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I don't know about any actual silencing myself (I'm not well-read), but the efforts to impeach Chomsky's mental stability and character [1] unquestionably have
by detcader 9y ago
I don't know about any actual silencing myself (I'm not well-read), but the efforts to impeach Chomsky's mental stability and character [1] unquestionably have that as the goal
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/23/noam-chomsky-guardian-personality https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/23/noam-c...
- anigbrowl 9y agoUnquestionably? Really? Look, I agree with a great deal of Chomsky's claims but doesn't prevent me from thinking that he's got faults of his own. Given his enormous stature as a linguistic scholar, those are more than mere shortcomings. He wouldn't accept his own style of political argument from one of his students.
- icebraining 9y agoUnlike the current TV pundits, which are all Socrates reborn. The question is not whether he has faults (of course he does), but whether there is a double standard.
- anigbrowl 9y agoI'll take your word for it as I watch little or no television. I think you know perfectly well what I'm saying.
- icebraining 9y agoI know what you're saying. I disagree that it is relevant.
- anigbrowl 9y agoThere's no shortage of TV pundits saying the same sort of stuff as Chomsky so why he's being held up as some sort of martyr is beyond me.
- icebraining 9y agoThat's interesting, can you point me one out?