[lbo-talk] More on Wikipedia: Now the US army is whitewashing myarticles

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Sun Jul 17 23:03:05 PDT 2005


Lance Murdoch wrote:


> Is he actually saying Cambodia was a gentle land of peaceful smiling
> people prior to April 17, 1975? No, he is being sarcastic, obviously.

I've always called this "Chomskyan sarcasm." If you read enough of his writing you should get the hang of this tone of voice. The problem is that some of his critics take everything Chomsky says literally. Whatever, they don't matter.

Chuck0



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