What do you call someone who denies evidence of rape, about massacres, and repeatedly, , — all in the of an antisemitic terrorist organization? In the pages of the New York Times, such a person is called an “optimist.” And a valiant one, at that. “Her Optimism Has Won Her Some of the Most Powerful Enemies in the World,” reads the glowing headline to a gushing column about Francesca Albanese, a controversial UN-appointed official.