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Re:U.S. Stood by as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, ... by detcader on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @02:58PM (#15501916)
I don't know about any actual silencing myself (I'm not well-read), but the efforts to impeach Chomsky's mental stability and character [1] unquestionably have that as the goal

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/mar/23/noam-c...

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Re:U.S. Stood by as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, ... by anigbrowl on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:10PM (#15502503)
Unquestionably? Really?

Look, I agree with a great deal of Chomsky's claims but doesn't prevent me from thinking that he's got faults of his own. Given his enormous stature as a linguistic scholar, those are more than mere shortcomings. He wouldn't accept his own style of political argument from one of his students.

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Re:U.S. Stood by as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, ... by icebraining on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:27PM (#15502683)
Unlike the current TV pundits, which are all Socrates reborn.

The question is not whether he has faults (of course he does), but whether there is a double standard.

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Re:U.S. Stood by as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, ... by anigbrowl on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:36PM (#15502756)
I'll take your word for it as I watch little or no television. I think you know perfectly well what I'm saying.
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Re:U.S. Stood by as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, ... by icebraining on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:47PM (#15502872)
I know what you're saying. I disagree that it is relevant.
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Re:U.S. Stood by as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, ... by anigbrowl on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:38PM (#15503886)
There's no shortage of TV pundits saying the same sort of stuff as Chomsky so why he's being held up as some sort of martyr is beyond me.
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Re:U.S. Stood by as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, ... by icebraining on Thursday October 19, 2017 @01:07AM (#15505609)
That's interesting, can you point me one out?
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