Re: CHAT: Chomsky (Was Re: ALERT: Chomsky Giving a Talk on Language Creation?)
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 7:52 |
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Quoting David Peterson <ThatBlueCat@...>:
> Anarchist wrote:
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> <<Isn't [Chomsky] also an anarchist? I'm an anarchist, so I've been
> wondering
> if he is both a linguist and an anarchist.>>
>
> I was surprised to learn that Chomsky did anything but linguistics, and when
> I found out that he was some sort of politcal icon, I fully expected him to
> be
> as right wing as they get, based on his work as a linguist.
I have zero wish to discuss Chomsky's politics here, but I'd like to know why
you'd think that Chomsky's linguistics, or indeed anyone's linguistics, would
correlate with rightwingerhood.
Andreas