bonesandbehaviours was founded as a blog in April, 2013 and advertised at Anthroscape.[1] It was later created as a forum and advertised at the same site in October as a "secret anthro forum, but only for serious anthro posters so as to avoid trolls etc".[2] The moderator at Anthroscape "Crimson Guard" was not impressed, noting in the same thread that among the few members of the forum: "One is a Holocaust denier the other believes in Out of America" (the latter referring to the bizarre theory humans originated in the Americas). However the irony is Anthroscape's mod is himself a creationist, writing he doesn't accept evolution the way it is "commonly accepted by the academic community"[3] showing how HBD forums are indeed filled with a variety of cranks. After advertising unsuccessfully, a twitter account was later set up to promote Bonesandbehaviours as an "anthropology forum".[4]
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[edit] Junk "race science"
According to the forum rules: "A reminder that this is not a forum for race denialism or for questioning the existence of racial differences themselves, and to do so may even result in a ban."[5] Much like Anthroscape, the forum quotes very outdated "race" texts such as Carleton Coon's The Races of Europe. There is also a "personal classify" typology section.
The founder(s) of the forum are apparently unaware that this sort of stuff about "race types" has been obsolete for many decades.
[edit] Holocaust denial
Despite banning what it calls "race denialism", the forum approves of Holocaust denial. Bonesandbehaviours' single moderator is the user described as a Holocaust denier at Anthroscape. He posts on the forum as "fivepercenter". The same user had earlier posted a number of Holocaust denial comments on Anthroscape:
| "Let me tell you the reason you cannot ever get a list of victims totally anywhere near 6 million. It is because that figure was pulled out of thin air, whole cloth. Prior to 1960, the Hollywood Jews floated a figure of 2 million, whispered in interviews by Jews claiming to be "just a Hungarian boy", Yul Brenner, and pukes of his ilk. The 6 million figure has a history all its own. It originated in 1960 with William Shire, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Shire was a newspaper reported stationed in Berlin during the war. He was the first to state the figure was 6 million and even had a source. The statement and source are given, as I recall, twice in the book. Shire's source, and only source, for the 6 million figure is the World Jewish Council, hardly an impartial body."[6] |
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[edit] Sources
- ↑ New Anthropology Blog Anthroscape. Apr 19, 2013.
- ↑ Advertisement. Anthroscape. Oct, 13, 2013.
- ↑ You Believe In Evolution? Anthroscape. Dec 10, 2008.
- ↑ BonesBehaviours.
- ↑ A Note on Race Denialism Bonesandbehaviours. Jun 25, 2013.
- ↑ Holocaust denial Anthroscape. Jun 22, 2013.