Noam Chomsky fails 911 Litmus Test Again weekoftruth.org

Noam @ tufts Univ. Wednesday, April 9, 2008
http://reprehensor.gnn.tv/blogs/17577/Zwicker_Chomsky_9_11
Noam Chomsky... this does appear to be one of the most fascinating parts of the book for a lot of people and I'm frankly even a little surprised myself at how well this is being received. I think that a whole lot of people had intuited that there's something wrong with Chomsky. That there's something strange, mysterious, contradictory, absurd, about his refusal to see that anybody other than Lee Harvey Oswald might have killed JFK, his refusal to become involved in looking into, whatsoever, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy and Malcolm X, and then, of course, although a lot of people cut him slack and were in effect in denial about Chomsky on those decapitations of the Left... but 9/11 came along, it's a Litmus test, I swear it's a Litmus test for every individual, every organization... where do they stand on 9/11?

And of course he just proceeded to fail the 9/11 Litmus test entirely. And I think this has caused a lot of people to just say, to themselves, "There's gotta be something really wrong with Chomsky." And apparently I've articulated it in this 15,000-word chapter.

And I do believe, that he is, an "agent of disinformation". Now, I don't say "disinformation agent", which would imply that he is on the payroll of the CIA, which is something that I cannot prove, and I do not necessarily believe. But he certainly is an "agent of disinformation". And there are many kinds of disinformation, he engages in about 20 different kinds of nasty propaganda techniques himself, especially in his public lectures... dismissive ness is one of the trickiest cards that he plays in his public lectures. He'll say things like, 'Oh well, we don't know who did 9/11, but it really doesn't matter,' and then he'll just go on!

And that is a point where in a just, in an intellectually honest world, someone would say, "Hold it right there, Noam. Just hold it right there. WHY does it not matter, who did 9/11?"

But of course when he's speaking before an adulatory crowd, they just accept this, he throws out these great dismissive phrases, and just continues on. And one of the tricks of his trade, is of course that he's written this immense number of books, he's incredibly prolific, I have 16 of his books myself, and in each of those books if you look toward the end, you'll find these massive numbers of footnotes, and he's renowned for tracking down these obscure facts from obscure journals and documents, and so people assume, when he's doing public speaking, that everything he says is equally well-researched, equally well-footnoted, equally valid... and it's not. He makes all sorts of just vague, sweeping generalizations, dismissive statements, complete mis-weighting of things, where something is very important he'll dismiss as unimportant and vice-versa.

He throws up a smokescreen by way of always talking, and I don't disagree with him on this... it's an effective one, in any of his talks he'll talk about Granada, he'll talk about El Salvador, he'll talk about East Timor... no question, he was blowing the whistle on those for a long time, he harks back to them, but you know what?

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[cfibb]

Hey truthers...

Yes, Bush and his buds profited from 911. Yes, he was an insensitive prick who worsened our rep as a world player, polarizing us against so many when he should've just shut up and caught bin Laden.

911 was a blow to the American mind. But you are woefully naive to still believe at this hour that his incompetent administration could've pulled it off for the purpose of justifying our military presence in the Middle East.

Get real. That's the chimp part of the brain working.

[runmonsta]

Point us all in the direction of credible, peer reviewed documents (written by engineers I'd hope) that suggest 9/11 was an inside job. Because I am curious.

[GoodVibezin]

@HauntingTheHoly It would be better if Naom Chomsky would enunciate his speech better. I get the the impression he's intoxicated. I wonder why people think so highly of this pretentious schmuck, especially when he usually slurs his words.

[leahcim3360]

Chomsky has a LIFETIME of work against the REAL abuses by the Government as his 'chops' in this argument.

You 9-11 nutcases overlook the MORE relevant OBVIOUS crimes of the government ...like WARS of CHOICE.

You are the people who Might could become effective dissident IF you were smarter.....sadly you aren't.

READ Chomsky & Zinn, and watch the documentaries of john Pilger. Learn what REAL government crime is. And forget about these infantile David Icke-like obsessions .

[Glomerol]

From what I can glean by the sound/video quality, Chomsky argues for a scientific inquiry, which is reasonable; ostensibly suggests that nothing or not much was submitted for a reinvestigation; and that those who suggest 911 as an inside job seem to be relying on relatively anecdotal evidence.

I'm unsure that Chomsky discounts 911 being an inside job outright, but that he needs more convincing.

In any case, he still believes that many international gov'ts benefitted from 911.

[MrDevilBunny]

i'm sure plenty of those kids believe in santas, ghosts, and magic sky daddies too. aren't kids brilliant skeptics, with an ability to understand complex scientific concepts and principles?

[kappy0405]

Over 600 architects and engineers have petitioned for a new investigation. There is no concensus on the collapse of WTC within the scientific community despite what the MSM claims.

I don't know if 911 was an inside job, but it's quite obvious that the official version is equally nonsense. It takes nothing more than naive thinking and/or nationalism to not acknowledge that fact.

[semigotbanned]

"Noam Chomsky fails 911 Litmus Test"

yeah, thank god he ain't crazy....

ok, now you may go fuck yourself, crazy dumb shits

[brabon1]

its troofer

and every one of you fucks is insane

[WeAreChangeBoston]

i would rather be a truther than a lairer.

[DavidAtleePhilips]

Every medical examiner who looked at Kennedy's head wound concluded a large exit hole in the back of the skull.

The autopsy even found bullet fragments from two different guns!

The Audio analysis concluded a 90% chance of a second shot being fired in synchronized fashion from the grassy knoll area.

Yeah, that's insanity and not just common sense...

[quantumsolutions]

Love your commentary to the right.

Put a picture of Pentagon immediately after 'attack' before 100 ten year olds and ask them to guess what happened to the building.

If one kid said, "Maybe an airplane hit it." He would be laughed out of the room.

"Where's the skid mark? Where's the plane? No luggage? No passengers? Oh, incinerated? yet a table with open book remains unsinged? You are the dumbest kid on earth!"

Chomsky hypnotizes with monotone.

Down with 'illusionati'

Peace.

[brabon1]

you people are all insane....seriously...you need help

[DavidAtleePhilips]

Well that may be true of "troofers" but certainly not TRUTHers...

[brabon1]

you are right

i learn that troofers just get more and more insane

i have also learned that there are direct ties between the troofer movement and neonazis

so you are all insane and jew haters

just like that catholic bishop...

[DavidAtleePhilips]

There are hundreds of 9/11 Documentaries and you can learn something from each of them.

[brabon1]

there are only one people more insane than chomsky....TROOFERS

congrats

loose change...the only documentary ever created that had to be remade 3 times

[slckr80s]

lol dude

[daderone]

really wished this video didn't sound like a cricket on acid because it was probably interesting

[daderone]

who is the moron standing in front of the video camera running all crazy like up to the podium?

[hunterthompson123]

Ahh. Yes. this is a very informative piece of footage.. which seems to have benn filmed, by a retarded beaver, using a 1920s piece of recording equipment.

Learn to point a camera, please mate. you must have to do something crazy to make me not interested in a piece of a noam chomsky debate.