-Caveat Lector- I like Chomsky, and I, too consider him a genuis, and I certainly don't dispute what you say, re: that most of his actual arguments go over the heads of his critics.
However, I am wondering what, specifically, the ADL is using to justify their labelling of him a terrorist. In fact, that's the first I've heard it mentioned - nothing on the ADL site about it, though it's not difficult to believe they made the recommendation to label him such. But why? Not generally why, as in Chomsky is difficult for the black/white mentality, just wondering if they made specific claims to back that up. - jt ----- Original Message ----- From: "inri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I know Chomsky pisses off a lot of people, and challenging the status quo > > tends to do that, but do you know upon what grounds they made this > > accusation? I did a quick search on overthrow.com, from where some of the > > info is cited, but didn't find much about this. Am guessing it might be > > because of his book, Necessary Illusions, in which he exposes the ADL as a > > propoganda tool for Israel. But that was published back in 1989. And > > criticisms of a political group does not a terrorist make. > > his response to the attacks has been...."vague". well, that's not true, it's > been very specific but as far as a "condemnation vs. sympathy" black/white > mindset goes it would be very difficult to say whether he has condemned or > remained sympathetic. > > i mean, everytime he says something about this he starts off with the > predictable condemnation. the whole "the murder of thousands of innocents is > never justifiable" thing; i'm sure you get the drift. but, he *always* > follows it up with a criticism of us foreign policy or an analogy to past us > crimes or a flatout statement that this is tiny compared to what the us has > done in hiroshima, iraq, serbia, the sudan, nicauragua, etc, etc. > > chomsky *is* a genius; he thinks at a level above most. the result is that > what he says is difficult for the average dufus to grasp and may lead to > others drawing false conclusions about him.... > > so, of course he's not a terrorist. but he is treading on thin ice in > today's overly patriotic, almost mccarthyite, reality.... <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
