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comment by cliffelam
cliffelam  ·  4190 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How to destroy the future

Honestly, this is more than I ever wanted to think about Chomsky, and then you bring Chavez, the darling of the dopes, into it too?

Here's the problem I have with Chomskyites - they start from the conclusion and argue backwards. I also find they often disappear inconvenient facts so end up having to check anything they say to see if it's a lie, a misrepresentation, an honest disagreement on interpretation, or true. Exhausting.

-C





ecib  ·  4189 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, sure, 'Chomskyites' can be just like 'Ditto Heads' in that regard. Really, the same can be said for any partisan. None of that really speaks necessarily to the validity or invalidity of what the people they put on a pedestal are saying though.

cliffelam  ·  4189 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The dittoheads have the Chomskyites outgunned. Plus they probably know how to change a tire, so are infinitely more useful in a crisis. :-)

-XC