Alterman on Chomsky

[Brad DeLong]

>Bradford DeLong wrote:
>
>>There's something going on here. It may well be just Chomsky 
>>thinking, "Look. These holocaust deniers are being oppressed by the 
>>Establishment. They are the underdogs. They need my help--even if I 
>>have to shade the truth to give it." It may be some form of 
>>insanity--a failure to understand the rules of how to communicate 
>>using English, and of what words mean. It may be something else.
>
>It may be? Anyone who's read the guy, listened to him, or 
>communicated with him in any nontrivial way would find your 
>Safire-like rendition of his inner voice completely incomprehensibly 
>ludicrous.
>
>Doug

So what is it, then? Chip thinks it's sheer total 
arrogance--unwillingness to ever vacate any position that he has ever 
defended for any reason--that if he does that, the terrorists will 
have won...

Brad DeLong