I lost all faith in him when he started supporting holocaust revisionism... he's so in love with the idea that Israel is the cause of all evil in the world that he choses to ignore reality.
I don't think he supports revisionism, it's more that he supports people's right to free speech in discussing revisionsism. Take Forisson for example, Chomsky didn't support what he said, but supported his right to say it. And Forisson was a full on holocaust denier. I think things like this trip to Lebanon, and greeting the Hezbolloah in a overtly antagonistic way like that, are nothing more than PR stunts for the Chomsky legacy.
In the same way the current White House administration are in love with the idea that Isreal is the cause of no evil in the world?? I can't get the link to work and in no way agree with Choamsky's perception of the world, but I don't think Isreal are lacking support amongst powerful Americans.
What nonesense, thats like a blackman saying I don't believe the ku klux klan to be right, but I still support their right to peddle anti-black racism. Chomsky is a self loathing jew. It was my understanding that the whitehouse and the Israeli government are both trying to withdraw from Palestine? We've already vacated the Gaza Strip.
I'm not saying he is right for doing so, but there's a thin line and he's made it pretty clear which side he's on, albeit only just. As for self-loathing, I think that's just an adjective bandied around to devaluate the opinions of Jews who don't tow the 'party line'. But that's just my opinion, and to be honest it may not be a very well informed one. Jewish in-fighting's not really my scene
he's getting the same sort of stick that jane fonda got for going to hanoi during the vietnam war. He thinks the israeli actions are wrong and he's making this visit to demonstrate the fact.
yeh after all the lebanese and israelis are just sub human semites. who gives a fuck about them so long as the brits are ok
at the time of the visit Israel had ventured into Lebanon for over 6 years.... Hezbollah is a terrorist organisation that targets civilians... the man has no morals... He'd sell his soul to the devil if it meant he could drag Israels name through the dirt.
lol nail on the head. I was talking to some canadian jew who supported the war until 7 canadians got hit - now he's against it.
I think Israel's actions are barbaric and reprehensible but I think that's the wrong way of demonstrating it.