[Peace-discuss] Misrepresenting Chomsky

[C G Estabrook]

<https://noamsfootnotes.com/2019/07/27/misrepresenting-chomsky-101/#more-729>

‘...Some time back the evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne, an ardent proponent of New Atheism who somehow also claims to be a “secular Jew”, wrote long ranting post about how Chomsky goes “off the rails” at times. Those times that Coyne was referring to, of course, involves instances where Chomsky refuses to accept the Just Cause excuse usually paraded around during the many attempts at justifying US and Israeli atrocities. According to Coyne this is too much, because Chomsky apparently fails to see the good intentions (in the case of US) and existential factors (in the case of Israel) involved in these efforts…’

—CGE