It's as if you were to accuse Fidel Castro of trying to be a Marxist and a Leninist at the same time.
Seth
> -----Original Message-----
> From: matt hogan [SMTP:matt.hogan at mailcity.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 2:27 PM
> To: lbo-talk at Lists1.panix.com
> Subject: The Problem with Chomsky
>
> Fred Woodworth summed up the problem with Chomsky as follows:
> "Chomsky's publishers and introduction writers seem to have no
> trouble, at least, weaving a fabric around his speeches and writing that
> can glisten with Socialism to Socialists, and glimmer with Anarchism, in
> the sight of Anarchists whose vision is dazzled by celebrity. Leftists, in
> general, encounter in him a diffuse leftism, and the great attraction a
> public figure exerts in a culture so permeated by spectacle and
> media...lead(ing) many to see what they're looking for, whether it's there
> or not"--from "The Match!", Summer 1999 issue
>
> Libertarian. Socialist. Anarchist. I wish Chomsky would make up his
> mind.
>
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