markwayne (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} markwayne) wrote,@ 2008-02-20 07:14:00 |
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Patrick McIlheran
I'm working this fellow's weblog.
He mentioned Chomsky. Doubtful that it'll pass his censorship, I reply:
Okay -- let me explain something to you. This is a contention: "They were ... transparently paranoic rants about the thoroughgoing evil of America." It requires evidence. You gave us none. Merely stating your (bizarre) opinions do not make them true. My wife's high school English students have trouble with this concept too.
Here's another one: "His view seems premised on the belief that capitalism is a kind of theft." The charge of the writer is to back-up things that they say. My suspicion is that you don't back up what you say because you can't.
In fact, Chomsky is not as you appear to believe "anti-American." He is one of the most patriotic and honest assets our troubled nation possesses. You fail to recognize the fundamental premise upon which our great country was founded that, in order to be a healthy, well functioning open society we must have a vigorous, unrestrained debate. Criticism of the actions of one's government, when those actions are immoral and stupid is not "foolish" but the citizens ultimate responsibility. Similar to the love exhibited in the excoriation of a misbehaving child, we must stand over our government, watchful and vigilant to their errors and crimes. Which unfortunately, with the criminal Bush administration in office, are at an all time high.
And Chomsky never said "that we deserved 9/11" -- I defy you to provide a checkable quote for this one.
MarkWayne
I'm working this fellow's weblog.
He mentioned Chomsky. Doubtful that it'll pass his censorship, I reply:
Okay -- let me explain something to you. This is a contention: "They were ... transparently paranoic rants about the thoroughgoing evil of America." It requires evidence. You gave us none. Merely stating your (bizarre) opinions do not make them true. My wife's high school English students have trouble with this concept too.
Here's another one: "His view seems premised on the belief that capitalism is a kind of theft." The charge of the writer is to back-up things that they say. My suspicion is that you don't back up what you say because you can't.
In fact, Chomsky is not as you appear to believe "anti-American." He is one of the most patriotic and honest assets our troubled nation possesses. You fail to recognize the fundamental premise upon which our great country was founded that, in order to be a healthy, well functioning open society we must have a vigorous, unrestrained debate. Criticism of the actions of one's government, when those actions are immoral and stupid is not "foolish" but the citizens ultimate responsibility. Similar to the love exhibited in the excoriation of a misbehaving child, we must stand over our government, watchful and vigilant to their errors and crimes. Which unfortunately, with the criminal Bush administration in office, are at an all time high.
And Chomsky never said "that we deserved 9/11" -- I defy you to provide a checkable quote for this one.
MarkWayne
