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Re:Chomsky praises Snowden and condemns US hypocrisy by WayneDB on Sunday July 28, 2013 @02:49PM (#6117620)
He is a great intellectual, but he MAY also be acting as just another control mechanism, a gatekeeper:

http://educate-yourself.org/cn/noamchomskygatekepper26sep05....

https://startpage.com/do/search?query=chomsky+gatekeeper

Bio of the author of the first article - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-abrahamson

(Has the mention of this simple possibility offended you? If you think it's impossible, tell me why.)

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Re:Chomsky praises Snowden and condemns US hypocrisy by vdaniuk on Sunday July 28, 2013 @04:44PM (#6118048)
I have no opinion on Chomsky as I am not really acquainted with his works. However, I was interested in him and trying to get some sort of minority opinion on Chomsky I decided to investigate your links. My conclusion is based on this great quote: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof". I have seen zero citations, links or verifiable research on the pages, so for the time being I will use more conventional facts about Chomsky.
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Re:Chomsky praises Snowden and condemns US hypocrisy by lukifer on Sunday July 28, 2013 @05:55PM (#6118229)
I agree with the principle of "extraordinary proof", but in practice, what qualifies as extraordinary is highly subjective. To a Creationist, spontaneous generation of life is extraordinary. To a Truther, the buildings falling due to fire alone is extraordinary, etc.

I prefer the idea that an extraordinary amount of certainty requires extraordinary proof. Skepticism should be the default position.

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Re:Chomsky praises Snowden and condemns US hypocrisy by recusancy on Sunday July 28, 2013 @04:42PM (#6118041)
Oh good. Trutherism and NWO conspiracies.
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Re:Chomsky praises Snowden and condemns US hypocrisy by WayneDB on Sunday July 28, 2013 @03:25PM (#6117752)
Sorry...what does colloidal silver have to do with it?

Did you read the author's bio? He's no slouch - Yale grad, litigator with experience in the Supreme Court, writes for HuffPo...but I guess we should write it off immediately because...colloidal silver? You tell me because I don't know anything about colloidal silver.

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