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Instead of reading Noam Chomsky's propaganda written from great distance (knowing that Chomsky has been an apologist for e.g. the Khmer Rouge), just read Orwell
by pekk 13y ago
Instead of reading Noam Chomsky's propaganda written from great distance (knowing that Chomsky has been an apologist for e.g. the Khmer Rouge), just read Orwell's Homage to Catalonia where he relates direct experience. Or any other primary source.
- dllthomas 13y ago"(knowing that Chomsky has been an apologist for e.g. the Khmer Rouge)" By my reading, this is an overstatement. My understanding, having dug into the issue a bit some years back, is that he was skeptical of the reporting; arguably overly skeptical, and certainly incorrect in retrospect, but that's not quite the same thing as supporting or condoning.
- icebraining 13y agoI don't know Chomsky's work, but Orwell's is great (at least so far). But he says much of the same in chapter 5: http://www.telelib.com/authors/O/OrwellGeorge/prose/HomageToCatalonia/catalonia_ch_5.html http://www.telelib.com/authors/O/OrwellGeorge/prose/HomageTo...