<story><title>Chomsky praises Snowden and condemns US hypocrisy</title><url>http://antonyloewenstein.com/2013/07/29/chomsky-praises-snowden-and-condemns-us-hypocrisy/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>OldSchool</author><text>Chomsky is one of the greatest intellectuals of our time. The man has nothing to lose and nothing to gain by voicing his thoughts. Too bad he is getting up there in age but hopefully we will enjoy his presence for many more years.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>galois17</author><text>&amp;quot;Chomsky is one of the greatest intellectuals of our time&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This is undoubtedly true. He is one of the most cited authors of all time.&lt;p&gt;It is unfortunate that the american media does not give him the attention he deserves. In fact, in Europe Noam Chomsky and his opinions are very highly regarded and his writings are taught in schools. I am Greek (living in the U.S for the last 5 years) and I was first introduced to Noam Chomsky during a writing class in my (public) high school.&lt;p&gt;I guess the fact that he is an anarchist and very often criticizes the U.S government and foreign policy does not make him popular within the U.S.&lt;p&gt;Btw, some of us, no matter what country we are from, need to understand that when someone criticizes our country&amp;#x27;s government and its actions, it does not mean automatically that they are criticizing us. I honestly find it very naive when someone defends their government&amp;#x27;s policies just because they feel somehow they have to do so.</text></comment>
<story><title>Chomsky praises Snowden and condemns US hypocrisy</title><url>http://antonyloewenstein.com/2013/07/29/chomsky-praises-snowden-and-condemns-us-hypocrisy/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>OldSchool</author><text>Chomsky is one of the greatest intellectuals of our time. The man has nothing to lose and nothing to gain by voicing his thoughts. Too bad he is getting up there in age but hopefully we will enjoy his presence for many more years.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fixxer</author><text>Agreed. He is so very adept at reducing a complicated system into simple relationships of cause and effect.&lt;p&gt;No government is to be trusted not to manipulate the population through fear. That should be taught in grade school.</text></comment>