> [Chomsky's]
> arrogance, his boring writing style are all criticisms he's also earned in
> academia, and for several decades.
Ah! "Academia" has spoken? Well, that settles it, then.
"Boring writing style" seems an odd observation to me. I woulda said he was rather trenchant. Of course he avoids abstract nouns -- a big academic fetish. Just the facts, Ma'am, is more his style.
As a theoretical linguist, of course, he's been proven wrong time and time again.
He's like Marx that way.
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