Oh please, I use it here to mean "non-serious argument to influence opinions".
What other term would you suggest?
Re Sudan... Arguably, even using a Palestinian description of Israel, Sudan is a thousand times worse.
My point was that some attention from Chomsky on that subject could have saved at least thousands of lives. You don't have anything relevant?
>>he is saying that as an american citizen, the places where the usa has an influence is where he feels he is most obligated to act.
No. Note that I am quoting YOUR reference...
What he said, see time in the video above, was that he could do less about Sudan. I argued that was wrong, see previous paragraph.
You didn't even try to argue against my point.
>>further, your "all other left wingers" and "demonization of israel" is extreme hyperbole.
It is certainly a generalization, but hardly hyperbole. Do you want a long list of examples from all major left wing media in my native country?
>> i find all right wingers to participate in extreme hyperbole
You might want to note that I limited myself to West Europe, which I know a bit about. Also, wtf?!
>>since as you say, no one knows whether it's true or not.
Note that you totally disagreed with Chomsky here, if you watch what I referenced.
He thought there is no need to make considerations for being under really hard pressure because Israel didn't accept a proposal 40 years ago. He can't know how serious that proposal was assumed to be.
You totally ignored this, my other point.
Then I discuss where you end up if you consider how countries function under existential threats. Arguably, Israel is better than most.
Chomsky won't touch that subject - you don't want to, either.
>>very weak thesis
In that case, why couldn't you give relevant answers to my arguments? You even misquoted Chomsky on what he said in the video you linked to youself...
And that type of defense of Chomsky is quite fun with your claim of not being a fan... :-)