[lbo-talk] Noam Chomsky is losing it

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Sep 28 10:35:48 PDT 2011


On Sep 28, 2011, at 1:31 PM, Wojtek S wrote:


> Doug: "Again, what does invoking racism get you that fighting against
> Israeli policy, for open borders, and against the brutalization of
> Indians doesn't? And what does putting all these different things
> under a single category - "racism" - accomplish, other than running
> the risk of turning it all into a matter of subjectivity?"
>
> [WS:] Give it up, Doug. You cannot win this one with your arguments.
> It is a fundamental article of faith - like arguing with a Catholic
> priest that the pope is not infallible or the Holy Trinity is a social
> construct.

I'm about to give it up, but not quite yet.



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