Reply #69: First of all,as I have indicated here a few years ago.. [View All]

I do not engage in debates here about Chomsky, as while I have never met him, he is a friend of friends (in the context of linguistics, not politics); and therefore I am likely to get emotional. I will simply say that I think people too often tend either to treat him as a guru or demonize him, and both are wrong.

I spoke about the article elsewhere.


'I see your point about Rubin and agree. I admit I don't care for or read his articles (or anyone else's) about the threats of radical Islam or political Islam in Europe, America, etc.'

OK, fair enough. Thanks for clarifying that! But in my case, his views about the supposed Islamist threat in Europe and elsewhere, combined with his economic views, ARE the key issues for me. I consider people as antisemitic if they regard Jews or 'Zionists' as controlling their countries or institutions within them, or regard Israel as responsible for *other* countries' misdeeds; and I consider people as Islamophobic, or sometimes just generally anti-minorities, if they regard Muslims as controlling non-Muslim countries, threatening their 'national identity', or responsible for other countries' misdeeds. And I consider people as right-wing if they are ideologically against welfare states or wish for ideological reasons to 'shrink the state' and drastically cut public services. Or if they regard obviously centrist leaders like President Obama as 'far left'.