The Left on Political Correctness

[Aella_]

CONT.

Interview: "Ezra Levant and Noam Chomsky on free speech"
http://www.ezralevant.com/ezra-levant-vs-noam-chomsky-the-complete-interview/

Dismissing campus speech codes and political correctness as “an exaggeration” and “a marginal phenomenon”, Chomsky claims that state and corporate control over speech is a much more prevalent and dangerous phenomenon

Chomsky also points out that there actually is a REAL and much more dangerous political correctness, namely, that which is subtly and not so subtly imposed by the right wing (and by the establishment, not just the right wing). Thus, if anyone DARES to question the assumption that Bush invaded Iraq to bring democracy to Iraq by saying that he might have been motivated by oil interests (heaven forbid) then they are quickly called "conspiracy theorists" and "left wing loons". For Chomsky, that unthinking, reflexive defense of Bush's "noble intentions" in Iraq is in fact the TRUE and more pernicious political correctness.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Mein Kampf was continually in print in the UK during WW2, in English and in German, on the basis of 'Know your enemy'.

Guderian's book on tank tactics was required reading for British Army officers - a much more useful book.

But read and understood by only a few including Patton.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Chomsky = Howard Zinn

 

[Aella_]

Chomsky = Howard Zinn

= Arundhati Roy
Which is good.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I'm off to bed, so I will have to look up that reference later.



Do you know who Howard Zinn is and what his impact is on higher education in the US?

 

[PoppingTom]

No, because they say so. It's been posted many, many times here on Lit.

In your fantasy.

 

[Aella_]

I'm off to bed, so I will have to look up that reference later.



Do you know who Howard Zinn is and what his impact is on higher education in the US?

I don't know much about the logistics. I only know that I saw a few of his talks on youtube (one of which was the interview with Arundhati Roy) and I Really enjoyed them.

Hope you'll feel me in with the more nefarious issues or with thecritical thinking aspects, when you wake up.
Don't snore too loudly,
Bye