Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Dissent Archive: the 3 articles that really broke the "Frogue/Holocaust denier" story (1995-1998)


In truth, the story broke with two pieces in IVC's student paper, the Voice. See KEDRIC FRANCIS below. Then the big papers got involved....
Some students at Foothill High School say history teacher Steven Frogue told them the Holocaust never happened.

Others say Frogue called his Asian students "yellow people," made derogatory remarks about other minorities and frequently quoted historical figures who used racist terms....
His supporters call him a friend of the teacher, a benevolent caretaker of local schools, a loving father and family man. His opponents call him a demagogue, an eccentric, a flake. Too often, they say, he articulates the marginal and irrelevant....

If you’re like most Orange Countians, this is probably how you imagine Steven J. Frogue: He's a big, fat, Nazi goose stepper. He stands in front of his bathroom mirror at night in his swastika jammies, holding a black comb under his nose, and pretends to be Adolf Hitler-foaming at the mouth and swatting imaginary flies before the masses. Frogue thinks the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith is filled with a bunch of Catholic-president-slaying juden who have nothing better to do these days than figure out ways to fuck with the Frogue. "Holocaust, schmolocaust," he'll tell you-without you asking. "So it was strongly suggested the Jews go on a little extended holiday. Is that so wrong? Well, is it?".....

Thank God for journalists!
  • I should mention Times reporter Jeff Gottlieb as well. And the Reg's Kimberly Kindy.
  • And then there's the fella who started it all: Kedric Francis, who wrote for IVC's school paper 25 years ago but who is now an award-winning writer and magazine editor. See his original pieces (3/23/95 & 4/20/95) on Frogue here.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...