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The point doesn‘t stand, because you made a claim about what people supposedly said or didn’t say after Chomsky passed away. And he didn‘t even pass.
by quonn 2y ago
The point doesn‘t stand, because you made a claim about what people supposedly said or didn’t say after Chomsky passed away. And he didn‘t even pass.
- peterfirefly 2y agoA lot of people thought he did die and they did say things about him.
- mynameisvlad 2y agoThis is pedantry at its finest. You can remove the name and still have a point left there. Just pretend the comment only said Kissinger, it’s really not that hard.
- meiraleal 2y agoHonestly if you are 50% wrong about a point you are trying to make that doesn't look great.
- fngjdflmdflg 2y agoIt does, because people thought he died and commented about what he will be remembered for. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720876 - We Remember Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40721208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40721208 - Linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky dies at age 95