Reply #3: I agree

[TabulaRasa]

What a demented "interview" by a truly stupid person. I especially like the bit about her not wanting to be lectured by "hypocrites". This is the intellectual equivalent of Franken's ditto-moron friend telling him to give back his Bush tax cut to the government (otherwise, he's a hypocrite). Are people really this dumb?

Chomsky didn't come off poorly to anyone who has a functional brain and critical thinking skills. Take out the author's snarky commentary and see what you're left with. And anyone actually familiar with Chomsky's work has even more reason to be embarassed by this asinine piece, as they actually know the context for all of the out-of-context quotes. Maybe if I'm up to it I'll destroy the piece bit by bit, but I hope the vast majority of DU is rational enough not to need such services. The snarkiness and underhandedness of pieces like this (there was a similar one in the New Yorker a couple of years ago) is what really pisses me off. If you don't have the courage or intelligence to actually deal with somebody's arguments, STFU. Don't snipe at them from the sidelines. Unfortunately, this is what the "liberal" press has been reduced to, given Chomsky's obvious intellectual superiority. Hell, there are probably dustmites in Chomsky's office that could tear this woman to shreds. (Sorry, for all the personal invective ... as I said, if I have the time, I'll deal with the substance.)