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Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Sep 28 2004, 11:22 PM
I agree -- being formally educated doesn't equal intelligence. But being Noam Chomsky does. This isn't some hack with an M.Sc from the U of L.
Disagree with him all you want, but it doesn't make sense to say "he's an idiot".
An idiot?
Or is every well-educated person in the world an idiot? They sure don't seem to think he is.
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All that means is that as political analyst, he makes for a pretty good linguist.
Or, in the view of a large constituency on the right wing, a rather common, garden variety idiot.
Just like Rush Limbaugh is viewed as an idiot by the other side.
Perspective is everything.
Cowperson