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I see no denial in his quote. Instead, I see warnings not to take US-centric accounts of the events without a ton of salt, because the US had interests in portr
by stelonix 6y ago
I see no denial in his quote. Instead, I see warnings not to take US-centric accounts of the events without a ton of salt, because the US had interests in portraying them in a specific way in order to further an agenda.
- goatlover 6y agoWas the US the only one reporting on the situation in Cambodia at the time? Surely Chomsky had the means to compare the US-centric version against other accounts and verify the atrocities going on.
- Nasrudith 6y agoHe was engaging in literal whataboutism for genocide and trying to cast doubt on its abundantly clear evidence. If he brought up a "that is what they accused Germany of in the first world war" or said "Well of course the Jews would claim that after the expropriation, they have interests against Germany!" nobody would try to argue in good faith that he wasn't denying the Holocaust while justifying it.
- airstrike 6y agoExcept Americans aren't the victims here, so the analogy with the Jews and the Nazi isn't quite appropriate.