“I thought his point were good; however, Noam's an extreme liberal. Noam is hyper cynical of all wealthy institutions unless it's an Ivy League institution.” – Jason
I accept that you think his point(s) were good. "Reality has a liberal bias." - Al Franken. And, I doubt if many who study his works find him to be ‘liberal’. He even examines how liberal/conservative have reversed definitions a few times over the last few centuries in different countries and cultures in his writing. I don’t know for sure what you mean by ‘wealthy institutions’, so I can only guess. Perhaps you mean governments? Churches? Corporations? The Mafia?….difficult to tell. As to his views about Universities, he has always been critical of them…always. As to cynicism, since this includes the meaning of distrust, I see no reason to not hold that view about most institutions. In fact, that is part of his definition of anarchy. I doubt if many ‘freethinkers’ here would disagree with his definition. See: http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/rbr/noamrbr2.html So, overall, I’m glad you liked and agreed with him. I find him to be one of the few sane voices in a vast wasteland. This even though the way he is absolutely banned from any of the corporate media, TV, print, radio etc., speaks volumes about how ‘dangerous’ his clarity is perceived as being by these institutions what with their vast and vested interests. Their propaganda against him is legion. Almost everyone who has NOT read his works nor listened to him for any length of time considers him at the very least ‘controversial’ and on the whole, dangerous. Apparently it pays to advertise, which he addressed in the interview you just watched. On Nov 24, 3:38 pm, "Jason (Memphis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought his point were good; however, Noam's an extreme liberal. > Noam is hyper cynical of all wealthy institutions unless it's an Ivy > League institution. > > On Nov 24, 9:21 am, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I was a little surprised by some of Noam’s views on the election > > process and results. Rather than start out with my views, you may find > > his first presentation since the election of note. > > >http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/24/noam_chomsky_what_next_the_ele...- > >Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
