Noam Chomsky: US, a Top Terrorist State

[davidthegnome]

22. The content of his ideas?

That the US is a top terrorist state? Our government and government agencies do a number of things internationally that I find despicable, most of us here find them entirely despicable. For this supposed intellectual though, to compare us to suicide bombers, or to fanatics who would have everyone in the world live under Sharia law or perish - is ridiculous. Generally, when someone who is hailed as a great intellectual has something to say, you might expect it to be at least moderately intelligent.

I have watched Chomsky videos in the past, they are long on rhetoric and ramble but short on anything that is actually useful. He is a celebrity in much the same way that many rich and useless people are celebrities, the difference being that he is a celebrity because he is some kind of (supposed) intellectual giant. Am I supposed to be impressed that this guy can come up with rhetoric that is very much akin to what you might expect from Alex Jones?

It is implied, endlessly here, that no one has the right to dissent. This can be recognized from the fact that any time someone does, or has the nerve to say something unkind about Mr. Chomsky, there is a devoted fan base here that jumps down their throat. It would be cute if it wasn't so annoying.

Will you tell me that he is NOT a grand intellectual? No? Well then, perhaps my baseless attack on his character is an effort to convince people to think for themselves, without the need for grand intellectuals to do it for them. In any event, I am hereby exercising my right to dissent.

And my right to yawn, and to go to bed. Goodnight.