It takes two to have a conversation. Considering that he's already written a whole book about how he thinks everything I've got to say is worthless, I don't think that the relationship's going anywhere.
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Are you talking about me or Chomsky? The comment could apply equally well to both...
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I'm talking about those to whom all discourses are equal (except those which oppose their getting the Chair), so that they can act as badly as they please and feel good about it. I know Chomsky mainly as a linguist. Does it apply to him?
Since we're in a semantics thread, would you mind phrasing that a little less eliptically?
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Knew it was written by Fisk without even checking the byline. Any POV for him is valid, unless it's coming from a position of strength.
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