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Originally posted by Cowperson@Sep 28 2004, 07:06 PM
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
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I really can't see how any sensible person can compare these two as equals that happen to be on the opposite side of the fence. Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Noam Chomsky is not an internationally respected academic, whether anyone likes it or not.
I suspect that the real smart-people and decision-makers on the right-wing side of things don't view him as an idiot at all, large constituency be damned. If they did, they'd have lost a long time ago.
One thing I find funny though is that when someone, say "me", says George W. Bush is an idiot, the response is often "yeah well he went to Yale and Harvard so I guess he's not an idiot". His academic career is evidence of intelligence, while Chomsky's infinitely more impressive academic accomplishments are sneered at.