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Brian P Henry's avatar

Dave, anyone who has something in their past that they seriously regret knows that it will never totally leave, especially in a case like yours where you’re constantly reminded of it. The only thing to do is have a couple of drinks and say fuck it. So allow me to be of assistance. Twain really was a genius writer, wasn’t he?

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David Cole's avatar

Yes he was. And YOU are a great friend! Thanks for the beers!

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Mike Carroll's avatar

If there was any logic left in the world a group that wishes to combat deniers would come to you and have you do a video where you debunk and point out everything wrong in THAT video.

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Ricardo's avatar

They would have to pay. After all, Dave is a Jew :)

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Stacy Y. Cats's avatar

Dave, have you never done a video like that?

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David Cole's avatar

That's the book I'm working on.

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Sonny Lopez's avatar

Too bad the video doesn't have a Beatles soundtrack; it would get flagged offline for copyright violations

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Terry C's avatar

They missed a trick — if they’d added Yoko Ono screeching behind it, nobody could physically get through more than 30 seconds. Cult averted. Not even Elon could boost that.

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Sonny Lopez's avatar

Or McCarthy's theme song for "Spies like Us"

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Sonny Lopez's avatar

I meant "McCartney"; the idea of ol' Tailgunner Joe singing it makes it better.

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David Cole's avatar

LOL!!!!!!

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Ricardo's avatar

Marcellus, after watching the first cut:

>"I'ma call a coupla hard, pipe-hittin' niggers, who'll go to work on you with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. You hear me talkin', Jew boy? ... I'ma get medieval on your ass."

And a legendary video was born.

Beautiful article, Dave. The Twain comparison is priceless. Yes, it must be torture for you to see these nazi-bot morons treat your early, and partly erroneous, work as Sacred Scripture (and a trick to get laid--that's fucking Beavis and Butthead shit!), yet ignore the million words you've written afterward, all based on historical documents, on the subject. Sad and weird, indeed.

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Terry C's avatar

Beavis and butthead indeed. Spot on, Ricardo.

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ReadingProblem's avatar

It's funny that lefties can go to communist hellholes for their honeymoon, or pimp for Stalin all the way through the famines and purges, or be on record snuffling in Hugo Chávez's hindquarters, or be on video demanding to "defund the police" just before the city burned, and it's all down the memory hole, nothing to see here, just a "youthful indiscretion", old news and you're the arsehole for bringing it up.

But anyone vaguely rightist? Stamped for life with a text message from when they were 13.

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Terry C's avatar

The everlasting stool of repentance.

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Harshkumar's avatar

Excellent observation!

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Terry C's avatar
4dEdited

Hi Dave!

It’s almost surreal: the same people who never tire of calling you every name in the book somehow never find the time to actually read what you’ve written since. If the deniers — and the folks who smear you as one — bothered to open your book or spend an afternoon with your Substack, they’d see for themselves what careful, evidence-based historical work looks like. But they won’t, because they need you stuck in 1992 forever.

What gets me is you’ve done more than most to lay every ugly truth bare, including your own mistakes, and you’ve paid the price for it every day since. You’ve never hidden behind excuses or spin — you keep explaining, mocking your own errors, and forcing people to confront the facts they’d rather twist. That’s courage, whether they can stomach it or not.

It’s a rare thing to see someone who was once a propagandist do more to tear down their own myth than their worst enemies ever could — and still come out more honest than the people throwing stones. Some of us see that, and we’re better for it. Keep swinging.

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David Cole's avatar

Without readers and friends like you, Terry, my life would be a whole helluva lot worse. Thank you! For the comment and for your readership.

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Carl F. Horowitz's avatar

Brilliant piece. And of course, the deniers will deny that Cole was affirming reality. He was not cucked, just a bit confused. Like we all are at that age.

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Grand Mal Twerkin's avatar

I think he was mesmerized

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Edmund Eugenius's avatar

As I read this, with all the mentions of your arousing Holocaust video to pedophilic uncles and "Cousin Cousinraper," I was really worried when you brought your mom into this.

"Oh, fuck! I hope she didn't enjoy your video like that."

Phew! With my high blood pressure, you would've sent me to the Neptune Society if you turned out to be Jewdipus Rex.

Great article once again!

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Texas Khaan's avatar

Poor Dave, he's just like all of us, the past haunts we mortals. Regardless we love you, like a brother, not the other way.

This one is for all of the Friends of Dave:

https://youtu.be/B8A44eXWPr8?si=uR9irydlRrWLCQV_

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David Cole's avatar

Appreciated, brother!

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Harshkumar's avatar

The analogy with Sr. Twain was very apt.

As for your desire to kill your cult followers, I have always favored the words of Charles Manson, who said, "If I wanted to kill all of you people, there wouldn't be any of you left!"

Fuck those bastards, beers on the way!

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David Cole's avatar

Thank you, sir!

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Abdul Alhazred's avatar

Well on the bright side you can now add "pick up artist" to your list of qualifications & if you're Barry Whitepower I guess that makes you the Nazi Walrus Of Love.

If you ever decide to enter the pick up artist book market your book can have the tagline "I've been getting nazi weirdos laid since '92" how many people can say that? No matter how you look at it that's quite an accomplishment & I suspect an very much untapped market.

You could even spin off into nazi erotica, I already have a name for the book: Fifty ShadeSS Of Feldgrau. You'd have to include Nick Fuentes gender bending escapades in it of course, it wouldn't be complete without that. Not exactly a pleasant subject to write about but I bet it'd sell well lol.

Off topic but I'm still not getting notifications but thankfully I apparently have a sixth sense of when to check at least today anyway. I'm only a day late, not bad I say!

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David Cole's avatar

LOL!!!!! Love your book title!

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SandyC4's avatar

Oh that wonderful age of 21, when we believe we know everything and in fact know very little. Find me one person that hasn't screwed up at that age. Few of us spend the rest of our lives having it thrown back in our face over and over. You managed to do something different this time. Always entertaining and informative, that's nothing new but I also found this somewhat disturbing and gross. I think I've been clear about how I feel about X. Also what I think of Nazi fan boys (as little as possible). Now I've been forced to confront the fact that they actually get laid. The mental picture of the type of woman that signs up for this shit is disturbing as all hell. Also, have not seen said video and have no intention of doing so. What's the point? All we really have is right here, right now. I'd rather focus on that. Because I like the David Cole of right now. And that's all that matters.

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Ricardo's avatar

Well said.

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SandyC4's avatar

Thank you.

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David Cole's avatar

Amen!

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Stacy Y. Cats's avatar

My takeaway from when I saw your 1992 film was mainly that the museum was being dishonest so they could put on a better show, not that there had never been any gassings anywhere.

I remember the video you made about how the Museum of Tolerance stole fictional movie footage about gas vans and passed it off as a documentary. I was shocked by that, because I had gone to the Museum of Tolerance, saw that video, and believed the gas vans were real.

I can understand that museums need to concern themselves with how much traffic they’re getting, but it’s just so unethical to do shit like this; the purpose of these museums is Holocaust education, and if you can’t trust them to be accurate, who can you trust? Your movie may have taken on a life of its own, but the fault will always lie with the museum for giving you material to work with.

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David Cole's avatar

An exceptionally rational response, Stacy. I REALLY wish more people were like you!

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Man with 85 IQ's avatar

I'm hearing rumors that the DOJ gave another grant for a new study. But this one is to analyze if David's big ol' Coleacanth mouth got the male deniers spittin' buckets in their trousers. Oh my, how the IHR conference goers were fixin' to have that mouth do a good talking to their OTHER head. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.

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Grand Mal Twerkin's avatar

Are you sure your IQ isn’t 69?

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Man with 85 IQ's avatar

Yes, no. Are you sure your name isn't Grande Lawl Dorkin?

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Grand Mal Twerkin's avatar

You found me out, like a sooper slooth!

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Sonny Lopez's avatar

"These were “let’s put on a play in the barn” yinzers." I first learned about "yinz" via Count Floyd and the Blood-Sucking Monkeys from West Mifflin.

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David Cole's avatar

The Pittsburgh Midget!

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Gunther Heinz's avatar

I was introduced to Dave Cole by Takis about three years ago, and recognized not only talent for writing, but also the swerving. Had he been driving I would have pulled him over, had I been a cop. As for the denier thing, don´t know and don´t care, unless it´s funny.

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Gunther Heinz's avatar

P.S. Currently one of Elon Musk's biggest enemy is Alexandre de Moraes, member of the Brazilian Superior Tribunal Federal. Send him a letter in English, stating your grievance. It might be interesting.

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Grand Mal Twerkin's avatar

Yes, let The Super Duper Tribunal decide what is true!

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Gunther Heinz's avatar

They also validate parking.

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Terry C's avatar

One-stop shop!

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Terry C's avatar

LOL!!!

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