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dotymed

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31. Thank you and welcome to DU, SitchaChante.
Mon May 6, 2013, 09:51 AM
May 2013

I do not find Chomsky arrogant. In fact, just the opposite. His views are honest and usually evident if you bother to check. Of course, he is hard to hear clearly (to me) while not acting folksy (just the facts or implications of such). I would so enjoy actually having some one-on one time with him, he is so intelligent.
I can see such a difference in the current DU posters and those of 2 years ago. I can never remember anyone denigrating Chomsky on DU. Yes, he has probably not graduated from toastmasters, and he is a bit stuffy and (yes) boring unless you actually listen to what he says.
I think that I have probably worn out my welcome on DU if the (so far) consensus is that Chomsky is arrogant and a windbag.
I have noticed a few posters who prefer to disrupt an OP by arguing with (usually rudely) anyone whose views differ from theirs.
I hope that more people like you re-join DU. I like to post on a site where Progressives prefer information over propaganda. A place where people are actually searching for a way to improve the plight of average people and stop the terror. Most Progressives have realized for years that America is a terrorist state. That is obvious and to have an intelligent person expound on that subject is, IMO, well worth listening to.

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Ah, Chomsky! Newest Reality May 2013 #1
I miss Howard Zinn who I give tribute to along with Chomsky. L0oniX May 2013 #7
Excellent post. blackspade May 2013 #19
Well... greytdemocrat May 2013 #2
Yep. davidthegnome May 2013 #3
I'm sure Albert's x wife would disagree a bit. L0oniX May 2013 #8
By All Means liberalmike27 May 2013 #11
Sorry but, extreme arrogance davidthegnome May 2013 #13
Damn all those arrogant scientists, too radiclib May 2013 #14
Way to entirely miss the point. davidthegnome May 2013 #17
You got that right radiclib May 2013 #21
The content of his ideas? davidthegnome May 2013 #22
Now that you've finally gone beyond mere personal insults radiclib May 2013 #30
Extreme arragance is believing lies instead of the truth. You seem to have his backwards. Coyotl May 2013 #15
Perhaps from people who are highly intelligent... davidthegnome May 2013 #18
Arrogance? SitchaChante May 2013 #24
Thank you and welcome to DU, SitchaChante. dotymed May 2013 #31
The truth does often hurt. davidthegnome May 2013 #34
Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin May 2013 #35
Your still presenting a failed ad hominem attack. grahamhgreen May 2013 #26
Chomsky, to me, is not Newest Reality May 2013 #12
+1000 blackspade May 2013 #20
That applies to you too, I suppose Coyotl May 2013 #4
The arguer, being or not being sulphurdunn May 2013 #6
But at least we Turbineguy May 2013 #5
US insurance corporations ARE terrorists. n/t L0oniX May 2013 #9
Noam Chomsky hits the nail on its head by realizing terrorist acts by a righteous superpower indepat May 2013 #10
^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^ +1000000000000000 Coyotl May 2013 #16
We are not a terrorist state treestar May 2013 #23
No, we just start wars based on lies and kill a lot of people, shock and awe and all that Coyotl May 2013 #25
The Afghanistan war was not based on a lie treestar May 2013 #28
But we do torture, so that makes us a.... grahamhgreen May 2013 #27
We don't torture at this time treestar May 2013 #29
Not true. Failure to prosecute for the crime of torture means that torture is available for use, grahamhgreen May 2013 #32
he said, hopefully. Coyotl May 2013 #33
War and the threat of war is terror. usGovOwesUs3Trillion May 2013 #36
Somehow we beat Germany, Japan treestar May 2013 #37
and usGovOwesUs3Trillion May 2013 #38
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