Chomsky - Perle Debate - Part 10

Noam Chomsky and Richard Perle debate US foreign policy at Ohio State University in 1988.

Question from the audience: 'The Palestinian situation'

The sound quality is at times quite poor.

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• palestine

[terpis]

Chomsky's a force of nature here, and it's just possible that Perle was slack in his prep, figuring his debating opponent was just some wacky leftist.

[fanniterrette]

Chomsky never sounds sharper than when he is faced with one of these right-wing dinner party clowns and champions of violent capitalism.

[Frisbieinstein]

What's R2D2 doin in there?

[P2ak47]

is the sound quality fuckered for everyone else?

cornelius???, what a name, is an example to us all.

chomsky rules the marginalised world.

check "ize of the world"

[wolfyamadeus2]

So Perle thinks it's a criticism that chomsky gives elaborate, thorough, well-cited responses, as opposed to his own colloquial generalizations? You can just hear the bureaucratic training oozing out of Perle's pathetic little brain.

[Ryukikon]

@cornelius596

"There is cessation of violence in ireland not a peace. The situation is not resolved and I know this first hand unlike Chomsky's documents!. " I am sorry but you are wrong. They are resolved, that what it means to resolved. No solution has been found, that is different(more permanent), Resolve(temporary). I am sorry your family went through such a history however your emotional appeal is flawed. Your end assertion is not even backed with any support. They would still Jihad, Why

[Ryukikon]

Seriously, I am shocked and not shocked at people's reactions. fallacies seems to get the most out of most people. The people it gets a rise from, eat and bred and sleep it in. To the degree that they habitat it, they detect and like it. However it amazes me that you would come to a debate and then here a guy say, do not use records and then to say well he has an answer for everything in such a way that it is bad this is at a debate and people actually clap. I mean they clapped for that

[FukCommando]

im sorry but perles a cunt, you know some1 is loosing a debate when they resort to making personal shots and jokes. how pathetic

[shredderroy]

Ever since this debate, Richard Perle has need extra rolls of toilet paper, because Chomsky ripped him a new one.

[AnotherMasterMind]

It's true. Chomsky hogs the time in debates, but he uses it to educate the audience with facts, which was the stated purpose of this debate after all.

[erik28com]

Thank you for these videos! I especially love the part where Perle basically says "I am sure Chomsky has an answer and will go on and on about it." Yeah it's called facts.

[bobshenix]

@fanniterrette

Its the warmongers and neo-cons like Perle that got us into Iraq... so your right about that LOOK IT UP PEOPLE PERLE IS A DEVIL HE LIED US INTO IRAQ!!!!