Chomsky, on Post Modernism, Relativism, and Universal Values

Sam Harris vs Noam Chomsky, An Abortive Conversation

Harris published the emails of his recent attempt to converse with Chomsky. This is a very interesting read, and contrary to the title of this article, it appears to me that Chomsky comes out quite poorly. Harris acquitted himself better than I expected. But the final analysis is that the egos of the Public Atheists seem to prevent any accommodation of contrary thought, even the thoughts of other Public Atheists. At least that is true of Chomsky, whose responses border on unintelligible at points, but in general thinks that the USA constantly does evil to the rest of the world.

Noam Chomsky

I rarely agree with Chomsky - or rather he rarely agrees with me. But he now, finally, sees the light regarding the Leftist totalitarian in the White House. Says Chomsky:

"As the colossus fulfills its visions, in principle every keystroke might be sent to President Obama's huge and expanding databases in Utah.

In other ways too, the constitutional lawyer in the White House seems determined to demolish the foundations of our civil liberties. The principle of the presumption of innocence, which dates back to Magna Carta 800 years ago, has long been dismissed to oblivion."

It's a little late for Chomsky to be coming aboard, but, welcome anyway, Noam. Some of the old Leftist proponents of civil liberty can catch on, albeit quite late in the game.