[lbo-talk] Jeffrey Blankfort: Damage Control: Noam Chomsky and theIsrael-Palestine Conflict

Leigh Meyers leighcmeyers at gmail.com
Sun May 15 20:24:35 PDT 2005


---- Original Message ---- From: Michael Pugliese To: lbo-talk Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 7:58 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] Jeffrey Blankfort: Damage Control: Noam Chomsky and theIsrael-Palestine Conflict


> http://www.leftcurve.org/LC29WebPages/Chomsky.html
>> ...Given the viciousness and the consistency with which Chomsky has
> been attacked by his critics on the "right," one ventures cautiously
> when challenging him from the "left." To expose serious errors in
> Chomsky's analysis and recording of history is to court almost certain
> opprobrium from those who might even agree with the nature of the
> criticism but who have become so protective of his reputation over the
> years, often through personal friendships, that have they not only
> failed to publicly challenge substantial errors of both fact and
> interpretation on his part, they have dismissed attempts by others to
> do so as "personal" vendettas.

This is a joke, right?

I like leftcurve, but honestly, the people at leftcurve aren't even fit to lick Noam Chomsky's shoes, no less critique him.

They need publicity, don't they?



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