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Nicki's avatar

Yeah, people on the left need to hold Chomsky accountable for calling for the unvaxed to be put in camps and "figure it out for themselves" when it came to food.

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James H's avatar

I will listen, but hesitantly. I kinda lost it for Professor Chomsky when he was telling people to get vaxxinated when the government was heavily pushing the mandates. I get that he was probably saying it out of fear for his own life, but it surprised the crap out of me him being such a freedom and truth fighter most of his life.

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Paul's avatar

Wasn’t a huge fan before the Pandemic, but his position on vaccination lost me.....

What I don’t understand is why people keep coming to him, he is always the same.....

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James H's avatar

I’ll agree with you on why people keep going to him and that he’s always the same, but “Manufacturing Consent,” was one of the most important pieces that had been produced in the last century.

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John Visher's avatar

Chomsky is a demonic liar. Can’t even talk straight about 9/11. He is pure evil and ugly too

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peace warrior's avatar

Fantastic interview with Chompsky! I looked it up and he's right - somehow it's legal for the US to commit genocide! WTH?

But also it appears, so can China.

Thank you for having him on.

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lalalalalala's avatar

Does anyone else listening on audio-only imagine Aaron with a "Lord beer me strength" expression on his face while Treebeard Chomsky gives a rambling 12-minute dissertation on late Cold War proxy battles?

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Alison Cipriani's avatar

The Republicans are basically the same as the Democrats, so it doesn't really matter who is in power. Chomsky is old and senile. Why does he deserve a platform? Afghanistan was totally different from Ukraine. The US attacked Afghanistan and rightfully so. Our problem is that we went in with a mission that we did not accomplish but stayed. The Ukrainians are fighting with all that they have to keep their sovereignty and we and NATO need to help them, or Putin will march onward. Totally different story from Afghanistan. Saying it's the same doesn't make it so and interviewing a senile elder doesn't make it so either.

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Punditman's avatar

Chomsky is talking about the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in Dec 1979, not the US invasion of Afghanistan in Oct 2001. He's drawing a comparison between the US role back in the 1980s, which was to block negotiations and fight a proxy war against Russia "to the last Afghan" and the role of the US in Ukraine, also to block negotiations and fight a proxy war against Russia "to the last Ukrainian." This has nothing to do with the right of any population to resist being invaded. Before you hurl insults, maybe you should actually listen to the interview.

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Alison Cipriani's avatar

You're right. Mia culpa.

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Interested party xyzzy's avatar

If this heading doesn't merit a big "duhhhhhh" I'm not sure what does!

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