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A fairly concise summary of American hegemony since 1945 by Noam Chomsky
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Sin_of_Onin
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A fairly concise summary of American hegemony since 1945 by Noam Chomsky
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Sin_of_Onin posted:
If his goal is to get caught up in stupid semantic debates then I suppose it was a good word choice. If he was looking to make a convincing argument or act as a historian he is an idiot.
I dunno, it seems pretty accurate to me. We sent a lot of troops to South Vietnam where they essentially took over and ran the country for the U.S.'s benefit. Because I don't think anyone thinks we gave a crap about the south vietnamese, who we killed nearly as many of as the north vietnamese. Most of the fighting was in the south, not the north.
We didn't invade to "overthrow" the south vietnamese government but I don't see why that means you can't call it an invasion.
Yeah still stupid word choice. The US made a long list of mistakes during the time period. Painting the US in a bad light is super easy. Trying to convince anyone that the US invaded South Vietnam is pointless and unecessary not to mention factually innacurate.
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dae_trist
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The US isn't being shown in a bad light, it's being shown in a light period.
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Yukishiro1
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Sin_of_Onin posted:
Yeah still stupid word choice.
I think the word choice is designed to provoke reaction. Most of Chomsky's stuff is designed to provoke a reaction as much as to really be accurate.
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cabbyman
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Chomsky tends to use his writing to troll for gay sex in online chatrooms.
It seems his followers do as well.
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dae_trist
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cabbyman posted:
Chomsky tends to use his writing to troll for gay sex in online chatrooms.
It seems his followers do as well.
Pretty sure by "Chomsky" you meant "Republicans"
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Yukishiro1
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cabbyman posted:
Chomsky tends to use his writing to troll for gay sex in online chatrooms.
You would be really popular in certain intellectual circles if you told them you let Chomsky bone you once. Even virtually.
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Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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cabbyman posted:
Chomsky tends to use his writing to troll for gay sex in online chatrooms.
It seems his followers do as well.
Are you here answering that call?
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AzureTyger
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Speaking truth to power always makes the right uncomfortable.
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Yukishiro1
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Cabby seems to be saying it gives him a chubby. Which could be uncomfortable, I guess.
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cabbyman
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AzureTyger posted:
Speaking truth to power always makes the right uncomfortable.
The left has no experience here to draw from. 
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