Noam Chomsky: Antifa is a 'major gift to the Right'

[DigitalDrifter]

I don't know if it's a "gift" to the right, but at least Chomsky isn't approving of it.

The left-wing "Antifa" movement is rising in prominence after clashing with white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., but one progressive scholar says the anti-fascists feed the fire they seek to extinguish.

"As for Antifa, it's a minuscule fringe of the Left, just as its predecessors were," Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner. "It's a major gift to the Right, including the militant Right, who are exuberant."

Many activists affiliated with the loosely organized Antifa movement consider themselves anarchists or socialists. They often wear black and take measures to conceal their identity.


Chomsky said, "what they do is often wrong in principle – like blocking talks – and [the movement] is generally self-destructive."

"When confrontation shifts to the arena of violence, it's the toughest and most brutal who win – and we know who that is," said Chomsky, a professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "That's quite apart from the opportunity costs – the loss of the opportunity for education, organizing, and serious and constructive activism."

The violence in Charlottesville ended Saturday when an alleged white supremacist drove a car into a crowd of anti-racism activists, not all of whom were Antifa activists, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring more than a dozen others. The driver has been charged with murder.

On Tuesday, Trump shocked viewers of a press conference, including prominent members of his own party, by saying "both sides" deserved blame for the violence. Critics said the president should single out white supremacists for scorn.

Noam Chomsky: Antifa is a 'major gift to the Right'

 

[irosie91]

first smart thing Chomsky has emitted in 30 years

 

[koshergrl]

The alt left actions perfectly mirror the actions of commie and nazi regimes, who demonized a group of people using lies and propaganda, boycotts and punitive policies..until that group tried to defend themselves, whereupon they took that as justification to kill them and imprison them.

It's an old story. The only people who don't know it are the useful idiots, who have been lulled into stupidity by a combination of nationalized education, welfare, media, and drugs.

 

[Fenton Lum]

first smart thing Chomsky has emitted in 30 years

The only thing you could use in token fashion the same way you use the occasiona black guy darling. You should pay much more attention to him.

 

[Fenton Lum]

The alt left actions perfectly mirror the actions of commie and nazi regimes, who demonized a group of people using lies and propaganda, boycotts and punitive policies..until that group tried to defend themselves, whereupon they took that as justification to kill them and imprison them.

It's an old story. The only people who don't know it are the useful idiots, who have been lulled into stupidity by a combination of nationalized education, welfare, media, and drugs.

Nazis in the white house darling, everyone knows about miller, gorka and bannon.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

The alt left actions perfectly mirror the actions of commie and nazi regimes, who demonized a group of people using lies and propaganda, boycotts and punitive policies..until that group tried to defend themselves, whereupon they took that as justification to kill them and imprison them.

It's an old story. The only people who don't know it are the useful idiots, who have been lulled into stupidity by a combination of nationalized education, welfare, media, and drugs.

And it's very dangerous that the left and their media is not denouncing it.

 

[irosie91]

first smart thing Chomsky has emitted in 30 years

The only thing you could use in token fashion the same way you use the occasiona black guy darling. You should pay much more attention to him.

huh?

The alt left actions perfectly mirror the actions of commie and nazi regimes, who demonized a group of people using lies and propaganda, boycotts and punitive policies..until that group tried to defend themselves, whereupon they took that as justification to kill them and imprison them.

It's an old story. The only people who don't know it are the useful idiots, who have been lulled into stupidity by a combination of nationalized education, welfare, media, and drugs.

sheeeesh, k-girl. Lets try to remain moderate whilst taking part in this parlor game

 

[Fenton Lum]

The alt left actions perfectly mirror the actions of commie and nazi regimes, who demonized a group of people using lies and propaganda, boycotts and punitive policies..until that group tried to defend themselves, whereupon they took that as justification to kill them and imprison them.

It's an old story. The only people who don't know it are the useful idiots, who have been lulled into stupidity by a combination of nationalized education, welfare, media, and drugs.

And it's very dangerous that the left and their media is not denouncing it.

Kinda like what he says about america's actions being a recruiting tool for ISIS, al Qaida, al Nusra, etc, ain't it now.

 

[Fenton Lum]

first smart thing Chomsky has emitted in 30 years

The only thing you could use in token fashion the same way you use the occasiona black guy darling. You should pay much more attention to him.

huh?

Sorry, occasional.

 

[irosie91]

The alt left actions perfectly mirror the actions of commie and nazi regimes, who demonized a group of people using lies and propaganda, boycotts and punitive policies..until that group tried to defend themselves, whereupon they took that as justification to kill them and imprison them.

It's an old story. The only people who don't know it are the useful idiots, who have been lulled into stupidity by a combination of nationalized education, welfare, media, and drugs.

And it's very dangerous that the left and their media is not denouncing it.

Kinda like what he says about america's actions being a recruiting tool for ISIS, al Qaida, al Nusra, etc, ain't it now.

intention, counts

 

[Fenton Lum]

The alt left actions perfectly mirror the actions of commie and nazi regimes, who demonized a group of people using lies and propaganda, boycotts and punitive policies..until that group tried to defend themselves, whereupon they took that as justification to kill them and imprison them.

It's an old story. The only people who don't know it are the useful idiots, who have been lulled into stupidity by a combination of nationalized education, welfare, media, and drugs.

And it's very dangerous that the left and their media is not denouncing it.

Kinda like what he says about america's actions being a recruiting tool for ISIS, al Qaida, al Nusra, etc, ain't it now.

intention, counts

He covers that quite nicely too.

 

[irosie91]

The alt left actions perfectly mirror the actions of commie and nazi regimes, who demonized a group of people using lies and propaganda, boycotts and punitive policies..until that group tried to defend themselves, whereupon they took that as justification to kill them and imprison them.

It's an old story. The only people who don't know it are the useful idiots, who have been lulled into stupidity by a combination of nationalized education, welfare, media, and drugs.

And it's very dangerous that the left and their media is not denouncing it.

Kinda like what he says about america's actions being a recruiting tool for ISIS, al Qaida, al Nusra, etc, ain't it now.

intention, counts

He covers that quite nicely too.

with fantasy

 

[koshergrl]

first smart thing Chomsky has emitted in 30 years

The only thing you could use in token fashion the same way you use the occasiona black guy darling. You should pay much more attention to him.

huh?

The alt left actions perfectly mirror the actions of commie and nazi regimes, who demonized a group of people using lies and propaganda, boycotts and punitive policies..until that group tried to defend themselves, whereupon they took that as justification to kill them and imprison them.

It's an old story. The only people who don't know it are the useful idiots, who have been lulled into stupidity by a combination of nationalized education, welfare, media, and drugs.

sheeeesh, k-girl. Lets try to remain moderate whilst taking part in this parlor game

There is nothing moderate about what is going on. The alt-left is nutting out.

 

[koshergrl]

The alt left actions perfectly mirror the actions of commie and nazi regimes, who demonized a group of people using lies and propaganda, boycotts and punitive policies..until that group tried to defend themselves, whereupon they took that as justification to kill them and imprison them.

It's an old story. The only people who don't know it are the useful idiots, who have been lulled into stupidity by a combination of nationalized education, welfare, media, and drugs.

And it's very dangerous that the left and their media is not denouncing it.

The media are actively engaged in facilitating it.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

The squirrel Chomsky finally found a nut

 

[irosie91]

first smart thing Chomsky has emitted in 30 years

The only thing you could use in token fashion the same way you use the occasiona black guy darling. You should pay much more attention to him.

huh?

The alt left actions perfectly mirror the actions of commie and nazi regimes, who demonized a group of people using lies and propaganda, boycotts and punitive policies..until that group tried to defend themselves, whereupon they took that as justification to kill them and imprison them.

It's an old story. The only people who don't know it are the useful idiots, who have been lulled into stupidity by a combination of nationalized education, welfare, media, and drugs.

sheeeesh, k-girl. Lets try to remain moderate whilst taking part in this parlor game

There is nothing moderate about what is going on. The alt-left is nutting out.

I was referring to your current writing style-------I was not trivializing the actions of any "side"