Noam Chomsky Does Not Want You to Read This

Noam Chomsky Does Not Want You to Read This
By Dr. Kevin Barrett

I have decided to go ahead and post my recent email correspondence with Noam Chomsky, without his permission, and against his wishes, despite his claim that by doing so I am violating his privacy, and despite my earlier statement to him that I would respect his privacy.

[To those confused it would seem Noam's time stamp is off by one year inaccurately indicating 2009 -- Comment by Franco, monadnock911truthalliance.blogspot.com]

On Apr 20, 2009, at 12:19 PM, Noam Chomsky wrote:

...On 9/11 dissidents being silenced, that belief may also result from lack of engagement in activism regarding horrendous crimes. In fact, 9/11 dissidents have been granted kid gloves treatment that is quite unusual -- the reason, I suspect, is that the establishment welcomes their main contribution, which has been to draw a great deal of energy and attention away from protest over ongoing crimes that vastly exceed what the TM charges concerning 9/11.

...You and others have every right to pursue your priorities, but not to have "bad feelings" about others who pursue what they regard as much more urgent priorities (rightly, even transparently in my opinion). Your concern over what you see as lies is appropriate, but as noted, far down the list of such regular behavior of states, media, and the general intellectual community. And the extraordinary arrogance and self-indulgence of the TM ought to concern people who adopt its priorities.


From: chomsky@MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: million dollar question
Date: May 10, 2008 1:32:34 PM CDT
To: kbarrett@merr.com

Another lie. I never heard of Op-Ed news, and wouldn't have contacted anyone there if I had known about them. Again, more evidence that you feel that it is your right to lie and slander at will, with a particle of evidence.

You certainly do NOT -- repeat NOT -- have my authorization to publish this correspondence. From ample experience, you and I both know that that will lead to another deluge of irrationality, hysteria, and fabrication in the TM gossip system. The examples you chose illustrate that perfectly. Every single one of them, without exception. And I have no interest in contributing to that, nor in responding to more falsification and misrepresentation of the kind you are unwilling to concede.

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