Reuters hired someone who used the phrase "Jewish rabbis" in the second paragraph of the story (as opposed to all other kinds of rabbis), so you know that this is going to be good. First quote that Parisa Hafezi provides is from an apologist for the regime. Obviously, the first quote is from an apologist. Because who else would it come from?

In honor of finals week, we're going to close this post with a multiple choice form. Without looking it up in your textbook, what abuse of logic and semantics is on display? Is it:

(a) the bandwagon effect
(b) the genetic fallacy
(c) the problem of being a total effing idiot and saying that the conference is not about denying the Holocaust but only about letting thinkers express themselves... express themselves about how the Holocaust didn't happen!

UPDATE: It's been pointed out to us that we failed to note that the "Jewish rabbis" being referenced are self-hating Neturei Karta Jews. Truth be told, we assumed that was obvious - the only Jews the Iranians seem to like are the self-hating kind. But nonetheless - duly noted.

UPDATE 2: Memo to LGF commenters who are arguing otherwise: unfortunately, the Neturei Karta rabbis are in fact Jewish. Judaism is not something you can lose just by hating Jews (again, unfortunately). As much as we sometimes wish that Jews could be easily ex-communicated by a central authority, that's simply not the case. Short of conversion, if you're born a Jew then you stay Jewish.

UPDATE 3: In other words, "Jewish rabbis" remains a redundant and stupid phrase.

Previously: Iran Anti-Holocaust Conference - Pervasiveness as Legitimation, Iran To Rule: Was There A Holocaust?, Linking Zionism to the Holocaust - Not Just Offensive, But Also Stupid