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Nimed7/18/2010 12:52:37 am PDT

re: #560 Gus 802

So what do we do ban him? I think it’s odd that there is this self-censorship of Chomsky while people will defend Glenn Beck and Mark Steyn to this day. Chomsky is rigid yes. But he was also interviewed by William F. Buckley back in the day. Today, I doubt he would be even touched by these so called conservatives. Chomsky is radical to many people, yes. He even criticizes the New York Times which is a frequent right-wing meme. He also spoke at West Point. Having known radicalism, he isn’t that radical.

Oh man, sorry if I gave the wrong impression. I couldn’t agree with you more completely on this. Particularly the first sentence — Beck and Steyn are just poisonous morons with nothing good to be said in their favor, and it’s pretty sad that they are more acceptable in our public discourse than Chomsky. By the way, he totally kicked Buckley’s ass in that interview.

I was just giving my opinion on the man. Because he is very intelligent, one automatically holds him to a higher standard than dimwits like Beck. So when absolutely outrageous stuff comes out of his mouth, I tend to be much more angry about it.