I was/am abrasive unfortunately, I'm working on it, but I still suck. I especially cannot handle when people give false knowledge, I will make a fool of myself if I see someone lying or misleading.
I also run a popular website, specifically educating people on a niche field of education. I've seen people write off all the data collected and conclusions because of my personal behavior. I don't even disagree about my personal behavior. Just leave my scientific contributions out of it.
I will be dead and people will be reading my conclusions, while I'm alive, it seems to always come up(in online discussions).
You shouldn't have to defend yourself by explaining personal details of your life just because you once met with a wealthy businessman who turned out to be a criminal, especially one who made a point of making as many connections as possible, and especially considering that people will furiously point the finger at you if you even so much as smell like you might be one of their political enemies.
On the other hand, that's also a convenient excuse if you really did happen to collude in his crime.
They don't get to play it off as innocent mistake.
They empowered him.
Lie with pigs...they are either pedophiles or pedophile enablers. Some got bacon, these rest are covered in mud, as they deserve to be.
Who was already a convicted criminal, and was very visibly using his networks to defend himself against that conviction.
Given Chomsky's current age, I think it would be unfortunate and unprofitable to question him. He does not have the same vitality and lucidity now as he did when he was interviewing Foucault.
If you want to know more about Eppstein, you should go to Joichi Ito.