Comments on: Noam Chomsky vs. William F. Buckley, 1969 http://www.openculture.com/2008/10/noam_chomsky_vs_william_f_buckley_1969.html The best free cultural & educational media on the web Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Noam Chomsky at Occupy Boston | Open Culture http://www.openculture.com/2008/10/noam_chomsky_vs_william_f_buckley_1969.html#comment-24797 Noam Chomsky at Occupy Boston | Open Culture Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:55:20 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/?p=1405#comment-24797 [...] Noam Chomsky joined the faculty of MIT in 1955, and, soon enough established himself as “the father of modern linguistics.” (Watch him debate Michel Foucault in 1971.) During the 60s, he also firmly positioned as a leading public intellectual taking aim at American foreign policy and global capitalism, and we regularly saw him engaging with figures like William F. Buckley. [...] [...] Noam Chomsky joined the faculty of MIT in 1955, and, soon enough established himself as “the father of modern linguistics.” (Watch him debate Michel Foucault in 1971.) During the 60s, he also firmly positioned as a leading public intellectual taking aim at American foreign policy and global capitalism, and we regularly saw him engaging with figures like William F. Buckley. [...]

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]]> By: Gwgregg http://www.openculture.com/2008/10/noam_chomsky_vs_william_f_buckley_1969.html#comment-21427 Gwgregg Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:17:00 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/?p=1405#comment-21427 Having just seen the video (and amazed I hadn't encountered it before now), I was taken aback. Buckley comes across as a quintessential forensics champion who is dealt a bad hand. He continually tries to derail and pick holes in Chomsky's points, even sadly using a bit of condescension and smarmy ad hominem to do so. Chomsky, on the other hand, comes across as incredibly knowledgeable about a very complex subject, unflappable and able to back up his points with multiple factual reinforcements. I have always admired Buckley as an apologist and debater, but he is so clearly outmatched here it's a little embarrassing to see one of my forensic heroes stumbling like that. Chomsky seems very able to support his arguments and must get the nod here. Having just seen the video (and amazed I hadn’t encountered it before now), I was taken aback.

Buckley comes across as a quintessential forensics champion who is dealt a bad hand. He continually tries to derail and pick holes in Chomsky’s points, even sadly using a bit of condescension and smarmy ad hominem to do so. Chomsky, on the other hand, comes across as incredibly knowledgeable about a very complex subject, unflappable and able to back up his points with multiple factual reinforcements.

I have always admired Buckley as an apologist and debater, but he is so clearly outmatched here it’s a little embarrassing to see one of my forensic heroes stumbling like that. Chomsky seems very able to support his arguments and must get the nod here.

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