Greetings. My first encounter with Chomsky was in a Linguistics class at Northeastern U. I thereafter changed my major because I did not have the ability to see a sentence/phraseology more than one way. That was a personal disability of mine that should not have taken away from the brilliance of Chomsky & Co. to see things most people don’t see. “Right-wing media = Nazi Germany”? Sounds draconian. But people must realize the perspective(s) from which Chomsky analyzes situations is far greater – more abstract – than most of us scan even imagine. Noam’s no crack-pot, people.
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February 7, 2015 11:45 am
Indeed. Chomsky is difficult to dismiss cavalierly. In my long life as an activist I have seldom found him wanting in depth, albeit some of his tactics to fix the crisis a decade or so ago (when he still mildly believed in an American exceptionalism, he was suggesting that the ballot could make a difference, see Turning the Tide) were a bit questionable. Overall, one of the great minds this country has produced.
Greetings. My first encounter with Chomsky was in a Linguistics class at Northeastern U. I thereafter changed my major because I did not have the ability to see a sentence/phraseology more than one way. That was a personal disability of mine that should not have taken away from the brilliance of Chomsky & Co. to see things most people don’t see. “Right-wing media = Nazi Germany”? Sounds draconian. But people must realize the perspective(s) from which Chomsky analyzes situations is far greater – more abstract – than most of us scan even imagine. Noam’s no crack-pot, people.
Indeed. Chomsky is difficult to dismiss cavalierly. In my long life as an activist I have seldom found him wanting in depth, albeit some of his tactics to fix the crisis a decade or so ago (when he still mildly believed in an American exceptionalism, he was suggesting that the ballot could make a difference, see Turning the Tide) were a bit questionable. Overall, one of the great minds this country has produced.