This is a pretty brutal lede, and good on the New York Times for not trying all that hard to be objective about Holocaust denial:
Iran held a gathering that included Holocaust deniers, discredited scholars and white supremacists from around the world on Monday under the guise of a conference to “debate” the Nazi annihilation of six million Jews. Among those representing the United States was the former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, whose prepared remarks, issued by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said the gas chambers in which millions perished actually did not exist… The organizers said they planned for “both sides” to be heard, but none of the speeches collected in the ministry’s book or any of the exhibitions spoke of the reality of the Nazi killing. A CD with the stories of 12 Holocaust survivors was said to be available.
They could have pointed out – as Anne Applebaum did in the WaPo – that Iran actually barred scholars who wanted to argue that the Holocaust happened. But there’s only so much you can expect from non-bloggers, even well-meaning one.
Previously: The Denial of the Obvious By Reference to the Irrelevant: Center-Left Foreign Policy and Democratic Politics, Linking Zionism to the Holocaust – Not Just Offensive, But Also Stupid, Elie Wiesel Isn’t Really That Naive
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