Kakki, Where are you getting these quotes from? From your previous message where you said, "I cannot think of any enlightenment I would personally get from reading him", and your implication that he's a communist (really? a citizen of North Korea, Vietnam, Cuba or China?), and this one full of descriptions of Chomsky's supposed opinions rather than his actual words, my guess is that your information is filtered through right-wing writers. I suggest you go to the source and form your own opinions before you start tossing information around.
It is completely dishonest of you to present his or anyone's views in this way. Since I have never read Chomsky's writings and don't know if I'd agree with him, the issue isn't about him. It's about once again passing along biased right-wing opinions as though you're presenting the truth. And, no, I absolutely do not like the idea of you speaking for anyone other than yourself. If you feel the need to include all Americans or all average Americans, whoever you consider them to be, to bolster some of your arguments, perhaps the more appropriate action would be to reconsider some of those arguments you feel so shaky about. And whether someone takes offense or not really isn't for you to decide. I do not want you speaking for me. I cringe at the thought, so please limit your opinions to what you know about and don't drag other people into them. Thank you. Debra Shea kakki wrote: > > Kate wrote: > > > i respond because this is an international list...i take offense at the > > notion that any one of us can presume to speak for the majority, most or > the > > average american... there is no 'average' american > > I don't think you should take offense. I think I have a general enough idea > of how most Americans would react to Chomsky's view to make the leap of > assumption. Perhaps many here and in other rarefied circles would agree > with him completely, but I stick with my opinion that outside such circles, > there would not be agreement with him. Here are just a few of his > viewpoints and you can tell me if he represents views that many, not only a > lot of Americans, would not consider offensive: > > "The Khmer Rouge? Back in 1977, Chomsky dismissed accounts of the Cambodian > genocide ... > > "The Chomskian rage hasn't confined itself to his native land. ... > > "That brings us to 9/11, an egregious insult to decency in general and to > the citizens of New York in particular. True to form, in one of the > interviews, Chomsky calls the United States "a leading terrorist state" ...
