Reply #11: No, its not bullshit [View All]

[kcr]

"the rant over my email yesterday was initially due to disagreements with my pro-life position and not the abuse of the list."

I am sick to fucking death of this childish hero worship for some on the left. Chomsky made fucking excuses for Pol Pot. period. End of story. And if you cannot even admit that, then, well, you aren't worth the time to talk to you.

Chomsky on the refugee testimony:
Refugees are frightened and defenseless, at the mercy of alien forces. They naturally tend to report what they believe their interlocutors wish to hear. While these reports must be considered seriously, care and caution are necessary. Specifically, refugees questioned by Westerners or Thais have a vested interest in reporting atrocities on the part of Cambodian revolutionaries, an obvious fact that no serious reporter will fail to take into account.

Chomsky after the nature of the Pol Pot government was clear:
the deaths in Cambodia were not the result of systematic slaughter and starvation organized by the state but rather attributable in large measure to peasant revenge, undisciplined military units out of government control, starvation and disease that are direct consequences of the US war, or other such factors.