Chomsky Calls Israeli Government ‘Stalinist’ for Refusing Him Entry
“Israel is encouraging academic boycott by denying entry to Chomsky,” a blog headline read.
The timing on this one is impossible to overlook. Less than two weeks ago, Israel officials created a stir by turning back Spain’s most popular clown, Ivan Prado, at the airport for his ties to Palestinian organizations. Since returning to Madrid, Prado has launched a campaign decrying Israel and comparing the situation of West Bank Palestinians with Jews in Poland.
Last Wednesday, Elvis Costello announced he is canceling his June performances. He has decided to join the Israel boycott.
And fresh in our memories is the Joseph Biden-East Jerusalem housing embarrassment.
Not a stranger to PR and the power it wields, Chomsky — who says Israel’s behavior reminds him of South African policy in the 1960s — is declining the government’s offer to re-cross the border, opting to address West Bank academics via video from Amman instead.
At a time when anti-Israel sentiment is on the rise, what’s with all the seemingly wrong-headed government moves?
“Israel has improved substantially when it comes to image in the media throughout the decades. But Chomsky is totally different from Biden is totally different from Elvis Costello,” says Sam Lehman-Wilzig, a political science professor at Bar Ilan University. “Biden was a serious case because he’s a close ally whereas Chomsky isn’t. The clown could have been handled better and Elvis Costello … well … this happens every summer with performers for the same reason.
“I’m all for free speech for citizens but an outsider who wants to spit in the house? Other countries block people from coming in for this sort of thing all the time. Chomsky is a minor black eye for Israel. It was a smart and wildly popular domestic move for Netanyahu. He has his own flock to tend to,” Lehman-Wilzig concluded.
Chomsky is not a renowned academic. He is a propagandist and a anti-Semite.
I wouldn’t say that. When I took Cognitive Science (a Comp Sci elective) at university, the textbook referred frequently to Chomsky and his work in linguistics and related disciplines. It’s entirely fair to say he’s a well-known academic, and he seems to be well-regarded in that field.
Which isn’t to say that he can’t ALSO be an anti-semitic scum when it comes to his personal politics. It’s no different than saying (for example) “Henry Ford, automotive pioneer and complete anti-semetic loon” – both of which are true, and both of which bear mentioning when discussing the man.
Leave the hyperbole to the lefties; it doesn’t accomplish anything.
You are correct and I should clarify. My propagandist charge refers to his foray into writing history. I am unfamiliar with his linquistic work but his historical work is pure leftist propaganda and bad history. I do not believe it is hyperbole to describe a propagandist as a propagandist.
Chomsky is perfect academic plant actually. His mind, his “ideals” his dreams are
could only breed and survive in the sheltered hothouse of the academy. For 60 years
not one breath of reality or fresh air has entered Chomskys mind..and its because in 60 years he has never left the cloistered halls of MIT.
1. He has never had to meet a payroll, make a budget, be fired, or fire someone.
2. He has never had to get a job done under pressure or real events.
3. He ahs never had make the choice of “it will have to do for now”.
4. He has never had to perform one task in real time with imperfect materials, bad
plans, limited money, ignorant workers.
5. For all his “courage” he has never taken his defiance and courage into a situation where he actually really might get hurt. He doesnt protest in Riyadh, Pyongyang, Moscow or Tehran. He protests in Washington and Tel Aviv..but only for an hour and only if there is a nice lunch meeting with adoring groupies after.
In short Chomsky is a adolescent.His “ideals” are the ideals and criticisms we all had at age 18. Which is the average age of a Chomsky Fan. We grew up, Chomskys fans
will probably grow up, but Noam never did and never will and on that level Noam
has a some serious mental issues.
Good on’ya mate.
What is most galling is that taxpayers are forced laborers supporting yawning, belly scratching, blathering academics who high-handedly lecture others better than themselves, to the delight of our enemies.
Amen. What chills me these days is that I see all those fanciful ideas being brought down to the precious word “praxis.”
Oh and Chomsky’s linguistics were never as innocent as some would like you to believe. The roots for most of what besets us now were present in those first thoughts. My mother who never finished her undergrad education (thanks to WWII) saw that and told me. I shook her off as most young do.
I wish she still lived so I could tell her, “I understand now.”
I hope we don’t all understand too late.
My Master’s thesis utilized the tenants of Cognitive Psychology to examine how software developers tend to write more complex code as they mature. Chomsky has taken the concept of ‘I/me’ to Olympic heights with his chutzpa, ego and tenured position at MIT. He started as a linguist and used his position to enhance his own reputation.
Essentially, Chomsky has taken Descarte’s “Cogito ergo sum” and changed it to “Chomsky summa cogito ergo Caesar”
Here is some concrete ammo against the amateur sociologist and political scientist Noam Chomsky. http://clarespark.com/2009/08/19/noam-chomskys-misrepresentation-of-walter-lippmanns-chief-ideas-on-manufacturing-consent/. It is probably the most visited essay on my website and shows how Chomsky and his followers do indeed vent their spleen on their Jewish enemies, no matter how tenuous the Jewish identity in the case of Walter Lippmann. An Orwellian reversal of the facts of the case.
As a young man Chomsky had been an outstanding epistemologist.
He’s now a lame old man who can’t even claim to be a cunning linguist.
Chomsky’s linguistic theories of theory of generative grammar have fallen into the ‘no longer considered as probable’ basket and consequently have undergone numerous revisions. However before his theories were discredited by further research he acquired tenure.
Extreme politics and self generated controversy has saved Chomsky from his deserved fate as ‘obscure academic’. Part of this marketing is the idea that somehow his uncovering the ‘truths that power wants to obscure’ are censured by the powers that be, usually the United States Government. The controversy of his being ‘banned’ is not new but part of a well-practised routine.
Stalinist is in Chomsky’s mind the highest praising word in the dictionary.
Chomsky has roundly criticized all government, but he reserves his deepest ire for America and Israel. America, because he hates capitalism and private property; Israel, because he hates…?
[sarcasm] Well, perhaps we’ll never know. [/sarcasm] But if a national government has any legitimate delegated powers whatsoever, they include the power to exclude undesirables — and who would be considered less desirable than one who has called, stridently and repeatedly, for the destruction of the nation?
Chomsky is the ultimate Stalinist, as he travels all over the world waging an inciteful campaign against ONE country(other than his own)-Israel. EVERY nation has a right, even an obligation, to let whoever they want into their borders.Therefore, why in heavens name is it considered ‘Stalinist’ to not allow Chomsky in, when they know good and well that he is there to only add fuel to the fire raging against their people?
(W)academics on the left conflate ‘free speech’ with their ‘right’ to call for incitement and genocide as they deem fit. There is NO such right anywhere in the annals of freedom loving countries.Do these truth inverters think they have a ‘right’ to cry fire (when there is none) in a crowded theatre? Do they have the ‘right’ to call for the destruction of another people’s homeland, under the perverted guise of political discourse and freedom of speech?
Well, it seems fair to assess that these same leftists, in lockstep with their Islamist cohorts, take umbrage and issue with those who dare mar the reputation of Mohammed, or dare say that Islam is NOT a religion of peace.As if.
The likes of Chomsky and gang are the penultimate free speech haters, as they shut up ANY differing views by tarring others as Stalinists, racists and the like.Don’t allow them to get away with it.
As far as Chomsky goes, it will takes years for this pseudo academic’s (linguistics is not even considered a soft science, as its squishy foundations allow its disciples to use language as their weapon, making it do whatever they wish it to) stench to cease polluting the MIT campus. Ever mindful to be thankful for small blessings, I am thankful that my son graduated from there in 2007, free of Chomsky’s stench on an otherwise stellar and serious minded campus!
Chomsky-you are NOT wanted in our homeland!!Deal with it.
I totally agree with Adina. Israel was absolutely right to reject Chomsky’s entry
into their country. A despicable, hateful dimwit like Chomsky has every right to
speak his mind in the United States, no matter how ignorant his positions are, since
he is an American citizen. CHOMSKY HAS NO SUCH RIGHTS IN ISRAEL! The Israelis are
free to suffer foreign fools as they see fit and are under no obligation to allow
non-citizen bigots the freedom to roam their country spewing hate.
Now as an encore, the Israelis might want to deny George Mitchell, Hillary Clinton,
Joe Biden or even President Messiah himself entry into Israel. That would
really be fun to watch.
By the bye, if someone would take a poll of the 300 plus MIT grads now living in Israel, (a blessing on their scientific heads, as they help their homeland in both scientific rigor and IDF service)I would wager a bet that most of them agreed with the initial decision to bar his entry. They know first hand, having had to suffer his odious rantings on their campus, what he is capable of, how he twists facts, (a linguistic’s forte)and then incites the crowd further. He loves the applause ringing in his ears, as does he inciter in crime-Finklestein.Has anyone watched them, how pleased as punch these guys are, when they enter into the public view for their ‘debates’? They almost look orgasmic.
In any case, the Israeli Interior Ministry (as well as the Foreign Ministry)is well known for their wishy washy stances, as most haven’t a clue how to stand up to (hateful) pressure. HOWEVER, the majority of the Jewish population backed this move(other than the less than 10% leftist, lunatic, but VERY vocal fringe) and Bibi knows it.
Smart move indeed-moral one too!
Wish the US protected its borders too. Would be nice if we didn’t allow in the America haters…oh wait Chomsky actually lives here. Aren’t we lucky to be blessed with such a selfrighteous, selfimportant, egotistical anachronism. He derides those who don’t like what he has to say, so tell me how well does he treat his consrvative or center right pro-Israel students? For a Stalinist I think Chomsky should look in the mirror.
Entry into sovereign country is not a right, but a privilege. Chomsky did everything he could to deny himself this privilege. In any case, he deserves the worst possible treatment compatible with law, and this refuse to welcome enemy propagandist qualifies.
Who incured more harm to Israel in his crusade to delegitimase Jewish state: Goldstone or Chomsky? I would say, the latter. If the first of them was banned, why not the second? Some consistency is welcome.
Chomsky (shr”y) is living proof one can be a genius in one field of human endeavor (linguistics, in his case), and a complete imbecile in others, as well as morally bankrupt.
Israel was wrong to deny him entry. They should have let him enter, then jailed him without trial for supporting Islamonazi terrorism.
Then they should do this to a whole bunch of other internationally acclaimed Jew-hating leftists, ranging from Elvis Costello to Desmond Tutu.
And of course, to any UN official that sets foot on their soil.
“Chomsky — who says Israel’s behavior reminds him of South African policy in the 1960s”
When did Chomsky say anything but this? And when has he complained about Jordan’s “apartheid” — their truly genuine apartheid?
Chomsky believes Israel shouldn’t exist. Case closed. They should not allow anyone into their country who believes they should be destroyed.
Neither should we — and we have lots at our universities students and teachers — who have no business being here.
Can we deport him from America too? Where can I sign the petition?
The SOB should have been arrested & indicted for sedition. The man is a pathological anti-Semite & Israel-basher, a liar & hate-monger, it’s all the worse that this mamzer was born a Jew. Our great scholar, Maimonides, had much to say on the subject of malshinim & the proper punishment.
“the expert linguist.”
Don’t buy that propaganda; many linguists find transformational-generative grammar a dead end, a mere assertion of an unproven “deep structure” behind all language.
Why else would the capitalist professor’s linguistic work have dried up over thirty years ago, to be replaced with his ignorant political opinions? Bait and switch.
This is an example of a huge reputation among the intelligentsia being based on nothing. He merits no one’s defense.
“Chomsky Calls Israeli Government ‘Stalinist’ for Refusing Him Entry”
I am more inclined to associate a Stalinist government with refusing permission to exit.
Very nicely put, grichens!
That sums it up quite nicely.
He is a famous academic in linguistics, although that might hopefully be past tense now. Who in tarnation gives a heck about (TG) transformational grammar?
Yet I must acknowledge his impressive skills at quoting himself to reinforce his own statements, deluding himself and others, siding with overtly tyrannical regimes (oh, Mr. Pol Pot, Dr. Noam’s calling) against far less oppressive ones, get a chimpanzee named after himself in jest, and ability to continue to be taken seriously by anyone with cerebral activity beyond core life-sustaining functions.
While it’s unfortunate that this appears to play right into the hands of the ant-”zionists”, all I can say is … to hell with the most useful idiot of all, Nimrod Chomsky. Whitewasher of all communist evils and condemner of all things American and Israeli. He may be a famous linguist but as an historian or political commentator, he might make a good cab driver.
I’m guessing this is the first time Mr. Chomsky has ever gotten his chops busted for something he said?
Having had an email exchange with Chomsky myself,one wonders if he was trying to pay Israel a compliment.
All of a sudden the West is boycott crazy. I’ve no bone to pick with Chomsky – he’s got an ego that says he’s more moral than the populations of entire countries. So, he says bad things about a country, they don’t let him in and all of a sudden they’re Stalin era thugs – so what else is new from Chomsky and where’s the story? As usual, it is just Chomsky himself that is the story.
So Elvis Costello is going to boycott Israel because the Palestinian Arabs lost a civil war before Costello was born and still haven’t given up. I wonder if Costello will be so stubborn in his boycott. Celebrities should be more circumspect in trying to take sides in complex issues they don’t understand.
Shakira came out against the SB 1070 law while in Arizona. I don’t think she should be allowed back in the country. She wants to back the boycott of Arizona – let’s boycott her. We should all boycott each other over everything – this will bring clarity to our lives.
Shakira had obviously not read the bill, didn’t understand the issues, is not an American and had no business saying anything but boycotting her own country of Colombia for it’s own problems. She is just one of many Latinos who never saw a Latino last name they didn’t like but in this case it’s just none of her business.
Holder, Napolitano and PJ Crowley all came out against SB 1070 and then were stupid enough to admit they hadn’t read the bill – agenda anyone? It goes down particularly nice with a little tea.
Even half of America doesn’t understand the true nature of Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 on immigration. It is meant as a message to America that they are fed up with officials who ignore immigration laws for political reasons, thus taking sides with foreign nationals simply in order to gerrymander votes and so also violating their oaths of office. Although one could argue that the Right wants to also gerrymander the 12 million Latino’s out of the equation the fact is that they have the law and common sense on their side. One should not manipulate foreign nationals to gain votes for an American party – it amounts to a form of treason.
In the case if Israel, we should not point fingers at people who live in a war zone – the history is complex and not easily digested in sound bites and the fear of death when simply eating a pizza in Israel is tangible.
In this sense, the so-called ‘Apartheid Wall’ is no more apartheid than were trenches in World War I. Speaking Hebrew and being a famous academic does not lend a moral dimension to Chomsky in and of itself; one cannot read oneself into being an expert like a tutorial on Adobe software.
The West Bank is a slow motion war zone that is like a giant POW camp with armed 5th columnist’s in place from the Israeli point of view. One doesn’t dance into such a place and essentially give comfort to the enemy. Regardless of how one feels about the two sides, this is just common sense. In the West Bank, violence has been endemic in the past and now suppressed only with the most heavy handed policies on the part of Israel.
For an academic, Chomsky seems to have little realization that words kill and that the Palestinian Arabs are already plenty radicalized. The last thing Israel needs is a booster shot from Chomsky. If Chomsky wants to have a say in their affairs, let him live there and become a citizen. Otherwise he should just mind his own business and tend to his own backyard which is advice we all could do well to attend to. People are in such a hurry to take sides that the complex nature of the issues themselves take a backseat to our egos and smug notions of morality and we peer longingly into others backyards in search of ways to vent our parochialism. In the end, with celebrities and their naive moralizing, all that is revealed is the dancing ‘wayang kulit’ of ‘Plato’s Cave’ and little else.
Enjoyed your post. Clear, precise. Very well said.
Thank you.
Nice Post
For a Marxist to say that it’s pretty surprising.
Yeah, you’d think Chomsky would consider calling someone a “Stalinist” a compliment.
Actually, I think Stalin would have let him in so I don’t understand Chomsky’s comment. Oh, unless of course he was giving a lecture on the benefits of Nazism in the USSR.
Apparently Chomsky didn’t comply with the government’s transit policy and simply showed up at the border according to
Sylvia at May 18, 2010 2:09 AM.
She supplied a link to the govt., pdf transit policy file.
A nation at war has a right to exclude those who want to aid it’s enemies.
The cynical lefty professor calls Israel “Stalinist.” I’d say it’s a case of viewing the world through jaundice-colored glasses.
If he has a “right” to bash Israel’s policies from the inside, then do I have a “right” to walk into his living room and criticize him?
Sounds like Israel is applying a strict no-clowns entry restriction.
LOL!
Unfortunately, Chomsky’s insights as a linguist — albeit long since replaced as his interest by left-extremist activism — really legitimately made him a “renowned academic.”
His principal insights were that all grammars of all languages are about the same level of complexity, and that children followed the rules — whatever they were — from an early age. Also that pidgin languages, bashed together by polyglot groups, didn’t develop an actual grammar until the first generation of children grew up speaking the language. This led him to an understanding that some kind of universal grammar or grammar-readiness is instinctive and inborn in humans.
Now, he’s a brilliant scientist, or was (his reputation stand on work done in the 1950s), but he’s also a raving nutter. Frankly, I can’t blame the Israelis for expelling him, and regret that (like a family), the US must take him back. One of Chomsky’s statements in the story is quite untrue. There are, in fact, governments that esteem him: the Hamas terror cabal in Gaza, Chavez’s dictatorship in Venezuela, various “workers and peasants’ states” that seem to pass on from family member to family member in some Bizarro reflection of the divine right of kings. Those guys love him.
As far as his being an anti-semite: it seems strange to charge a Jew with that, but it seems like a lot of the folks who yearn for a return of the Final Solution are Jewish. My guess is that, as Chomsky’s bizarre politics are actually boringly mainstream on the faculties of Harvard and MIT and in the community (Cambridge, Mass.), that may be the only race or religion he identifies with.
Oh Well. I guess it’s time to head back to New York and Columbia where Chomsky is a hero along with Chavez, Achmadinejad and other erstwhile America and Israel haters are always given a warm and enthusiastic welcome. Ain’t America grand. Not in the eyes of Chomsky who has made a living and a life bashing his homeland and lecturing for it’s destruction. Makes the Obama crowd hopeful, I should think.
I don’t understand why you are worried about what these Jew haters say. I bet if you look up the definition of self-hating Jew you will see the name Noam Chomsky. Do you think if he had been allowed to visit Israel he would now sing the praises of the country? He has been attacking Israel for the last 50 years and he will continue to do so until he dies. There is no reason that Israel has to give a platform in its own country to its enemies from other countries. You will not change the mind of your enemies by being solicitous to them.
“I’m all for free speech for citizens but an outsider who wants to spit in the house? Other countries block people from coming in for this sort of thing all the time. Chomsky is a minor black eye for Israel. It was a smart and wildly popular domestic move for Netanyahu. He has his own flock to tend to,” Lehman-Wilzig concluded.
Precisely. That is exactly the correct attitude to take.
This seems a little surreal to me. Why would you ever let a known anti-semite into Israel to spew his hateful rhetoric? When was the last time Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, or any other muslim ruled country let some one in their country that wanted to bad mouth islam?
I think that must be a compliment coming from Chomsky.
Find one that does: Russia. North Korea. China. Venezuela. Cuba. Syria. Egypt.
Chomsky is an ill-manenred dirtbag propagandist kook who banks on the default good manners of weak-willed democracies.
His arguments make no sense and if he were ever forced to stop crafting clever (but ultimately inane) little “hidden” linguistic assumptions as the preface to everything he says, his whole schtick would disintegrate.
I only wish Israel had the fortitude to just say “Damn right we denied his entry. He’s filth. We’ve got enough on our plate that we decided we didn’t need more.”
Their probing, hoping the memory of blood on the streets, in the restaurants, on the buses, and between the market stalls fades. They come back to accuse Israel of atrocities against mankind, hoping we forget the atrocities committed by their neighbors, those who want to wipe Israel, the memory of Israel, and the Jewish People from the face of the earth.
Hey, Noam, so are you and your buddy, Bill Ayers!
Israel should bar Chomsky and anyone else who says the hateful things about them that he does. This is especially important because Chomsky knows full well that he lies, but he lies anyway because all his friends congratulate him on what an open-minded person he is!
Chomsky sold his soul to the terrorists so long ago he doesn’t even miss it anymore!
BTW – Bravo-Zulu to the border guard who grew a pair and refused this louse entry! The only thing that would have been better would have been to put him on a slow plane to nowhere!
Noam Chomsky takes comfort from the incident in the arms of his own garroters!
As a practical matter, it was ham-fisted. Chomsky admitted to West Bank = widespread indifference. Chomsky barred from entry = news coverage unfavorable to Israel and a bully pulpit for Chomsky.
I think you have hit the nail on the head!
Israel must curtail the level of resources used to oversee those who exploit Israeli security only to publicly criticize and lament about it’s restrictions.
Chomsky is most certainly a renowned academic. As pointed out, his work on transformational universal grammar has provided a basic model for research all over the world in understanding language generation and competence.
I don’t think that there can be any justification whatsoever for Israel’s refusal to allow him to enter. Either free speech, which includes the opportunity to dissent, question and criticize and reject govt policy, exists – or – one must follow the ‘accepted perspective’. If Israel is a democracy and supports individual freedom of thought and speech, ..unlike its Islamic neighbors..then, it ought to have admitted him.
Note also that Chomsky, to enter Palestine, could not do so directly, but has to enter via Israel. That is, Palestine is ‘occupied’ and entrance and exits are controlled by Israel. That requires some comment, I think. After all, Chomsky wasn’t lecturing at an Israeli university.
Britain declared is won’t allow Mike Savage to enter its country. I don’t remember anyone on the left saying that Britain is a stalinist country.
BTW, Chomsky could not enter Gaza from Egypt either – does it mean that Gaza is occupied by Egypt?
Israel is a ‘democracy’ at war, and words kill and Chomsky wasn’t going to tell the Palestinian Arabs how become unradicalized; Israel had the perfect right to deny Chomsky entry. It the right based on the idea of eating a pizza and not being blown up because the son of a man who lost a civil war still won’t surrender and accept that reality. You think America would have allowed a Japanese adademic in to talk about how wrong America was in it’s war against Japan even in 1950? Civil violence compromises a democracy, it does not negate it.
There is no such place as Palestine so how can it be occupied; in your sense then Israel is only occupied Palestine. Just ask Jordan. Even when under Jordanian occupation it wasn’t Palestine. It is nothing and nowhere. So either Palestine is half Occupied Territories and half occupied by the nation of Israel or it is nothing.
Um, Stalin didn’t let people _out_ of his country.
“Stalinist” is not letting citizens out of the country.
Has anyone questioned why Jordan is never accused of occupying Palestinian Territory?
Just so.
Jordan and Lebanon are both good litmus tests to determine a person’s intent.
Being anti-Israel does not automatically make you an anti-semite. But being inordinately anti-Israel, to the exclusion of the much more serious human rights abuses committed against the same group (“Palestinians”) by other countries in the region pretty clearly demonstrates that you are either ignorant, or anti-semetic, or both.
Chomsky will lead you into the showers and then sneak out through the secret door.
Yes, what a horrible PR problem. People might start to find out how Israel treats Palestinians who want to enter and leave. And wouldn’t that—I mean, reality—get in the way of the image that the Israeli government and its fellating boot lickers would like the world to see.
The Palestinians are merely trying to compete with protective Jewish explosive vestmakers but due to unjust, racist laws and barriers to free travel and trade among free peoples and vestmakers, must smuggle them into Israel strapped to their heroic bodies. What to do? I know! Deliver much need explosive vests with rockets! Hoo boy I love them Palistinians as much as their heroic comrades in the Kmer Rouge who never killed nobody, by the way.
HaHaHaHa….
Un-principled levine, you are pathetic. But you make for a good laugh.
The official read the following statement: ‘Israel does not like what you say.’” Chomsky replied: “Find one government in the world which does.”
For one, the Palestinian authority clearly loves him. Secondly, some time ago he personally travelled to North Vietnam to support their war against South Vietnam. Thirdly, Chomsky is known for his past support of Pol Pot. Fourthly, the Cuban government truly loves him.
Moreover, if Israel is Stalinist for not letting Chomsky in – does it mean UK is also stalinist for not letting Mike Savage in? I would really want to understand how Savage is more extremist than Chomsky.
CHOMSKY IS A STALINIST WHOSE VIEWS ARE NOT WORTH DIRT!! NOT WORTH THINKING ABOUT!!!
Let him apply to PALESTINE for a visa
If anyone wonders why the Obama Administration is hard on Israel, look no further than this. Israel denies the most basic human rights to people simply because they are not in lockstep with its policies of apartheid and systematic abuse and murder of the Palestinians and other political dissenters. There is no one on this planet with a worse human rights record, but it gets whitewashed because of all the money they have on Wall Street and the Israel lobby in Washington that owns the Republican party lock, stock, and barrel.
No one with worse human rights record? What the hell does a tinpot dictator have to do to get some recognition, these days? Build more gulags? Starve millions of his own people to death to afford more weapons? Start WWIII?
So much inane Huffpo nonsense in just 4 lines. Very impressive.
“There is no one on this planet with a worse human rights record”
What a joke. Have you heard of North Korea? China? Iran? Russia? Zimbabwe? Your overheated rhetoric is an example of unvarnished trollery. Lame.
Good for the Israelis. I wouldn’t let a scumbag like Chomsky on my property either.
It was wrong for any nation to deny entry to Geert Wilders. It’s wrong for Israel to deny entry to Chomsky. Nations should either support free speech, or quit pretending to support free speech.
Freedom is not easy.
Strictly speaking, Israel has not taken away Chimpsky’s right to speak. He has an international audience, apparently. Besides, who could stop him other than those he admires? I’m curious, however, why someone (or one of his dimwitted supporters) who hates American so much, would want to fall back on his inalienable rights within that system. His heroes Uncle Ho or Pol Pot would have had him killed immediately except for his value as a useful idiot. Geez, he wears glasses!
Israel did not deny his right to a free speech. They denied him entry into THEIRS country. It’s these right and privilege. That dirt bag still has his rights to bad mouth Israel, but not in these country.
If Chomsky can’t get in, Elvis WHO??? will boycott Israel. Oh gee, NOW I understand the intensity of the disagreement.
(1) See the essays in the Anti-Chomsky Reader, ed. David Horowitz.
(2) Chomsky is speaking from Amman in Jordan, the paragon of human rights which expelled all Jews and does not allow them (except for communist haters of Jews like Chomsky).
(3) #46, Vinny B.: Are you saying that Israel has a worse human rights record than Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Libya, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Vietnam, China? What poppycock! It does not practice apartheid, all Israeli citizens, Jew and non-Jew alike are equal under the law, and Israel does not systematically abuse Arabs and other political dissenters.
(Using the term “Palestinian” to refer to Arabs is the effect of Soviet propaganda; in 1964 in Cairo the Soviet Union and its ally Gamal Nasser in Egypt founded the “Palestine Liberation Organization,” and history rewrite followed ever since. The name “Palestine” was synonymous with “land of the Jews” or “the Holy Land,” and “Palestinian” was synonymous with “Jew” from 135 A.D. when the Roman Emperor Hadrian defeated the last Jewish rebellion under Bar Kochba, and then renamed Judea “Palestina” in order to eradicate all memory of Judea and the Jews. He also outlawed Judaism. That is why the Zionists wanted the “Palestine” mandate and Great Britain was given the “Palestine Mandate” as a homeland for the Jews.)
Amman in Jordan, the paragon of human rights which expelled all Jews and does not allow them (except for communist haters of Jews like Chomsky).
Just like to add here that JORDAN the ISLAMIC nation expelled thousands of Fakestininans recently- and no mention in any MSM – funny that Joradan can conduct “ETHNIC CLEASING” without geting serious “human rights” violation condemnations- Jordan is illegally occupying the land set aside for Arab refugees!!! It was given to a SAUDI family the Hashemites, as gift after Arafat proved he did not want land (over 60% of the mandate due to ISRAEL) but war, his one and only desire was to elininate ISRAEL- he fought his HOST, the King of Jordan, instead of taking the offer to share the land-he alwasy refuesed any negotiations with everyone not just Israel- and was YES PUT OUT LIKE A DOG with his murderous group- NO nation except ISRAEL gives these stateless Arabs, children of the children of refugees who were born in Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, any rights, passports or allows them jobs, except Jordan that does allow them work but did not hesitate to DUMP the traitors within. These people could have easily been assimilated into the nations they were born into LONG LONG AGO, itis their ARAB brothers who keep them in camps as pariahs
This pseudo-intellectual has his hands red of the blood of all the victims of communism in South-east Asia, communism that he has helped in every possible way.
And now he has his hands red of the blood of the victims of islamic terrorism, that he justifies with every word he writes.
I would gladly discuss ways and behaviors of Israel with anybody decent, but not with such an instance of the beast.
He’s not a murderer, he is worse, he is of the kind that produces and pushes others that will become murderers.
The demons by Dostoevsky is the book to read to learn about him.
We must pray for him.
Chomsky is the poster-boy for self-hating Jews. Pathetic specimen.
It’s less about self-hating then it is about benightedness.
Ideologically, Chomsky is a Gnome.
Dear Noam,
How clever it was to invoke the most vile of your own comrades as an example of how Israel behaves. Great propaganda, Noam. Why didn’t you try flying into a Palestinian airport? Oh yeah, the Palestinians don’t know how to build one.
You are happy this happened to you and I’m sure you can’t believe your good fortune. This will be great fodder for your future anti-Israeli rants, which are sure to be found in your next publication. By the way Noam, Buckley tore you up.
Sincerely,
Jim
Will no one rid me of this bothersome Communist?
I don’t often post on the boards here at PJM. On this occasion, however, I find it necessary to interject just a small piece of my mind.
As even his most ardent detractors know, Professor Chomsky is one of the most influential (if not the most influential) linguist of the modern era. With regard to the body of his political and socio-political studies, his publications are always articulate, and his arguments, rather well supported. You may disagree with the conclusions he draws, but his presentation and scholarly acumen are really quite extraordinary.
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Sorry to disagree but Chomsky’s political arguments are anything but articulate or well supported. They tend to be ridiculously one-sided and inflammatory. This is no genteel academic we are talking about but a self-deluded idealogue.
“If anyone wonders why the Obama Administration is hard on Israel…”
Why would anyone wonder about that? Treachery, backstabbing and treason by Democrats is as common as dirt.
Read a history of the American Civil War or ask the South Vietnamese about it. The Dems will turn on anyone or anything in a heartbeat, if they think they can gain something from it.
To be a renowned academic right now, when the intelligentsia is infected with intellectual rot, is no honor. Most of the scholarship of the last century will be rightfully ignored a century hence.
Schaden-f’in’-freude.
The Onion FINALLY got on Chomsky recently. Though they made the guy look ‘useful’ so to speak..
http://www.theonion.com/articles/exhausted-noam-chomsky-just-going-to-try-and-enjoy,17404/
‘Chomsky blocked from..’
Ahh, another reason to visit Israel.
So, if a Marxist calls you a Stalinist, that’s a bad thing, right?
The two best takedowns of Chomsky that I’ve read are in the two following books: Terror and Liberalism by Paul Berman, How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World by Francis Wheelan.
Both of those writers are “left” in the old-school, non-stupid meaning of the word, so they can’t be written off as partisan. They really leave a mark on the old coot.
Chomsky is a professed enemy of the State of Isreal. Why should they allow him passage into their country? By the way, Stalin did not let people leave the country. That’s a big difference.
Poor Elvis Costello, still trying to remain relevant.
I’m a bit surprised by the ignorance of some comments here about the reality of the Palestinian-Israeli border situation. The reality is that Palestine does not have control over entrance and exits; Israel occupies Palestine and it alone has control. That includes whether you are coming in via air (the Arafat airport in Gaza was shut down by Israel 10 years ago); you have to go to Ben Gurion airport in Israel. If you come by land, you can do so via Jordan and Egypt but the entrance is controlled by Israeli authorities. These are facts and it’s a bit strange to see some comments here that ignore this reality.
Second, Chomsky is probably one of the world’s most esteemed linguists in modern research; his transformational grammar provides a basic analytic frame for the study of language generation and use. This is not superficial work but very serious and analytic work on language structure.
As for his views on Israel and Palestine – they are open to debate and criticism; I wonder how many people here actually know them, just as most people seem to be ignorant of his linguistic research. But Israel made, I think, an error in rejecting his visit. Of course it is a denial of free speech; if you prevent someone from giving the speech, then, that act denies one the freedom to speak.
Actually, I am very well acquainted with Chomsky’s academic work, and his political punditry. As for the former, he is justly lauded. As for the latter…
Chomsky is very intelligent and well-read. Unfortunately, he uses his talents only to change the subject, draw false moral equivalencies, and rationalize violence.
And he does all of this with such as avalanche of obscure “facts” that critics scarcely have time to retort before he has moved on to the next grievance. Only a fool believes that a person has won an argument just because they talked more and talked faster.
I must admit, I’m not wild about banning people from entering a country (although I do wish Ahmadinejad wouldn’t come HERE so much), but really, why shouldn’t Israel do this? no matter what Israel does, they’re going to be condemned for it. they’re damned if they do, damned if they don’t.
so why should they let themselves in for more grief by allowing some anti-Semitic loudmouth into the country to further rabble-rouse?
it’s astounding to me that Israel is the only country in the entire world that apparently has no right to protect itself…and the only victor ever expected to give land back to the loser. (and when they DO, they’re censured for not giving up more!)
Chomsky is an idiot.I heard him speak on Canadian news network spouting the same crap in his videos on youtube.Most of it is conjecture and opinion.Like i said before all you leftards ,Who the hell is Chomsky?
Does he critisize terrorism?No thats our fault for stealing oil.Oh so its our fault for invading Iraq for oil , but Iran ,venezuela and saudi arabia sell it to us anyways because….??Its our fault that we advocate freedom from govt instead of having to rely on it.Its called talking out of both ends which this guy does a lot of.
Hes the perfect fifth columnist or useful idiot.Take your pick.
The self-loathing anti-Semite Chomsky probably had a bomb strapped to him. Good idea to turn him away.
Israel Stalinist? Coming from Chomsky, did he consider this a complement?
Exactly, you’d think the Stalinist angle would appeal to the old boy.
Who’d know more about Stalin than a communist (chomski)?
The issue is incorrectly framed. Why should Israel allow him entry?
“I must admit, I’m not wild about banning people from entering a country (although I do wish Ahmadinejad wouldn’t come HERE so much)”
I disagree. There’s no way that guy should be allowed to set foot in America. Iran routinely calls for the destruction of America. Iranians attacked our embassy in Tehran, their terrorist proxies killed many Americans in Lebanon.
These guys are our arch-enemies. We ought to be trying to kill Ahmadinejad, not let him enter America to spew.
SCHMUCK CHOMSKY
Te US should have blocked him from returning as well.
That accusation should leave everyone speechless. LOL – nothing like the pot calling the kettle black, is there.
Gawd….Chomsky is a classic critical thinker, no more, no less. Such people are inherently iconoclasts because they step outside of the groupthink that defines most of the population, most especially when it comes to political beliefs. Folks like Chomsky tend to force other people (at least the ones not totally subverted by groupthink) to justify their own beliefs, especially in regards to how they arrived at them.
so I suppose you never heard of EGYPT- look it up big boy
and Isarel suipplies it’s wsworn emenies with MORE GOODS, free medical care and more – would you likeit it your nation was forced to supply it’s enemies? N Korea? maybe give some nukes to IRAN?
get real
oops I hit reply but it didn’t go inline —that was for #65
supplies it’s sworn enemies- I can spell well but I type badly- LOL