Please, please, NO--not Noam Chomsky!

[Laffy Kat]

I realize this doesn't mean he did anything wrong, but even seeing these names together in an article...



https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/a-new-list-of-alleged-jeffrey-epstein-associates-has-been-released/ar-AA1aHlkP?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=4cee8593ccc54311bd0c0496d0089560&ei=24

[Celerity]

1. BroBible (the source) is a dodgy site, and is falsely claiming the names were unknown before

https://brobible.com/culture/article/new-list-of-jeffrey-epstein-associates/



for instance:

nope

Norway’s Larsen resigns as think tank CEO over Epstein link

By EDITH M. LEDERER

November 3, 2020

https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-kevin-rudd-oslo-crime-think-tanks-ca62b1c799d2cb3bb346afcf4dfec355

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Former Norwegian diplomat and politician Terje Rød Larsen, an architect of the Oslo peace accords, has resigned as president and CEO of the International Peace Institute and apologized for his “failed judgment” in securing donations from foundations related to financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking minors.

The think tank’s board of directors, chaired by former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, said in a statement that Rød Larsen also apologized for securing his own personal loan from Epstein in 2013 — “neither of which the board was aware of.” The former U.N. undersecretary-general and top Mideast envoy has said the $130,000 personal loan was repaid in full from his own funds.

The board said in the Oct. 29 statement that “Epstein’s crimes were hideous. The notion that IPI would be in any way engaged with such an odious character is repugnant to the institution’s core values.”

It said Epstein’s foundations donated more than $30 million to dozens of charitable and teaching institutions before his death in the summer of 2019 and many kept some or all of the money. But the IPI board announced that it would donate a sum equivalent to any donations to programs that support victims of human trafficking and sexual assault.

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[W_HAMILTON]

3. I mean, Chomsky admitted it, even though it was through a particularly shameful reply:

When the Journal asked Chomsky about the meetings, the 94-year-old replied in an email that his “first response is that it is none of your business. Or anyone’s. Second is that I knew him and we met occasionally.” Chomsky said he and Epstein discussed politics and academics, and “if there was a flight, which I doubt, it would have been from Boston to New York, 30 minutes. I’m unaware of the principle that requires that I inform you about an evening spent with a great artist.”

“What was known about Jeffrey Epstein was that he had been convicted of a crime and had served his sentence,” Chomsky told the Journal. “According to U.S. laws and norms, that yields a clean slate.” He also said Epstein arranged for him to meet Barak so they could talk about “Israel’s policies with regard to Palestinian issues and the international arena.”

Taken from: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/05/who-are-the-newly-revealed-jeffrey-epstein-associates.html

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. One was a calendared meeting between former Israeli PM Barak, Chomsky and Epstein

and who knows who else ... to discuss the long ongoing Israeli/Palestinian crisis.

It was 5 years after Epstein served his (ridiculously mild, given what we NOW know) sentence and Chomsky has said he believed in rehabilitation and that Epstein had served his time and deserved a clean slate.

Not that much was known about the details of the Epstein charges back in the 2008-2018 era (until the 2018 Julie Brown article). Shit was kept pretty hush-hush. I very much doubt Chomsky had any idea the depth of Epstein and Maxwell's depravity at the time.

And I don't mean to stereotype, but from what I know ... wealthy Jewish folks share a bit of a brotherhood, based on culture/religion, and shared historical trauma. I'm not quite sure all of the rest of us entirely understand the phenomenon.

[waddirum]

4. Chomsky is a piece of shit tankie

who blames the U.S. and NATO for Russia’s invasion if Ukraine.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

5. Noam Chomsky has always had superbly bad judgement.

I lost all confidence in him when he questioned the widely documented Cambodian genocide back in the late 70s.

And he's backed numerous autocratic dictators over the decades.

Not a "good actor" IMO.