Believing what they wanted to believe at Harvard

When I read this article by Amir Taheri, my first thought was "how could so many intelligent people be stupid enough to fall for this kind of fakery?" The answer is that they want to believe Muhammed Khatami. The leftist 'intellectuals' at Harvard wanted to be fooled, because being fooled fits their agenda. After the Dean claimed that we must "listen to those with whom we disagree," the audience