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SimulationCommander's avatar

If anybody tried to be honest, they would be shown the door and we all know it.

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Feral Finster's avatar

Marr: “How can you know that I’m self-censoring? How can you know that journalists are..”

Chomsky: “I’m not saying your self censoring. I’m sure you believe everything you’re saying. But what I’m saying is that if you believe something different, you wouldn’t be sitting where you’re sitting.”

http://scratchindog.blogspot.com/2015/07/transcript-of-interview-between-noam.html

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Nathanito's avatar

Chomsky... idk... talk about a guy who lost any remaining creditibility by going all in for the vaxx apartheid. Sam Harris + senescence=Chomsky

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Bill Owen's avatar

So if someone is wrong about one thing, or they say something that you disagree with, you just write them off? The man is giant.

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Nathanito's avatar

mmm, no, not exactly, but I basically think Chomsky should've stuck to linguistics. He's too much of a statist to have any coherency in his political writings. I can't take his politics seriously given he's gone from denouncing"manufactured consent" to being one of the manufacturers.

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Bill Owen's avatar

Hilarious.

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LifeIsMessy's avatar

Chomsky is great. He's wrong on 9/11 and he's wrong on the vax, probably other things too.

Nobody's perfect.

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Feral Finster's avatar

Nowhere did I say that I endorse everything Chomsky ever said or wrote. Hell, I have quoted Goering for truth (in particular on getting the populace behind a war), and I am as far as one can get from a national socialist.

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michael888's avatar

The German MIC which eventually put Hitler in power, many of whom later wanted him arrested or killed (but could never pull the trigger, and many of these plotters were executed later) talked about replacing him with Goering (who was open to peace).

War Presidents always go insane (must be a requirement to wield that Power). It's not limited to Germans.

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Nathanito's avatar

I never said you endorsed him either! I didn't mention you in my response, just Chomsky. I feel you. Chomsky is interesting to quote because he has forever nominally been anti-censorship and "manufactured consent."

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Bill Owen's avatar

"Nominally"?

Which books have you read?

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Nathanito's avatar

Cover to cover only manufactured consent and language and politics. What two or three would you suggest?

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Bill Owen's avatar

Sorry for my snark.

Any of the ones mentioned here as they are on topic. His lectures online a great resource too.

https://substack.com/profile/18802120-bill-owen/note/c-15244771

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Nathanito's avatar

Thanks, Bill, no worries

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Gail's avatar

Chomsky is a fraud.

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Bill Owen's avatar

So you claim.

Now prove it.

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Robert Hunter's avatar

OK so Noam Chomsky drank some of the omnipresent Kool aid, he's paid his dues. Now Harris and DeGrass and other "intellectuals", that's another matter.

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DaveL's avatar

Fake intellectuals.

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StanleyTwoBrix's avatar

It's how the consent is manufactured - anyone who disagrees doesn't get promoted. The ones who tell the bosses what they want to hear has a bright future.

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J. B. Guud's avatar

We saw that yesterday- Tucker Carlson (though they did get Don Lemon right).

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Thoughtful Reader's avatar

Don Lemon is out because he put himself above his masters.

Tucker is out because he put America ahead of them.

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JB808's avatar

That's a beautiful thought. And very true. Thank you.

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BradK (Afuera!)'s avatar

The difference being that Carlson represents an existential threat to the Uniparty and the Elites behind all this bullshit. Lemon is a punchline at best. An inconsequential blip whose absence no one will notice.

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Kittykat's avatar

Carlson did a rant against Pharma and their government advertised, taxpayer funded, vaccine experiment. Go against Pharma and that'll get a guy removed real quick. They are nasty buggers.

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Sybil's avatar

Exceedingly vengeful

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Thoughtful Reader's avatar

Happened just yesterday at Fox

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