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Old 09-28-2004, 07:06 PM   #49
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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.
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.

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