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In reply to the discussion: Noam Chomsky: The Democratic Party is now in the hands of Moderate Republicans. [View all]ellennelle
(614 posts)i suppose your elite credentials make you the arbiter of truth and reality. i share such credentials, but i'd never try to make an argument by sliming a person and his credentials or background. nerdy? really? why go there? what does that add to your argument or your position?
for the record, i share your personal age and history, with ten years on HMS/MGH staff, fwiw. we can be dueling elite fossils, i suppose. have also met chomsky and attended several lectures, including on language, not just political.
'hardened' is hardly a word that would come anywhere near my description of him (tho i am writing a book that disputes his language theory). consistent and persistent, yes, principled beyond reproach; but not hardened. in fact, he's one of the gentlest souls i've ever encountered.
to reference that 'red diaper' crap (sorry for that image) is ...well, what the hell is that? a smear of despicable proportions, i'd say, and certainly not fitting to your sophisticated background. again, forgive the image.
but what you may feel are opinions upheld by 'a tiny minority of americans' are in fact, well, shared by most. when polled without names or labels included, americans are extremely left and progressive in their opinions about issues. and actually have been all along; it's the propaganda machinery (that noam exposed so eloquently in manufacturing consent) that has shaped the narrative.
a narrative you apparently have bought into, judging from your opinions here, because you don't offer any facts. having followed chomsky as closely as i have and do, i can say with some conviction that he does not typically truck in his opinions. whenever you see that he has shared one, it's just about always when he is asked. and he is unfailingly modest about it.
what he does truck in, to an astonishingly prolific degree, are facts. he's a walking encyclopedia of american history that never makes it to the MSM. not because he is wrong, but because he is so correct. the MSM want no part of anyone calling the government out on their crimes, domestic and foreign, because their corporate owners love the war machine of empire. american interests translates as corporate interests, and if you reject that notion, we'll just have to part ways at that premise.
if you recognize these facts, then you should welcome chomsky's relentless exposure of the truths supporting the premise, and see as well that hillary clinton is and always has been on board/in bed with that corporate empire. (which, to be clear, matches mussolini's definition of fascism).
if you don't recognize these facts, then i am not sure what to make of you, or your opinions.