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In reply to the discussion: Noam Chomsky on the role of sports in propaganda-based authority [View all]backscatter712
(26,355 posts)53. Wow, what a witty and intelligent comment.
Please, continue with your intellectual insights!
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Debord's "critique" of the spectacle is the issue, not Chomsky's woefully lacking adaptation.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#30
What?... Debord's critique of "the spectacle" is interesting... but it isn't... timely
LooseWilly
Feb 2012
#103
The "problem" I have with sports isn't the sports... it's the assholes who want to co-opt sports.
LooseWilly
Feb 2012
#70
How does South Africa winning the Rugby World Cup after the end of apartheid underscore anything?
LooseWilly
Feb 2012
#77
I would assume that the end of apartheid was a preferrable outcome and that...
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#80
I'm curious to hear an elaboration of your theory of Chomsky's attribution to mass manipulation...
LooseWilly
Feb 2012
#82
It seems to me that a "technologist" would have to agree with Debord's critiques...
LooseWilly
Feb 2012
#116
Uhhm, I have a favorite football team, I'm not a fan of football... and I don't have to see a game..
LooseWilly
Feb 2012
#93
I guess I wasn't clear... I'm not only not interested in paying for his sports books...
LooseWilly
Feb 2012
#105
Or, maybe I don't feel the compunction to read authors solely based on your recommendation...
LooseWilly
Feb 2012
#114
"Stealing ideas from"? These ideas are uncontroversial, not unique, and shared by many socialist...
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#115
Hehe... there is only as much insult there as you choose to bring. Feel free to call me overbearing
LooseWilly
Feb 2012
#23
Chomsky comes off as a sad little man scowling at anything that causes anyone any amount of joy
Muskypundit
Feb 2012
#25
Nah, it's not a particularly unique observation, he just uses US-centric examples.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#27
I see one post in this entire thread (currently 33 posts including this one) that appears "stung."
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#33
I think the effects of sports are a convenient by-product for the powers that be...
rucky
Feb 2012
#35
“Eternal boyhood is the dream of a depressing percentage of American males, and
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2012
#49
Hehe... methinks that, if you don't need locker rooms... the quote doesn't apply to you.
LooseWilly
Feb 2012
#108
I wonder what the reaction to this post would be if it was after the World Cup. nt
Snake Alchemist
Feb 2012
#50
I'm curious too... my reaction would be exactly the same... but, not being "everyone"... I remain
LooseWilly
Feb 2012
#111
Between sports and religion, I'd say mass mind-control has been refined to fine art. n/t
backscatter712
Feb 2012
#52
"Not to gloat, but Japan won and the country is electrified!" - Bonobo, July 17, 2011...
SidDithers
Feb 2012
#54
That link actually makes no material reference to the poster known as Sid Dithers.
LooseWilly
Feb 2012
#110
Oh me? Sorry no. I assumed YOU did because it would be consistent with your views RE Libya.
Bonobo
Feb 2012
#89
Ahh, I thought you felt the "authoritarian commodity fetishists" were preparing for that.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#92
That kinda thing tends to happen when you call people "hypocrites" behind their backs, dude. nt
Bonobo
Feb 2012
#96
I'm so glad there are smart people like Noam Chomsky to tell me what I should or shouldn't like.
TheManInTheMac
Feb 2012
#123