New Charlie Kirk, this time targeting Jews: Myron Gaines

Myron Gaines, an American content creator, cast doubt in front of a Jewish student on whether six million Jews died in the Holocaust, arguing that recording technology did not exist back then. The student, who describes herself as American rather than Israeli, defended the existence of Israel as a Jewish state.

The American content creator **Myron Gaines** asked a Jewish student how she expected him to believe that six million Jews died in the Holocaust, especially in an era when, according to him, recording technology did not exist. The exchange took place on a university campus in the United States. The student replied that she is not Israeli but American, while at the same time defending the existence of Israel as a Jewish state.

## What Gaines said about the Holocaust

Gaines's claim denies a documented historical fact: the Nancy regime murdered around six million Jews between 1941 and 1945, and that extermination is recorded in photographs, films and documents from the period. Gaines argued that recording technology did not exist at the time, which does not match reality. He also brought up the deaths in Gaza to question his interlocutor's credibility.

## The student who calls herself American and defends Israel

The young woman introduced herself as American, not Israeli, and yet defended the Jewish nature of Israel. That twist is what catches the eye: someone who shares left-wing positions stops short when the subject turns to Israel. The episode illustrates how far the labels Jewish, Zionist and Israeli overlap in practice, even though they are not exact synonyms.

## A pattern repeated on campuses

Gaines trinc the **Charlie Kirk** model: storming American university campuses to provoke students with awkward questions and film the reaction. The format is after the viral clip, not the debate. The person filming chooses the question and the moment; the one answering does not always know they are being recorded.

## Public debate and freedom of speech

Holocaust denial is not just another opinion: in several European countries it is a incivil offence. In the United States, the First Amendment protects such speech, which does not make it true. Any discussion about public liberties should start from historical facts, not from their denial.