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[Jim__]

1. RIP.

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. One of the greatest progressive thinkers of the age

He will be missed.

Go Gently, Professor Chomsky.

[malaise]

3. I knew this was it

Loved him - have all of his books

[FalloutShelter]

4. Rest in Power Professor

[Elessar Zappa]

5. RIP.

I didn’t always agree with him but he was a good man.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. There were times I thought he went too far, until I learned more about the problem.

[TheProle]

11. Same. RIP

[WarGamer]

6. He lived long enough to see some on his own side dislike him...

Not sure if that's good or bad...

He said the US in Ukraine...

"is willing to fight to the last Ukrainian"...

I admire his consistent and fact based intellectual honesty.

[Kingofalldems]

31. He's not dead.

Surely the MAGAts hate him.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219043676

[Evolve Dammit]

7. A big loss for intelligent analysis. Brilliant man.

[Passages]

8. Oh Noamy.

RIP forever. Love you, your mind, and your incredible heart.

Oh, this is too hard.

[hlthe2b]

10. Very sad to hear.

You will be remembered.

[Passages]

12. The Noam Chomsky I knew

The US intellectual, who has died at the age of 95, exposed the hidden workings of power.

By Yanis Varoufakis

June 18, 2024

https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-i-knew

[2naSalit]

13. ...

[wendyb-NC]

14. He was a truly great individual

Sad to hear that he has passed. R.I.P.

[sop]

15. Brilliant man. RIP.

[ramen]

16. Anyone have a link? I am not seeing any official statements or journalistic outlets saying this. nt

[Laurelin]

17. He was a brilliant linguist.

RIP

[Model35mech]

19. I miss that voice already.

Never met him. Often read his work, which will remain alive and work for peace and understanding.

Good-bye to a great man who lived a great life...and condolences to all those who felt the bond.

[ShazzieB]

20. I learned about his theory of language acquisition when I was in college.

I was an English major but took several courses in linguistics that were offered in the English Dept. (I loved linguistics and might have changed my major to that, if it had been an option without transferring to a different school. It wasn't, so I didn't.)

This was all the way back in the 1970s, and he was already very well known for his theory of language acquisition: that humans are born with a predisposition to learn language, that our brains are pre-wired for this and we're born with the basic rules for language intact. As far as I know, that theory is just about universally accepted all these years later.

I'm a lot less familiar with his other work, but his work in the field of linguistics alone was highly impressive and impactful.

[niyad]

21. Rest in power, good and brave soul.

[Demovictory9]

22. RIP

[Doc Sportello]

23. Brilliant, compassionate and one of a kind

He lived an exemplary life.

[Warpy]

24. He will be missed by all who knew him

I was lucky enough to have met him. As dry as he came across in a lot of his writing, the man himself was very different, easygoing and able to laugh at himself.

I can't say I agreed with him on everything, but he was a good man and good people get to be wrong, otherwise we'd have nothing to talk about.

Goodbye, Professor, I hope your passing was gentle.

[iluvtennis]

25. May Noam Chomsky Rest in Peace and May his Memory be a Blessing. n/t

[HarryM]

26. Rest in Power.

His teachings shall live on forever.
https://jacobin.com/2024/06/noam-chomsky-obituary-media-theory-elites

[sarchasm]

27. .

[Bundbuster]

28. A great intellect & inspiration for so long

I'm sorry that in his last years he had to witness the rise of Shitler and his evil minions.

[lamp_shade]

29. NO HE HASN'T

[AZSkiffyGeek]

30. Not sure this is accurate.

Jacobin has a celebration posted, but the New Statesman link upthread is down. Wikipedia isn't updated with a death date, and there is no other sources reporting this - there's plenty that he's in the hospital though.

[johnp3907]

32. Or not?

[obnoxiousdrunk]

33. ....