Noam Chomsky is one of those people that some people will defend reflexively without even thinking.
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@artemis Some people have never killed their idols and it shows.
@lykso
I might need to put this on a T-shirt. -
Not to mention that a man embedded with the ultra elite & privy to their private conversations cannot be taken seriously as a thinker. He is a traitor. His loyalties are not with us but with them.
And let me just say this: we don't freaking need Chomsky.
Yes, I have read things he has written that seemed true & useful. You know where else you can find similar insights? In a million fucking other places from people who are NOT among the "intellectual elite" & who do not rub elbows with a whole community of abusive oppressors.
Read stuff written by Black people. By indigenous people. By people who are not in the power establishment.
I *promise you*, you don't need Chomsky.
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Noam Chomsky is one of those people that some people will defend reflexively without even thinking.
Try not to have powerful people that you defend reflexively without even thinking.
That's abuse culture.
@artemis Chomsky set off red flags for me even before the latest revelations. I don't even remember what the first clue was.
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Why TF in the year 2026 is anyone who wants to be taken seriously saying "this man's work is too valuable for it to matter how he harmed women & girls"?
@artemis Because in the year 2026, the attitude that women and girls are objects for use and not really even people is more mainstream than ever.
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Noam Chomsky is one of those people that some people will defend reflexively without even thinking.
Try not to have powerful people that you defend reflexively without even thinking.
That's abuse culture.
@artemis I don't know who Noam Chomsky and I am hoping someone offers a description of what type of work made him famous.
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And let me just say this: we don't freaking need Chomsky.
Yes, I have read things he has written that seemed true & useful. You know where else you can find similar insights? In a million fucking other places from people who are NOT among the "intellectual elite" & who do not rub elbows with a whole community of abusive oppressors.
Read stuff written by Black people. By indigenous people. By people who are not in the power establishment.
I *promise you*, you don't need Chomsky.
If you're defending Chomsky because you think we need him & his insight, I think you should try broadening your reading list.
I'm serious. Marginalized folks (and the folks who actually live & work in solidarity with them) can offer you so much more & open up your imagination in transformative ways.
We don't need the intellectual elite. We definitely don't need anyone who is "well respected" among dishonorable & abusive people.
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Not to mention that a man embedded with the ultra elite & privy to their private conversations cannot be taken seriously as a thinker. He is a traitor. His loyalties are not with us but with them.
@artemis a huge traitor. so bad i hope the IWW has rescinded his membership.
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If you're defending Chomsky because you think we need him & his insight, I think you should try broadening your reading list.
I'm serious. Marginalized folks (and the folks who actually live & work in solidarity with them) can offer you so much more & open up your imagination in transformative ways.
We don't need the intellectual elite. We definitely don't need anyone who is "well respected" among dishonorable & abusive people.
@artemis
Nobody needs more white dude ideas lol. -
@lykso
I might need to put this on a T-shirt. -
@artemis I don't know who Noam Chomsky and I am hoping someone offers a description of what type of work made him famous.
@shadowfals
Someone else could do a better job summarizing him, but he's a public "leftist" intellectual. In his heyday he was frequently the only supposed "far left" guy getting high profile interviews & he was kind of supposed to be a one-of-a-kind genius.Now that we know he was besties with billionaires, it's easy to see why HIS was the "leftist" voice that was given air.
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@artemis I'm kind of feeling vindicated because I always thought he was sus as hell and got beef from my leftist friends for it.
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@artemis I don't know who Noam Chomsky and I am hoping someone offers a description of what type of work made him famous.
wikipedia will be more helpful to answer that question.
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If you're defending Chomsky because you think we need him & his insight, I think you should try broadening your reading list.
I'm serious. Marginalized folks (and the folks who actually live & work in solidarity with them) can offer you so much more & open up your imagination in transformative ways.
We don't need the intellectual elite. We definitely don't need anyone who is "well respected" among dishonorable & abusive people.
I always end up linking to Firestorm, but I am freaking in love with their curated catalog. I've ordered several books from them just based on description with no prior knowledge, & every single one has been 🔥.
A huge number of them are written by people along multiple axes of oppression. Also they throw in goodies sometimes like zines & other additional materials. That's how I found Crimethinc!
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Noam Chomsky is one of those people that some people will defend reflexively without even thinking.
Try not to have powerful people that you defend reflexively without even thinking.
That's abuse culture.
@artemis
I just threw away a bunch of his books.Maybe he didn't have sex with any underage or trafficked women, I don't know, and can't know.
But I know stink when I smell it, and him corresponding with Epstein after the sentencing just reeks.
Chomsky willingly engaged with and provided support for that guy, and for that, they can both go to hell -
Why TF in the year 2026 is anyone who wants to be taken seriously saying "this man's work is too valuable for it to matter how he harmed women & girls"?
@artemis
Nobody's work is "too important" -
And let me just say this: we don't freaking need Chomsky.
Yes, I have read things he has written that seemed true & useful. You know where else you can find similar insights? In a million fucking other places from people who are NOT among the "intellectual elite" & who do not rub elbows with a whole community of abusive oppressors.
Read stuff written by Black people. By indigenous people. By people who are not in the power establishment.
I *promise you*, you don't need Chomsky.
@artemis Chomsky hasn’t been needed for decades. Chomsky was a convenient bozo detector for anybody in progressive circles ever since Srebrenica.
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I always end up linking to Firestorm, but I am freaking in love with their curated catalog. I've ordered several books from them just based on description with no prior knowledge, & every single one has been 🔥.
A huge number of them are written by people along multiple axes of oppression. Also they throw in goodies sometimes like zines & other additional materials. That's how I found Crimethinc!
If you want to have your mind expanded, want to come to new & different ways of organizing the world to end violence & oppression, you should go somewhere other than old white dudes with a vested interest in the existing system.
Honestly, we shouldn't put aside the abusive, predatory people he cozied up to, but aside from that Chomsky invested heavily with Epstein. The world's premiere leftist thinker has enough capital to "invest heavily". Dude ain't who he says he is.
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@artemis a huge traitor. so bad i hope the IWW has rescinded his membership.
@burnitdown @artemis he was still a member?
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If you want to have your mind expanded, want to come to new & different ways of organizing the world to end violence & oppression, you should go somewhere other than old white dudes with a vested interest in the existing system.
Honestly, we shouldn't put aside the abusive, predatory people he cozied up to, but aside from that Chomsky invested heavily with Epstein. The world's premiere leftist thinker has enough capital to "invest heavily". Dude ain't who he says he is.
@artemis i feel u. exactly what i was just thinking.
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Why TF in the year 2026 is anyone who wants to be taken seriously saying "this man's work is too valuable for it to matter how he harmed women & girls"?
They will only do so as long as they can get away with it because that means that they can get away with whatever they want to.
When they start losing their position or even their heads, we will see change.
It has always been thus
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