[Peace-discuss] Hedges on Chomsky

[C. G. Estabrook]

I thought about that when I saw the column.  It seems to me that there's a touch 
of the Hedges' headlong rush when he emphasizes Chomsky's talk of fascism but 
not the legitimacy of the grievances which an "honest, charismatic" fascist 
might manipulate.

The column has a slapdash quality - e.g. he doesn't get Chomsky's age right; and 
what does it mean to say "he steps outside of every group and eschews all 
ideologies," when he's talked for 40 years of groups he supports and ideologies 
he embraces (notably libertarian socialism)?  But it's saved by how much of 
Chomsky (and Finkelstein) it quotes.  --CGE


On 4/19/10 10:58 AM, Ron Szoke wrote:
> Would you say that Hedges has stopped being "hysterical" when he says
> something that you like?
>
> -- Ron

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