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

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun May 15 21:21:26 PDT 2005


Michael Pugliese wrote:


>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.

Ah, but Blankfort is up to the task!

Really, what is the point of this? Chomsky is a great and admirable man, and Blankfort is a wanker.

Doug



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