You've got that right, Frank!
What will they do next? Post Jane Fonda's latest Self Criticism to club
Chomsky with?

frank scott wrote:

> There seems to be a concerted effort to get-nail chomsky, and much of it
> comes from lefties and pseudo lefties, more liberal than left, who seem
> to just hate the guy...this academic thing is much too long for me to
> bother with, especially after picking up the tone, and the ridiculous
> citing of Joan Baez...JOAN BAEZ?...and her full page ad in the NYtimes
> about (gasp-horror) political prisoners in Viet Nam...wow!
>
> as I recall, her expose was based on a prisoner who smuggled "secret
> information" out of the nam slammer...how? he stuck it up his butt!
> double wow!
>
> for the benefit of people who live in the clouds, I suppose it is an
> expose to find out that some leftist foreign movements were not composed
> of collegial debate teams from affluent western families who majored in
> philosophy and inactivity...for me, this is tired bullshit inspired by
> people who should have better things to do than relive -in part
> according to fantasy and bias - past history in order to "get" someone
> they can't stand because he is...smarter than they are? what the hell is
> going on? this is the most important stuff to deal with at this time??
>
> fs