Jump to content
msc

9. Noam Chomsky

Recommended Posts

Oh I haven't started one of these for a likely future DL pick in ages. Writer, critic, rent-a-cynic, political philosopher and never off the TV pronouncer Noam Chomsky is 92 this year, and judging by this appearance last week on one of the online lefty news channels, is starting to show and sound his age after a long period of doing the old Dorian Gray thing. As someone who doesn't want to leave the limelight he'll do his continual aging in public, so here's a thread for him. And we can't have Gooseberry start all the A lister threads now...

 

 

  • Like 11

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Yikes! I thought he had passed. Been on my Shadow List forever! :wheelchair:

  • Like 2

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I tought that he has already a tread because he is a good candidate and famous enough to be on the deathlist. I think he should be on the 2021 deathlist... if he arrives 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Oh yes, really starting to show his age now.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
51 minutes ago, Miracle Aligner said:

Jesus christ he looks rough as fuck, even for 92.

He's 91 still, but its probably due to his beard and the fact that he looks down to the camera.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

From two days ago: man, Kenny Rogers has really let himself go since the whole dying thing...

 

 

chomsky 17 sept 2020.png

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
17 minutes ago, ThePrematureBurial said:

 

 

Aye, there's summat to be said for avoiding social media and reading books, eh?

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Doesn't look great (however he can still walk, talk well and hasn't lost his marbles) in this interview but this whole video is weird.

 

First of all he walks into the interview and tells that he has to cancel/reschedule it because he "doesn't have time". Chomsky later mentions that the interviewer missed the time the interview was supposed to start...

The interviewer guy seems very disrespective and urges Chomsky to answer his questions. And what really annoys me is that he stops the call when Chomsky is saying "Thank you, glad to be-"

I wonder if the boy even knows who he is interviewing.

  • Like 2

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Well done. Officially, he isn't ill, but everyone eventually runs out of juice, and he'll do rather soon 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

chomsky.png.1a59c87800165a00779370a96447d143.png

Looks horrible in recent interviews, he'll probably keep doing them until he dies. Lost his younger brother David Eli Chomsky (1934-2021) in July.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
8 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

doesn't seem good on that new interview from yesterday 


Asked about the situation of Muslims being held in concentration camps in China, his response was “well it’s not as bad as what’s happening in Gaza”. Whataboutery at its finest. Cares deeply for the Muslims of India, doesn’t have a bad word to say about the Chinese Communist Party. It’s as if he has some kind of hard left agenda. Funny that. Always thought he was a total crank tbh. Overrated and lauded as some kind of wise guru in the political science departments of every university in the western world.

  • Like 3

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
On 12/02/2022 at 07:21, Ulitzer95 said:


Asked about the situation of Muslims being held in concentration camps in China, his response was “well it’s not as bad as what’s happening in Gaza”. Whataboutery at its finest. Cares deeply for the Muslims of India, doesn’t have a bad word to say about the Chinese Communist Party. It’s as if he has some kind of hard left agenda. Funny that. Always thought he was a total crank tbh. Overrated and lauded as some kind of wise guru in the political science departments of every university in the western world.

 

He's right and you're mad ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • Angry 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
2 hours ago, FinalChapter said:

 

He's right and you're mad ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Ok. So which previously banned member are you? Pretty certain I've already clocked it. :rolleyes:

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Looks pretty awful in a new statesman interview (not much of a change from previous videos though):
 

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

It is hard to look at him or listen to his voice in these interviews but if you read what he says in a transcript his analysis is still sharp and worth considering. Physical effects of his age have taken a very obvious toll but mentally he is still astute.

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites
3 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Chomsky trending on Twitter for a new video where he sees only one statesman advocating for a diplomatic solution in the Ukraine war and that is Donald Trump:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1520751923355398144

 

I mean, it's certainly not Putin...

 

I mean, if you were wondering if he's gone senile, I guess the question's answered itself

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

So do we reckon much to him being ninety-four, and at deaths'door?

:dead:

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Says that the US is more totalitarian than 1970s Soviet Union, calls Lavrov the Prime Minister of Russia. :facepalm: 

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    No registered users viewing this page.

×

Important Information

Your use of this forum is subject to our Terms of Use