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> But not Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Chomsky, for some weird reason, chose to take Russia's side. Taking sides is a sign of emotional, not intellectual appr
by jesterson 2y ago
> But not Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Chomsky, for some weird reason, chose to take Russia's side.
Taking sides is a sign of emotional, not intellectual approach. And Russia/Ukraine conflict is way far from good fighting evil simplified construct.
I don't like leftists in general and Chomsky in particlar, but I give him huge respect for intellectual and independent position, which will cause him losing appreciation from people like you.
- tim333 2y agoThere's a 2023 interveiw with him here on Ukraine https://truthout.org/articles/chomsky-a-stronger-nato-is-the-last-thing-we-need-as-russia-ukraine-war-turns-1/ https://truthout.org/articles/chomsky-a-stronger-nato-is-the... I'd say rather than emotional he has the usual academic thing of being up in one specialist area - in this case US imperialism and not up on another speciality like Russia's history of invasion, expansion and the like.
- jesterson 2y agoIts my poor wording to blame - when i said emotional i was referring rather to the commenter who attributed Chomsky position to taking sides. I agree its well thought position. As much as I disagree with him on many matters, he is absolutely right here. Besides being right, it takes immense courage to go against mainstream (which he apparently did all his life) and that’s something i can’t avoid admiring.