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Chomsky criticizes the system of global finance out of one corner of his mouth while being buddy-buddy with one of the biggest beneficiaries of its exploits, not to mention a pedophile.
I used to have great respect for Chomsky. Used to.
I lost respect for him during the whole Chinese ughur concentration camp propaganda bullshit. The fact that he is complicit in this kid diddler oligarch shit show is not surprising to me at all.
He’s always been a puffed-up turd.
Chomsky is one of the many myriad reasons I no longer respect apes.
I respect him for his linguistics, not his politics.
This is FAKE NEWS! He was an FBI INFORMANT trying to Bring Down Epstein and he WOULD have Gotten away With it TOO if ONLY he let Epstein Traffick MORE Girls!
-Republicans about Trump!
The prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein, who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails released earlier in November this month by US lawmakers.
Perhaps the most telling of the Chomsky-related document in question was a letter of support for Epstein attributed to Chomsky with the salutation “to whom it may concern”. It is not dated, but it contains a typed signature with Chomsky’s name and citing his position as a University of Arizona laureate professor, a role he began in 2017, as first reported by the Massachusetts news outlet WBUR.
“I met Jeffrey Epstein half a dozen years ago,” read the letter of support from Chomsky that was reviewed by the Guardian after its Republican House oversight committee release. “We have been in regular contact since, with many long and often in-depth discussions about a very wide range of topics, including our own specialties and professional work, but a host of others where we have shared interests. It has been a most valuable experience for me.”
It is unclear whether Chomsky sent the letter to anyone. Nonetheless, it exalts Epstein for teaching Chomsky “about the intricacies of the global financial system” in a way “the business press and professional journals” had not been able to do. It boasted about how well connected Epstein was.
“Once, when we were discussing the Oslo agreements, Jeffrey picked up the phone and called the Norwegian diplomat who supervised them, leading to a lively interchange,” the letter read. The letter recounted how Epstein had arranged for Chomsky – a political activist, too – to meet with someone he had “studied carefully and written about”: the former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak.
Epstein had – “with limited success” – aided efforts from Chomsky’s second wife, Valeria, to introduce him “to the world of jazz and its wonders”, the letter continued.
It concluded, “The impact of Jeffrey’s limitless curiosity, extensive knowledge, penetrating insights and thoughtful appraisals is only heightened by his easy informality, without a trace of pretentiousness. He quickly became a highly valued friend and regular source of intellectual exchange and stimulation.”
Another notable communication involving Chomsky and Epstein is a 2015 email in which the latter offers the former use of his residences in New York and New Mexico.
The emails don’t indicate whether Chomsky took advantage of the offer, whose particulars surfaced as certain officials are striving to investigate allegations of crimes by Epstein at a ranch compound he owned outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.
I think they were pen-pals. I also think Epstein was trying unsuccessfully to rope Chomsky into more nefarious shit. This was Jeffrey's M.O. with many public figures. Impress with erudition to open the way to compromising criminality he can later sell or use for leverage.
Why didn't he put this in Who Rules the World?
Oh no... Another noteworthy person had ties to the child sex world. Who could have seen this shocking turn of events. Oh no...
This one IS pretty surprising though.
This is kind of like finding out that Ron Jeremy had a trad wife.
Everyone under 30 in this thread is now googling Ron Jeremy
Wait, did Ron Jeremy actually have a trad wife?
Not that I know of
Absolutely everything is going to shit. God damn.
about time
“Philosopher”.
Not a huge fan of Chomsky as a person, even if he's said things I agree with. But it's worth considering that he was extremely critical of the exact apparatus that is reporting his demise. Not saying he wasn't a creep, he was arrogant enough to be, but this could all be fiction. Also plenty of people knew Epstein that were not part of his extracurriculars. As much as I want to see a lot of these rich fucks squirm, we really lack incriminating info. And even if we had it, I'm not sure I trust the current people handling the documents.
Noam Noncesky
Nonce Chomsky?
this is hard, needs more workshoping
Shocked the establishment accepted intellectual with ties with war profiteers would do this shocked I say.
Isn't the Gnome is Left 4 Dead a reference to him? Man that sucks now, that was a fun objective..