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No, no, you've got it all wrong. This isn't hypocrisy at all. The more money Chomsky takes from the DoD, the less it has left to oppress the world.
Incidentally, back in 2002 or so, some fool on a discussion show said that Chomsky was as brave as Solzhenitsyn or Sakharov. This prompted the excellent Canadian blogger
Damian Penny (sorry I don't have a direct link to the post, Blogger archives being what they are) to come up with the following point-by-point comparison:
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Solzhenitsyn: spent years being tortured in slave labour camps.
Sakharov: spent years under house arrest in obscure provincial cities.
Chomsky: spent years as a highly-paid, tenured professor of linguistics at MIT and drives a snazzy red Audi A4.
Solzhenitsyn: had his writings banned by the state.
Sakharov: had his writings banned by the state.
Chomsky: has his writings available on Amazon.com. (Buy before May 27 and save!)
Solzhenitsyn: was barred from leaving the country.
Sakharov: was barred from leaving the country.
Chomsky: jets around the world to tell the masses about the Great Satan.
Solzhenitsyn: ignored and/or demonized by the Western "peace movement".
Sakharov: ignored and/or demonized by the Western "peace movement".
Chomsky: worshipped by the Western "peace movement".
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