Noam Chomsky Joins Faculty at University of Arizona

Re:Noam Chomsky Joins Faculty at University of Arizona by klarrimore on Saturday August 19, 2017 @03:44AM (#15052212)

As a UofA grad I can tell you the hippies down there are going to go absolutely apeshit. The university is half Rob Gronkowski and half Cesar Chavez. The Gronks all leave after school but the Cesar's all stick around the university and think, act, and look like Noam. He'll fit right in.

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Re:Noam Chomsky Joins Faculty at University of Arizona by Hasknewbie on Saturday August 19, 2017 @05:35AM (#15052533)

>> and think, act, and look like Noam

So they are low-key, patient, and make thorough, very detailed responses when debating?

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Re:Noam Chomsky Joins Faculty at University of Arizona by klarrimore on Saturday August 19, 2017 @07:16PM (#15056155)

I didn't say anything negative about him or his debating style. I'm just saying I'm not so surprised he chose UofA. Tons of east coast aging hippies fall in love with the desert, get a mansion in the foothills, then only come down into the city for the university dressed like they're on a fucking safari.

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Re:Noam Chomsky Joins Faculty at University of Arizona by galacticpony2 on Saturday August 19, 2017 @07:46AM (#15052852)

If you disregard his halo of authority for a moment, you'll find that most of what he says is usually very laboriously articulated whataboutery. It is "thorough and detailed", but that doesn't make it convincing.

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