This isn't integrity, it's slander. There is no way this is any sort of black mark on Chomsky, Chomsky has never been a lascivious dude, and Epstein was interested in intellectuals, and met with a bazillion of them that had no association with his pimping.
He was linked to everyone from Trump who was his friend and a frequent visitor to his island and NY mansion and on his plane. He was also Hired by Donald Barr as a teacher and he lived with Barrs son Trump AG William Barr once William had completed his CIA training. Ag William Barrs dad was forced to resign after Epatien slept with the children. Barr Wrote the book Space Relations a book about Aliens having forced sex with children. While He Employed Epstien at Dalton School in Manhattan.
Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad spy. Ghislaine Maxwell is the daughter of Israel's most famous Mossad agent Robert Maxwell. Robert Maxwell used Honey pot traps to film all the UK politicians and Royals having sex with men and women and blackmailed them to support Israel. He used his tabloid paper to print the photos if they refused to do Israel's bidding..
Well ESPECIALLY ones who are total shills/gatekeepers like Chompsky is…… ever hear his opinions on that event in September 2001, for example? It’s truly pathetic and disgusting that people blindly believes clowns like that…
@@alexeilindes7507 Chomsky co-authored 'Manufacturing Consent' 1988, the book that spells out exactly the relationship between the media and the wealthy elites that perfectly explains how our current 'news' system is F'ed. He has made money writing books, I don't think any were NY Times best sellers. What makes you think Noam is rich? Retiring in Tucson?
If Keanu want he can easily get 18-19 yo legal though. I know it probably not the same but safer though just bad public image like DiCaprio but who cares right
@@markovangelo yes, cornel west is an influential intellectual. Anyway, the offence is not meeting with Epstein for dinner, it’s refusing to give a proper explanation. Public figures owe the public an explanation in instances like this. B
But it turns out, Chomsky never met with Epstein, physically. Maybe on the phone. -- So those who blindly follow their hero, Kyle, are the ones who need to develop critical thinking.
Thank you for reporting on this Kyle, also thank you for being straight forward and honest about how you feel this looks. You will continue to have a subscriber in me as long as you do work. Good job Kyle.
I feel like the people blindly defending Chomsky look like fools. You don't have a right to get defensive about flying on a plane with a guy who was known for flying people to places to have sex with underage girls. If he came out 2 years ago and was like "yeah he flew me out because he liked to talk politics and of course I didn't know anything about his past because why would I even be suspicious of him being a pedo?" It would've looked so much better then saying nothing then getting super defensive. This vindicates the negative and creepy feelings I always got while watching Chomsky. He was so smug and self righteous and those are always the guys hiding something. At best, and the most probable scenario is he was friends with a convicted pedo because he donated money to his school.
@@Aaron-kj8dv - The people who are blindly following are those backing Kyle in this ugly smear. - Kyle jumped on it and amplified it, without doing even the most basic fact checking. --- In a statement published in The New Yorker on September 23, 2019, Chomsky said: -- "I never met Epstein or any of his associates, nor have I been to his homes or his island." NO ONE has ever refuted this. This should have been the end of this, four years ago. It's disgusting that it's not.
@@Aaron-kj8dv I think with think as smarts he thinks that is assumes NTs arn't like that so he has to clarify NTs use emotional induction not logical deduction
@@FREEANDREWTATEKKK - He didn't cover it at all. He just fell for the smear and amplified because he thought it would make a great show. He clearly did ZERO fact checking. -- -- In a statement published in The New Yorker on September 23, 2019, Chomsky said: -- "I never met Epstein or any of his associates, nor have I been to his homes or his island." NO ONE has ever refuted this.
That nobody is safe? Well, I'll take that. I used to think that when you're the subordinate in a power relationship (i.e. master and slave) it was harder to say no to illegal and/or immoral acts. I guess sometimes temptation is too much even for "intelectuals"...
Chomsky is well known for being willing to talk to anyone. I think he took that principle too far on this occasion, but there's no basis for assuming anything more than that.
Chomsky is, in essence, a reporter - at the highest intellectual level, but still a journalist. - Reporters go anywhere and everywhere to get the story.
@@yovtobe - I've been following Chomsky for decades. Yes, he started out as one of the top Linguistics Professors and did such groundbreaking work he is often called the Father of Modern Linguistics. This certainly helped him deconstruct all the deceptive messages and propaganda disseminated by the plutocracy. But his incredible political analysis and social commentary were so brilliant, they soon overshadowed his linguistics career, at least for most of the world. ---- in a statement published in The New Yorker on September 23, 2019, Chomsky said: -- "I never met Epstein or any of his associates, nor have I been to his homes or his island." NO ONE has ever refuted this.
If Chomsky the man turns out to be a scumbag, it doesn’t mean his social critiques are any less valid or relevant.This is actually a case where it’s relatively easy to separate the artist from the art.
@Kevo that's why the left needs to secure ownership of the ideas, the same way the right takes ownership of ideas. Take for example patriotism, most associated with the right wing, but what does the right do for the patriots? Absolute nothing, but the right owns the talking point.
@@leviathanops4524 Yeah of course. You need someone that’s skillful with words and charismatic though that can weave together the worries of both sides without completely alienating either. It’s easier said than done.
@@leviathanops4524 The right has been anti-interventionist since 2016. Where have you been? This isn't Bush era 2000 conservatives. Those people are now firmly aligned with the left. The right has been arguing for a pro-America angle with bringing back jobs, securing the border, getting government out of schools and universities and stop getting us involved in foreign affairs ala Ukraine. It's the left that has embraced authoritarianism.
the rich and powerful have tentacles everywhere. it makes it impossible to do business without being associated with them in some way. i'd agree chomsky's response wasn't great, but we dont know the conditions in which this was asked of him. was the reporter a hack? was chomsky being harrassed? thats going to affect a persons response.
His comments on the war in Ukraine are backwards too saying that Russia is fighting a more "humane" war then we did. We all know the legacy of the war in Iraq but to sit there and say we went door to door killing people like russia is just a lie.
A meeting at the college could pass for benign even with a scumbag like Epstein, but being flown out to Epstein's mansion? No one went there and didn't take part in Epstein's world.
@@sheepwshotguns42 Yes, kill the messenger, kill the messenger!!! That reporter is a hack and was harassing dear leader Chomsky! He had no other way than respond this way, whatever the conditions were, they must explain why he answered this way!!! It is impossible that Chomsky just didn't want to elaborate his connections to Epstein. If something un-kosher happened, surely he would have told us all those years he had time to do so and not be silent all this time. And what un-kosher thing could happen in the meeting with a known p*dophile sex trafficker anyway?
Kyle, this is why you're so important in the political space. You are not rationalizing or making excuses for one of your heroes. Big props to Kyle for this💪
hard disagree. this makes him look like a tabloid click bait moron. chomsky famously meets and emails with anyone and everyone. meeting with epstein means nothing. so dumb. shame on kyle. chomskys response is the exact one i would have - “f off wall street journal”
Here's the thing about the Mossad theory, Kyle. These dudes are NEVER just on one payroll. People like Epstein are enmeshed with lots of formal and informal intelligence agencies, and viewing him as just a Mossad asset is probably reductive.
Or most likely a diversion. Notice how what was coming out from the US Virgin Islands case was how Epstein was so closely linked to investment houses and banks. Thats the FINANCIAL industry that really runs the world. What do they want? They want you blaming everything on government organizations while thinking 'they're just about mom and pop stores making a living'.
Mi6, CIA, and Mossad, are all connected anyway. They are the global ruling classes enforcement arm. MI6 is the root though, created the CIA. Probably helped establish Mossad to.
This is obfuscation of reality. It is very clearly a Mossad Op. Maxwell's father was a famous Mossad agent, Robert Maxwell. He introduced Epstein to Mossad according to Israeli intelligence employees. Ehud Barak was also involved and even slept in the appts where trafficked people were housed. The goal was procuring secret tech and foreign policy influence using leverage and blackmail on influential figures.
True story: Gandhi slept nude with underage people. Do you think that everyone who was ever "linked" to Gandhi should be cancelled? Heaven forbid that Chomsky try to secure some donations from a man who had served his sentence and been set free. Heaven forbid!
There's no truth here. in a statement published in The New Yorker on September 23, 2019, Chomsky said: -- "I never met Epstein or any of his associates, nor have I been to his homes or his island." NO ONE has ever refuted this.
He worked at MIT, Epstein gave a shitload of money, he had dinner with him and Woody Allen. Thats pretty much the story, and a fairly unexciting one at that.
Marianne should add to her platform/positions that she will ask her justice dept to appoint a special counsel to look into anything and everything Jeffery Epstein
You will probably NEVER get another Chomsky interview over this. I always thought you weren't left enough but you earned my respect, as a principled man.
If you still look up to this fascist who advocated for the unvaccinated to sectioned off of society like Jews in Nazi Germany, because of his fears of Covid, indicates where you would stand in Adolf's campaign in demonizing a demographic
@@user-wl2xl5hm7k Yeah. We could compose a list of hundreds or even thousands for each individual and claim they know some scumbag. It doesn't mean they condone such activities. If Noam was a client, that would be different. There's nothing even close to indicating that. Trump said he thought his own daughter (who was barely 14 at the time) had a sexy body and he would date her if she wasn't his daughter, and he said it on TV. Does that mean that everyone who encountered him after that also supports it?
This is where the saying "Kill your heroes/idols" comes into play. You get people advocating for the person rather than the message and end up completely missing the point.
@@Grimm_Butterfly I'm actually glad we drop someone so quickly, yet you'll make excuses for the conservative lawmakers and representatives who advocate for child marriage and apologize for Crowder blowing cigar smoke in his 8mo pregnant wifes face.
@@Grimm_Butterfly People are complicated. Everyone has things in their lives they're good at and and other things less so. The fact that a person knows another person doesn't make them wrong about their best ideas.
Like I doubt Noam did anything iIIegaI, but my issue is that he admitted that he KNEW what Epstein did and chose to do business with him anyway. And instead of understanding WHY people are concerned about this meeting, he tells them "nunya business". This leads me to believe that Noam doesnt think the abuse of women and girIs are a big deaI, and that is enough to turn me off him permanently. There is no rehabilitating raypists.
He could have explained his reasoning properly instead of getting stupidly defensive and defending Woody Allen on top of that. Of course people are gonna be suspicious.
@@NotDaveGahan look into the woody allen story. it’s all BS. mia’s adopted kids all say so. woody’s wife has lots to say about how manipulative and untruthful mia was growing up. and guess what, he’s never been charged with anything, even after extensive investigations. it’s cuz there’s nothing there. read the blog post by mia’s adopted son. he was fourteen when the rape accusations happened. as he says the circumstances are near impossible. he also has lots to say about mia’s manipulation and anger issues. also look into mia’s families history. not good. also also ronan farrow was like three. he only has his mothers account, and she wasn’t even there. seriously man do some research before you jump to conclusions. don’t be a reactionary.
@queerdo Besides if you have to bring up the US every time you try to defend Russia then deep down you know that Russia's invasion of Ukaine Georgia are indefensible
Association isn't guilt. Fact is, hundreds of prominent figures had associated with E. He gave many millions over the years to several dozen intellectuals to fund research grants. Not the best look but if a guy might donate 8 mil for a new facility on campus, you'll meet and probably want to maintain that relationship.
Also, the victims, the police, the prosecutor, the judge, all "associated" or were "linked" with E. According to Kyle, any person who ever had any kind of tenuous "link" to a person who committed a crime in the past, or who would go on to commit a crime in the future, must be condemned. And the vast majority of dum-dums in the comments section are on board with this idea.
I'm with Chomsky on this one. The implication in the question asked would have really pissed me off-i think he's entitled to be grumpy at the accusations. Just as Kyle said- not everyone associated with Epstein was a sex offender. There is absolutely no evidence Chomsky did anything wrong.
I agree, Chomsky did nothing criminal. But as a huge admirer of Chomsky, I think he should have rejected any meeting with Epstein, knowing what he had been convicted of. Why in the world would Chomsky have agreed to meet with him? No one around him said, uh, Noam, I don't think you should do that? And referring to Woody Allen as a "great artist"? After he had sex with his underage adopted daughter and married her? At the least, he should have worded his response differently.
idk about that. This is from PBS/AP this January : "SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has fired the attorney general of the U.S. territory who pursued various cases against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, including a lengthy legal fight that resulted in a $105 million settlement. The removal of Denise George comes just days after she filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase in New York and accused the company of helping Epstein finance the illegal exploitation of women and children in the U.S. Virgin Islands and beyond."
@@SolutionsWithin Google USVI vs Epstein; and the story: US Virgin Islands is suing the bank JPMorgan Chase USVI is pursuing the case the US National Security State is fighting to cover up: the Epstein Machine
Chomsky is right. Everyone saying this isn’t a “good look” are proving his point; Chomsky doesn’t give a damn how it looks since he knows he didn’t do anything wrong.
Noam Chomsky met him after he Jeffery Epstein had been caught for paedophilia was it? How was that a good decision? I love Noam Chomsky for what he has done for a lot time though this was a mistake?
I could tell this segment was hard for ya Kyle, but the fact that you reacted to it shows how you value fact over anything. Moments like these are why I’m glad I watch you so much, and I just want to say thanks for all you do!
Michael Parenti wrote Inventing Reality a few years before Chomsky wrote Manufacturing Consent. Very similar books. Plus, he doesn't hang out with pedophiles.
1) No one's perfect, 2) you can be deeply flawed and have impeccable politics, 3) Woody Allen is an artistic genous whatever else he might be and 4) Noam seems like the kind of guy who will meet and converse with a wide variety of people
This is very disturbing that people are already convicting people by guilt by association! Until you have evidence don’t drag someone’s name through the mud!!!! I have black relatives who were lynched and hung from trees because of accusations!!!!
This is not the same. Everyone knew what Epstein was doing. Rich people brought in Epstein for one reason and one reason only. They all knew what him and maxwell were doing.
stay honest and true Kyle. that is the lesson from this. don't let any vice be the excuse to act like a pos basically. it's tough when one climbs the layer cake of any cake
More detailed Chomsky response w/ source: “Like all of those in Cambridge who met and knew him, we knew that he had been convicted and served his time, which means that he re-enters society under prevailing norms - which, it is true, are rejected by the far right in the US and sometimes by unscrupulous employers,” Chomsky wrote. “I’ve had no pause about close friends who spent many years in prison, and were released. That's quite normal in free societies.” During the meeting in Nowak’s office, Chomsky wrote, the group discussed neuroscience and computer science. Chomsky declined to provide names of other Harvard faculty in attendance, adding that “it would be improper to subject others to slanderous attacks.” “I’ve often attended meetings and had close interactions with colleagues and friends on Harvard and MIT campuses, often in labs and other facilities built with donations from some of the worst criminals of the modern world,” Chomsky wrote. “People whose crimes are well known, and who are, furthermore, honored by naming the buildings in their honor and lavishly praised in other ways. That’s far more serious than accepting donations, obviously - and these are huge donations.” Asked if he regretted his association with Epstein, Chomsky wrote, “I’ve met [all] sorts of people, including major war criminals. I don’t regret having met any of them.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/5/3/epstein-nowak-chomsky-meeting-2015/
I never thought Chomsky was out of this world but I am not sure I get the outrage. But I am not a fan of guilty by association. There needs to be more before I feel one way or another.
How about LESS? --- -- In a statement published in The New Yorker on September 23, 2019, Chomsky said: -- "I never met Epstein or any of his associates, nor have I been to his homes or his island." NO ONE has ever refuted this. This should have been the end of this, four years ago. It's disgusting that it's not.
@@SY-bj7pp - There are two problems with your response. One is the actual New Yorker article in question is inaccessible unless you purchase a New Yorker subscription. It's necessary to see the whole article, for sufficient context. It was written by muck-raker Ronan Farrow. The other is, when someone asks you something that is none of their business, you are not compelled to give them the "truth" about anything. How many times has some telemarketer asked you for a donation and you have shut them down with some fib about not having any money? There was nothing wrong with that, since that invader of your privacy was not due any answer, honest or not. - Further, the Harvard Crimson quoted Chomsky: “Like all of those in Cambridge who met and knew him, we knew that he had been convicted and served his time, which means that he re-enters society under prevailing norms.” Chomsky also wrote, “I’ve met [all] sorts of people, including major war criminals. I don’t regret having met any of them.” - Evil doesn't rub off on journalists who interview evil people. - Only Kyle tries to make it happen for click bait.
@@annaclarafenyo8185 surprise and/or disappointment isn't the same as being gullible. Most people on the left are aware that people one looks up to can do shitty things and we can criticize them. What's really gullible is when someone ignores it because of idolism.
@@abcxyz123 Chomsky didn't do anything wrong! He had a meeting with a billionaire who requested it, likely to wrangle money for something or other. Academics do this ALL THE TIME, there is no suggestion or hint of any sexual behavior here, Chomsky didn't even have a sex life other than with his first and second wife!
You could catch Chomsky have dinner with the Devil and I still would think it highly unlikely that he had done anything to compromise his own character. Not trying to convince anyone of my position. It’s just my opinion.
Honestly, this is a nothing burger of course people had dinners with him and he flew them out hes a billionaire. Most of those people probably hadnt known at the time or didnt care and took advantage of the free flights. I hope some real evidence that puts and connects people to the crime, association dose not prove guilt
Not everyone who knows a child predator is one themselves. If you don't know you don't know. I hate guilt by association unless you hang with them dozens of times than that's different
Epstein met just about everyone, just meeting with him does not mean you 'hang out' with him. Institutions often fundraise, and the prominent among their staff are those institutions rely on to raise money. Chomsky was probably pissed off by the mere insinuation by the Wall Street Journal (they are the ones to talk!) that what he saw as a fundraising opportunity was something else, hence his irascible answer. As for Woody Allen, Kyle, NO, HE DID NOT MARRY HIS DAUGHTER OR STEP-DAUGHTER. He married his then partner's adopted daughter. He never lived with said partner, he did not raise her adopted daughter as his own, as she already had a father, the conductor Andre Previn, and had very few interactions with her while she was growing up. The woman in question, Soon-Yi Previn-Allen, was 21 (or 23 -no records of her birth in S. Korea) when Allen and she got together for the first time and the rest is history, they have been married for 30 years now and have two grown daughters (adopted). She has often spoken about how wrongly she is represented as some passive, agency-free doll who was 'groomed' because the truth does not fit the narrative the Farrows (and their many friends in the MSM) are peddling. Allen must be the most investigated person in the USA, and none of the months-long investigations could ever find something to even charge him with. Chomsky is entitled to admire Allen's work, like many of us here in Europe do.
@@tonywords6713 Talking nonsense much? Polanski was arrested, confessed and charged. He run for the exit when he suspected the deal he made with your ghastly authorities was not going to go through. It is your authorities who bangled the whole affair first and foremost. He went to France because there were no extradition treaties (something your country desired -you can't have it both ways). As for who actually defended Polanski in the years since, ask Mia Farrow. his character witness in a court case in the mid 200s. As far as I am concerned you can have him, for he is guilty of the charge. Unlike Allen, who was never even charged but he is constantly gossiped about (not under oath, when an oath is required the Farrows sing a different tune). So stop comparing apples with oranges, fool.
@@lilmoe4364 True but the personalities we are talking about are not comparable cases. One has been convicted and the other wasn't even charged, although investigated to death.
So basically Epstein arranged meetings between Chomsky and some people where Chomsky could discuss Israeli-Palestinian issues and geopolitics in general. Chomsky has talked about similar dissonance, like working for MIT, but that fact did not stop him from speaking his mind (or maybe it did to a certain extend, I can't know that).
Sounds reasonable, but given his position as an advocate and thought leader, he could have responded with something at least a bit more reflective and thoughtful.
Actually what Chomsky said is entirely appropriate: He wrote: “First response is that it is none of your business. Or anyone’s. Second is that I knew him and we met occasionally. “I’m unaware of the principle that requires that I inform you about an evening spent with a great artist.”(woody Allen) Chomsky added that “what was known about Jeffrey Epstein was that he had been convicted of a crime and had served his sentence. According to U.S. laws and norms, that yields a clean slate.” We are talking about accusations of guilt by association, freedom of association, and not a shred of evidence that implicates a crime. As far as legally, lo and behold he does have civil liberties. And anyone who does not understand that is an idiot. But I am sure that this will help silence him at this particular time especially in regards to Ukraine and China. And he can be further investigated if there is evidence of a crime. But don’t jump to a conclusion. That said, my opinion of Chomsky is not very high for various reasons. But mainly because his stance both during the Cold War and afterwards which I wasn’t aware of but Parenti rightfully criticized. In regards to the Cold War Chomsky had tremendous amount of influence. He did not have to support the Eastern Bloc states but he could have placed violations of civil liberties in perspective, and as those states were crumbling he would not even support the opposition who was more closely aligned with his positions in various countries such as Czech and East Germany and their real demands. So I can only assume from that he had no pragmatic libertarian socialist politics what so ever, it was armchair intellectual theory.
But it wasn't once. They corresponded more than once. Chomsky: "We met ocassionally." Occasionally means more than just one time, even if there was nothing nefarious, its a bad judgement of character to have associations on multiple occassions with a known pedophile.
It’s not once, you should tread lightly. Chomsky literally said he met with him occasionally which supposes multiple times at least. If it’s occasionally over 2 decades god knows how many times that could be.
@@alb0zfinest I believe the article said he only met with Epstein in 2015 and 2016 "occasionally", but how many times isn't listed. For the Rothschild they listed 12 times. Also, he's 94, which kinda explains his abrasiveness, lol. Still, he should have known better, and if he couldn't respond appropriately someone else should have responded on his behalf.
He’s a hero of mine too. The only defense I have in my mind for his response to questioning is that he probably doesn’t have a fancy PR firm to consult and that he didn’t try very hard because he’s not trying to defend his public image like a lot of famous people do. So, in contrast, it seems particularly shady even if it’s not. But who knows? This news does hurt, but I’m leaving room for doubt.
So the red flag didn't pop up when he advocated for the unvaccinated to be sectioned off of society like Jews in Nazi Germany? Demonizing a demographic like Adolf? Still a good person you give benefit of doubt to?
This ain’t about PR for me, Noam didn’t even try to give any justifiable reason for why he would meet with Epstein, yet he admitted to the meeting and just tried to act like it was a normal thing. I never would expect that from him.
Chomsky told a wall st journal reporter it was none of his business. What a shocker. I'm sure he would have more to say to other people. While it's surprising that he met with Epstein, this alone shouldn't be reason enough for leftists to denounce ol Noam. This piece of coverage is garish and tacky. Kyle should be better than this.
I think Chomsky’s answer was fine he’s probably tired of the damn questions I’d assume if he said none of your damn business it’s less likely he’s guilty if anything stupid. And he’s right he doesn’t need to inform you of shit
This is how rumors do so much damage. - Chomsky MAY have talked with Epstein on the phone, but in a statement published in The New Yorker on September 23, 2019, Chomsky said: -- "I never met Epstein or any of his associates, nor have I been to his homes or his island." NO ONE has ever refuted this.
except that was a horrible and disgusting hitpiece from kraut. Chomsky clearly stated in no uncertain terms Srebrenica was an atrocity, just wouldn't use the word genocide because of the sheer scale of magnitude of what the holocaust was
@Ganatus260 a convict on death-row who murdered a family of five did a HORRIBLE act, an act of PURE HORROR, but not a genocide. Me saying this doesnt make me a "gEnoCiDe dEniER"
@Ganatus260 you have every right to call that genocide. you have no right to call someone else a "genocide denier" if they AGREE in no uncertain terms that is a horrendous atrocity but will not share your definition for genocide. Kraut makes great video essays but he also did a completely dishonest & twisted "story" on chom.
@Ganatus260 no my friend, Noam "denied" YOUR defintion for genocide, yours and kraut's, and million other innocent people duped into believing Noam denied anything bad happened in bosnia
I don’t even like Chomsky but I agree that it’s his business who he wants to be friends with. If we don’t have evidence Chomsky committed a crime then you only have evidence that he can have poor taste in friends. Which we all do to some extent.
@@Aaron-kj8dv downplaying? Trump praising Kim Jong Un(a literal murderer) is downplaying. I’m saying it’s a bad idea to judge Person A based on the actions of Person B. My best friend’s cousin is a convicted sex offender and his family is trying to help him get back on his feet now that he’s out of jail. Should I shun my friend for trying to help his family member? Should I tell him not to help his cousin? Am I somehow complicit if I say nothing?
I'm an academic, academics live and die by their connections, I wouldn't be surprised if chomsky was pressured in to the meeting by admin. I would like to think that I would reject a meeting like this at any cost, but I'm not in a position to weigh that decision.
Chomsky will literally meet with youtube lefties who have 8 subscribers and answers almost most of the e-mails he gets, not really surprising he'd meet with somebody who was potentially giving money to his department. Still weird, but it's not like he went to little saint james or anything.
I thought this was interesting timing since Chomsky just came out saying US (in iraq) was more brutal than Russia is in Ukraine - and demanded the immediate release of Julian Assange.
@@lilmoe4364 nowadays if people don’t like to hear something or it doesn’t fit into their world picture - they just close their eyes and call it a conspiracy theory - very convenient.
He already exposed himself with that claim. Russia is using the same tactic that Mongols used on Iraqis. It is outrageous for Chomsky to claim US pulverized Baghdad. It was left by the Mongols. Only today’s equipment is making the recovery of it somewhat possible with a shop being the first success.
If we know one thing about Chomsky, he's a man of principle, he's demonstrated that countless times in his life. He's 100% earned the benefit of the doubt in every scenario. We also know he's never lived his life according to media optics, so if he wanted to meet with Epstein and Allen, he would do what he wanted to do and not care what the media thought. And that's how he sees the media today, stop prying to into my private affairs, I'm not going to entertain your BS. Chomsky's also a humanist, meaning he empathizes with the human condition. He's not some stuck up Liberal that doesn't associate with someone just because they did a bad thing - that doesn't mean he condones what they did. It just means he truly understands that Epstein and Allen are just what happens to people when given unchecked power, that's why he criticizes institutions not individuals.
I don't give anyone benefit of the doubt for hanging out with two known predators, but I'm willing to listen to an explanation. He chose not to provide one, in a very pointed manner, so oh well. I can only go with my own understanding of the human condition to conclude that, at best, he's not as morally convicted as I thought.
only problem i have with what you said is woody allen hasn’t done anything wrong. actually look into it - the rape of mia’s child, the supposed underage marriage to his step daughter is all none sense. do research
@@throwthatassinaprayercircl2662 chomsky was indignant in his response cuz he owes none. he famously meets with anyone and everyone. this is well known. HE JUST MET WITH A GUY JHC. also you’re completely wrong about woody allen. look into it. weigh the evidence. look into what mia’s adopted kids say about it all. look into what woody allen’s wife says about mia. you are wrong. do some research maybe before you jump to conclusions.
If Chomsky had dinner with him and discussed political and academic topics… 1. Yes, the optics are terrible 2. Yes, it’s terrible he still met with him after his conviction But do I think this takes away from his body of political work? Honestly, no. Do I think there have been coordinated attempts to discredit Chomsky for the last 60 years? Yes. Do I think this means Chomsky is a pedophile or pedophile apologist? No. Do I think it’s probably related to Epstein’s donations to MIT, where Chomsky was a professor at the time? Absolutely.
Chomsky will talk with anyone though. Even Stefan Molyneaux interviewed him. Epstein probably approached him and their relationship was likely just at an intellectual conversation level. In saying that im dealing with a high level of cognitive dissonance here. Everyone should read manufacturing consent regardless.
Chomsky's response is incongruent to what the man is known for. It can't be squared with someone who at great length talked about corruption and little known secrets of our history & political leaders then shuts down almost rudely on meeting with a known serial rapist, a serial pedophile and doesn't think it's no big deal.
If there's any story here, it will be about Kyle's astounding acceptance and amplification of this ugly smear campaign against Chomsky, when the most basic fact checking reveals Chomsky's statement that he NEVER met with Epstein or visited any of his properties. -- Are you flamers going to start calling Chomsky a liar now?
I’m not all the way through this video yet and not jumping to conclusions, but Chomsky has said in the past many times that he pretty much meets with anyone who asks for an interview or discussion.
Pedos, sex trafficker and rapist …. Yeah, he seems to be absolutely okay 👌 with meeting anyone. A convicted sex offender, a well - known Pedo .. but hey, let’s meet… 🤮 all these people meeting with Epstein are pieces of sh*t! They knew what he was…
I used to email him on his old MIT account, im just a random guy. He always responded to me. I have heard this from many others aswell. I dont believe for a second Chomsky had meetings with Epstein for his island
"Ties to" don't mean anything. I could have a debate or dinner with Jim down the street without knowing he has kids in his basement. This is why guilty by association is a dumb concept.
This is why, even in a secular context, you can never have any human idols. Every human has the capacity to do horrible things, so you can never know which ones are truly virtuous or not.
Nah Chomsky is still a big hero of mine. He has done more for the cause of good for humanity than any individual commenter on this video will ever accomplish.
@@jonathanhansson804 That still does not excuse Noam's close connection to a millionaire pedophilic human-trafficker, especially after such sensitive information regarding that disgusting man was already released.
@@sufficientmagister9061 Really it kind of does. I'm sure that when he gives his side of the story it will make more sense, and even if it doesn't, he's still one of the most important American voices of reason of the 20th and 21st century.
Not everyone who meet with a sex offender are also a sex offender, like bruh. How is this not "guilty by association" thing Edit: I agree however with people who claim Chomski failed to address the ethical concerns as to why he met with such a person in his response. that is a valid critic.
@@JayD73 He said he knew about his crimes and met with him anyway. After his dinner with Epstein he would go on to have dinner with Woody Allen. It's super suspect and his association alone with Epstein is contemptible in the context of him knowing his crimes.
I think Chomsky is just an open minded person, who's willing to talk to everyone. Especially someone who has so much influence and power (unfortunately).
I bet this is it. Chomsky's polical commentary (like regarding Ukraine) is much more questionable than him meeting Epstein. This whole story is blown out of proportions. Like if I meet a killer, it doesn't mean that I support them or that I killed anybody myself. And it's easy to imagine somebody being annoyed by some journalist trying to write some viral hit-piece on them and just telling them “it's none of your business”, because it is really not their business. Chomsky is not a politician. He has no obligation to explain himself to the public.
He endorsed Biden as soon as Biden announced he is running. While there is Marriane Williamson. The very least he could do is stay neutral and keep talking about policies instead, and let the media and the american people determine who that means he supports.
In my opinion it's still on the speculative side. A bit odd to associate with Epstein, make no mistake. I'm a little taken aback as well. The way I see this is the report states these individuals were not named in the "Black Book", so the WSJ probably thought these names were fair game in regards to official mention. And that's what makes it tricky. Epstein had legitimate contacts that were not involved in his illicit affairs, so it's hard to say who was just a friend in the literal sense and who was part of the deeper network. For me, the mindf*** is that Chomsky is open-minded enough to spend time with people who have been blackballed by society. He has a tendency to give an open ear to people that the rest of society has cancelled or written off. He *may* have been part of Epstein's illicit activities, and if that's the case, that's really sad. But to the same token, he may have also just been good friends with the guy and figured Epstein's activities didn't reflect directly on him. And yet, worst-case-scenario, there's a part of me that's learned that even some of the worst people in history contribute useful ideas in spite of their shameful character. If Chomsky *had* been part of Epstein's "clandestine activities", it would be a terrible shame, but it wouldn't discount the logic in his books about government and human nature. Edgar Allen Poe also had controversial ideas about love and relationships, yet people have learned that his work still has value. I give it 20/60/20. 20% that Chomsky was less-informed or willfully ignorant of Epstein's activities, 60% that he knew but just didn't care, 20% he may have been involved. That being said, I hope he wasn't involved, but if he was, I've learned to differentiate a person's logic from their character. Ted Kaczynski's Unabomber Manifesto shares a lot of legitimate ideas about how society's reliance on technology is dumbing everyone down to society's detriment. Do I agree with the bombs he sent? No. But he was very perceptive nonetheless about human nature. And in that same sense, I've learned to "salvage the useful information" from controversial people.
Edgar Allen Poe married his cousin in order to help her get away from an abusive situation but they never lived as husband and wife. He was in love with someone else. That part has been historically revised like most things in the pop culture war of the moment
I deliberately don't have heroes, and even though i greatly respected Chomsky, and have found his work incredibly valuable, it does still hurt somewhat. Regardless, I think its a bit silly to suggest Chomsky didnt care about influence, we know that people who obtain a position high up in a hierarchy will be vested in maintaining that position, and we know they'll often feel untouchable.. so even though Chomsky rejected those concepts (correctly), it doesn't meam they don't apply to him, especially when he absolutely exists atop an academic/intellectual hierarchy of authority and credibility. I dont know if Chomsky did the bad thing, but at this point i dont think it matter much. He's fallen off a lot recently, and whatever personal feelings I have for him are absolutely insignificant compared to his past work.
When I need to understand an issue better, I hit up chomsky on google. That won't change. This is really a non story for me as its his personal life and I don't give a shit. If you recall, he used to say that he doesn't even try to talk or act charismatically because he wouldn't want people to pay attention for that reason. So to him if some people are using this as an excuse to ignore him, he'd be fine with it. If somebody told me Chomsky was actually working for the CIA all these years I wouldn't care. I don't find him fallen off at all, he's remarkably consistent.
It's pretty much bullshit - Chomsky doesn't owe a response for having his name drug through the mud by WSJ (who are really one's to talk....). Think rationally and humanely. That's why Chomsky's answer was "meh" - as he was probably pissed off for even the mere thought that he knew of Epstein's doing's, etc. He was always open to meet and have discourse with a wide range of people - not to mention Epstein associated with and invited tons of people for dinners, etc (many oblivious to his island, etc). Also, he's 94 years old...
@@coryfoster4907 "you are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions" - Noam Chomsky... I have that written on my fridge. And I don't give a flying fuck what he believes he "owes".
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And this is why I respect Kyle. He will not cover for his personal heroes if he has bad news to cover about them.
Thanks for your integrity Kyle.
He literally did this for Rogan for many months until it was impossible to not do so anymore, he made excuses like a child.
This isn't integrity, it's slander. There is no way this is any sort of black mark on Chomsky, Chomsky has never been a lascivious dude, and Epstein was interested in intellectuals, and met with a bazillion of them that had no association with his pimping.
Absolutely agree, ever since Dore started trashing Kyle, all the sheep followed Dore’s lead. Pathetic
He was linked to everyone from Trump who was his friend and a frequent visitor to his island and NY mansion and on his plane.
He was also Hired by Donald Barr as a teacher and he lived with Barrs son Trump AG William Barr once William had completed his CIA training.
Ag William Barrs dad was forced to resign after Epatien slept with the children.
Barr Wrote the book Space Relations a book about Aliens having forced sex with children. While He Employed Epstien at Dalton School in Manhattan.
Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad spy. Ghislaine Maxwell is the daughter of Israel's most famous Mossad agent Robert Maxwell.
Robert Maxwell used Honey pot traps to film all the UK politicians and Royals having sex with men and women and blackmailed them to support Israel. He used his tabloid paper to print the photos if they refused to do Israel's bidding..
I have no emotional attachment to any public figure anymore. You can't trust anyone at all.
Well ESPECIALLY ones who are total shills/gatekeepers like Chompsky is…… ever hear his opinions on that event in September 2001, for example? It’s truly pathetic and disgusting that people blindly believes clowns like that…
Trust to do what? Epstein went to find intellectuals and talk to them, he didn't pimp out girls to all the people he met!
Exactly- and it’s exactly how people should feel after reading shit like this. I’ll vote, but everyone in politics can kinda just F off.
@@a.d.9729 don’t even joke
Never should have in the first place. Thats why these people get away with so much.
I can't believe Noam isn't smart enough to realize how suspicious it is to say "None of your business!" in this situation.
Noam got rich on an idea of not being rich
saying that makes you look guilty
Narcissistic
@@alexeilindes7507 Chomsky co-authored 'Manufacturing Consent' 1988, the book that spells out exactly the relationship between the media and the wealthy elites that perfectly explains how our current 'news' system is F'ed. He has made money writing books, I don't think any were NY Times best sellers. What makes you think Noam is rich? Retiring in Tucson?
I’m stunned that Noam even met with him, he’s the last person on earth I would expect to of met with Epstein.
Noam was just trying to teach Epstein about the importance of anti-imperialism
😂😂😂😂😂
You made me spurt coffee out my nose 😂
Noam was probably trying to get some money donated to some pet cause or other. Most of Epstein's meetings had absolutely nothing to do with sex.
More like "manufacturing consent"
@@narpnarperson9527 Daaaammm!😂😂😂
“As you get older it is harder to have heroes.” ― Ernest Hemingway
I'm not religious but I'm now kneeling in prayer asking God that Keanu Reeves isn't on an Epstein's list.
keanu is a man of focus, commitment, sheer will. shouldn't be on the list.
The internet would die
That one would hurt
@@Kwalk1989 vs Kwalk1990
If Keanu want he can easily get 18-19 yo legal though. I know it probably not the same but safer though just bad public image like DiCaprio but who cares right
_"It's a big club, and you ain't in it!"_
~ George Carlin
It is a pedophile club. That is why they are cool with screwing the public.
I'de die if he was on the list
Yeah the Illuminati
George Carlin was.
@@Krush00 You mean you were😂
If I heard Cornel West was on the list, I’d go crazier than Kanye West.
He doesn't hold any real importance nor does he have any real money
you'd love to see that
Dxracer
@@markovangelo yes, cornel west is an influential intellectual. Anyway, the offence is not meeting with Epstein for dinner, it’s refusing to give a proper explanation. Public figures owe the public an explanation in instances like this. B
Correct
But I would jump off my balcony before west would associate w that guy
“Never learn one of your hero’s hung out with Jeffrey Epstein.”…. Excellently said, Kyle.
But it turns out, Chomsky never met with Epstein, physically. Maybe on the phone. -- So those who blindly follow their hero, Kyle, are the ones who need to develop critical thinking.
Learn history.
@@nocucksinkekistan7321 - When you can't respond to points, just partially repeat an irrelevant saying.
Good thing you changed your ending of videos from the “if you want to see us interview legends like Noam Chomsky” lollll
Damn. Kyle trying to cancel him
YET ANOTHER example of how Suckular Calk is simply _wrong._
Is there anything this doofus ever gets right?
@@ELTEAESS He's going to have to unless he wants to be crucified by his fans and followers. I would too damn.
Noam plagiarized Parenti and he's overall anti-communist.
So is Kyle a pedo since he interviewed Noam lol.
Thank you for reporting on this Kyle, also thank you for being straight forward and honest about how you feel this looks. You will continue to have a subscriber in me as long as you do work. Good job Kyle.
I feel like the people blindly defending Chomsky look like fools.
You don't have a right to get defensive about flying on a plane with a guy who was known for flying people to places to have sex with underage girls.
If he came out 2 years ago and was like "yeah he flew me out because he liked to talk politics and of course I didn't know anything about his past because why would I even be suspicious of him being a pedo?" It would've looked so much better then saying nothing then getting super defensive.
This vindicates the negative and creepy feelings I always got while watching Chomsky. He was so smug and self righteous and those are always the guys hiding something.
At best, and the most probable scenario is he was friends with a convicted pedo because he donated money to his school.
Cheers to reading!
@@Aaron-kj8dv Who's defending him? Sincere question.
@@Aaron-kj8dv - The people who are blindly following are those backing Kyle in this ugly smear. - Kyle jumped on it and amplified it, without doing even the most basic fact checking. --- In a statement published in The New Yorker on September 23, 2019, Chomsky said: -- "I never met Epstein or any of his associates, nor have I been to his homes or his island."
NO ONE has ever refuted this. This should have been the end of this, four years ago. It's disgusting that it's not.
@@Aaron-kj8dv I think with think as smarts he thinks that is assumes NTs arn't like that so he has to clarify NTs use emotional induction not logical deduction
It does hurt but mad respect for you covering this story.
Kkk
Blm
@@FREEANDREWTATEKKK - He didn't cover it at all. He just fell for the smear and amplified because he thought it would make a great show. He clearly did ZERO fact checking. -- -- In a statement published in The New Yorker on September 23, 2019, Chomsky said: -- "I never met Epstein or any of his associates, nor have I been to his homes or his island."
NO ONE has ever refuted this.
Well this is another way that Noam Chomsky has educated us about power.
It corrupts virtually everyone.
So he must be a deep state agent then???
That nobody is safe? Well, I'll take that. I used to think that when you're the subordinate in a power relationship (i.e. master and slave) it was harder to say no to illegal and/or immoral acts. I guess sometimes temptation is too much even for "intelectuals"...
and probably educated Epstein on Manufacturing Consent.
@@TR4R What to participate n pedophilia and sex trafficking and slavery? yeah wow ..what a TEMPTATION.
Gives “manufacturing consent” another meaning.
Chomsky is well known for being willing to talk to anyone. I think he took that principle too far on this occasion, but there's no basis for assuming anything more than that.
Chomsky is, in essence, a reporter - at the highest intellectual level, but still a journalist. - Reporters go anywhere and everywhere to get the story.
😂
@@jontomas2271 his linguistics being useful in science got his political views way more views than anything else
@@yovtobe - I've been following Chomsky for decades. Yes, he started out as one of the top Linguistics Professors and did such groundbreaking work he is often called the Father of Modern Linguistics. This certainly helped him deconstruct all the deceptive messages and propaganda disseminated by the plutocracy. But his incredible political analysis and social commentary were so brilliant, they soon overshadowed his linguistics career, at least for most of the world. ---- in a statement published in The New Yorker on September 23, 2019, Chomsky said: -- "I never met Epstein or any of his associates, nor have I been to his homes or his island."
NO ONE has ever refuted this.
@@jontomas2271 Except that he didn't "Report" on Jeff. He met with him and then when asked about it said "none of your business". Some reporter.
If Chomsky the man turns out to be a scumbag, it doesn’t mean his social critiques are any less valid or relevant.This is actually a case where it’s relatively easy to separate the artist from the art.
Agreed
You’re acting like it wouldn’t be used rhetorically by conservatives.
@Kevo that's why the left needs to secure ownership of the ideas, the same way the right takes ownership of ideas. Take for example patriotism, most associated with the right wing, but what does the right do for the patriots? Absolute nothing, but the right owns the talking point.
@@leviathanops4524 Yeah of course. You need someone that’s skillful with words and charismatic though that can weave together the worries of both sides without completely alienating either. It’s easier said than done.
@@leviathanops4524 The right has been anti-interventionist since 2016. Where have you been? This isn't Bush era 2000 conservatives. Those people are now firmly aligned with the left. The right has been arguing for a pro-America angle with bringing back jobs, securing the border, getting government out of schools and universities and stop getting us involved in foreign affairs ala Ukraine. It's the left that has embraced authoritarianism.
This is hurtful, I highly and deeply respect Professor Chomsky.
This is very disappointing and I hope it's just a meeting and nothing more than that.
the rich and powerful have tentacles everywhere. it makes it impossible to do business without being associated with them in some way. i'd agree chomsky's response wasn't great, but we dont know the conditions in which this was asked of him. was the reporter a hack? was chomsky being harrassed? thats going to affect a persons response.
His comments on the war in Ukraine are backwards too saying that Russia is fighting a more "humane" war then we did. We all know the legacy of the war in Iraq but to sit there and say we went door to door killing people like russia is just a lie.
A meeting at the college could pass for benign even with a scumbag like Epstein, but being flown out to Epstein's mansion? No one went there and didn't take part in Epstein's world.
Anyone who has watched alex jones for longer than 5 mins....is not shocked....
@@sheepwshotguns42 Yes, kill the messenger, kill the messenger!!! That reporter is a hack and was harassing dear leader Chomsky! He had no other way than respond this way, whatever the conditions were, they must explain why he answered this way!!! It is impossible that Chomsky just didn't want to elaborate his connections to Epstein. If something un-kosher happened, surely he would have told us all those years he had time to do so and not be silent all this time. And what un-kosher thing could happen in the meeting with a known p*dophile sex trafficker anyway?
Kyle, this is why you're so important in the political space. You are not rationalizing or making excuses for one of your heroes. Big props to Kyle for this💪
hard disagree. this makes him look like a tabloid click bait moron. chomsky famously meets and emails with anyone and everyone. meeting with epstein means nothing. so dumb. shame on kyle. chomskys response is the exact one i would have - “f off wall street journal”
cough cough Dore?
Only Joe Rogaine.
Here's the thing about the Mossad theory, Kyle. These dudes are NEVER just on one payroll. People like Epstein are enmeshed with lots of formal and informal intelligence agencies, and viewing him as just a Mossad asset is probably reductive.
Or most likely a diversion. Notice how what was coming out from the US Virgin Islands case was how Epstein was so closely linked to investment houses and banks. Thats the FINANCIAL industry that really runs the world. What do they want? They want you blaming everything on government organizations while thinking 'they're just about mom and pop stores making a living'.
Mossad rivals the CIA in terms of efficiency and power
Mi6, CIA, and Mossad, are all connected anyway. They are the global ruling classes enforcement arm.
MI6 is the root though, created the CIA. Probably helped establish Mossad to.
@@pacifactor If he was a (((CIA Agent))) then we need to know.
This is obfuscation of reality. It is very clearly a Mossad Op. Maxwell's father was a famous Mossad agent, Robert Maxwell. He introduced Epstein to Mossad according to Israeli intelligence employees. Ehud Barak was also involved and even slept in the appts where trafficked people were housed. The goal was procuring secret tech and foreign policy influence using leverage and blackmail on influential figures.
Thank you Kyle for your analysis. This is truly a disturbing story!
Why?
Don't clutch your pearls too tightly, Valerie. The same goes for Kyle.
analysis?! i just saw him failing to read an article
True story: Gandhi slept nude with underage people. Do you think that everyone who was ever "linked" to Gandhi should be cancelled? Heaven forbid that Chomsky try to secure some donations from a man who had served his sentence and been set free. Heaven forbid!
Why? And there was no analysis here at all
Keep telling the truth Kyle, no matter how much it hurts us. You are awesome, bro.
There's no truth here. in a statement published in The New Yorker on September 23, 2019, Chomsky said: -- "I never met Epstein or any of his associates, nor have I been to his homes or his island."
NO ONE has ever refuted this.
I’m actually not surprised. He’s an old MIT man and he’s been a wealthy public figure for years.
Yeah exactly
He worked at MIT, Epstein gave a shitload of money, he had dinner with him and Woody Allen. Thats pretty much the story, and a fairly unexciting one at that.
And this makes you a sex predator
How?
He has also spent the past two decades providing Russia with the exact talking points Putin is currently using to rebuild the Soviet Union.
Michael Parenti SMOKES Chomsky anyway.
Marianne should add to her platform/positions that she will ask her justice dept to appoint a special counsel to look into anything and everything Jeffery Epstein
nobody cares about marianne.
@commentor you care enough to comment haha... have a nice day
@Eidelmania sure pal whatever you say, with such a sound and well thought out argument who am I to disagree.
@Eidelmania how exactly? She’s not hanging with people like Trump or any other known predators.
@@commentor2013 no center or right wing , they are trying to maintain the status quo. Progressives care.
You will probably NEVER get another Chomsky interview over this. I always thought you weren't left enough but you earned my respect, as a principled man.
Damn right!
If you still look up to this fascist who advocated for the unvaccinated to sectioned off of society like Jews in Nazi Germany, because of his fears of Covid, indicates where you would stand in Adolf's campaign in demonizing a demographic
Dude can drop dead at any moment. He's like 95.
@@juicelino3867 It's gonna stain his reputation unless more information comes out in his defense. Doesn't look great though.
When I first saw this news yesterday I immediately was like what’s kyle abt to say 😂😂
Watch Kyle defend him. Absolutely pathetic
@@ELTEAESS calling him pathetic without watching the video is pathetic he doesnt defend him lol he goes pretty hard
@@ELTEAESS Yeah that's pretty bad 💀
Noam was just trying to teach Epstein the importance of anti imperialism
@@ELTEAESS watch a guy like you assume stuff because of their bias, truly pathetic.
Guilt by association isn't really a thing, except to the public.
And to Kyle. We _all_ need to call Kyle out here, this is shoddy as can be
@@user-wl2xl5hm7k Yeah. We could compose a list of hundreds or even thousands for each individual and claim they know some scumbag. It doesn't mean they condone such activities. If Noam was a client, that would be different. There's nothing even close to indicating that. Trump said he thought his own daughter (who was barely 14 at the time) had a sexy body and he would date her if she wasn't his daughter, and he said it on TV. Does that mean that everyone who encountered him after that also supports it?
turns out kyle is shallow. this is ridiculous. what tabloid click bait nonsense.
You can learn from and appreciate anyone but this is why it's important not to over idolize any individual
This is where the saying "Kill your heroes/idols" comes into play. You get people advocating for the person rather than the message and end up completely missing the point.
@Nick Blinko you guys make me sick. Ngl.
@@Grimm_Butterfly I'm actually glad we drop someone so quickly, yet you'll make excuses for the conservative lawmakers and representatives who advocate for child marriage and apologize for Crowder blowing cigar smoke in his 8mo pregnant wifes face.
@@Grimm_Butterfly People are complicated. Everyone has things in their lives they're good at and and other things less so. The fact that a person knows another person doesn't make them wrong about their best ideas.
I mean sure I guess but none of this changes anything about importance what Chomsky has said for the last 50 or so years
Like I doubt Noam did anything iIIegaI, but my issue is that he admitted that he KNEW what Epstein did and chose to do business with him anyway. And instead of understanding WHY people are concerned about this meeting, he tells them "nunya business".
This leads me to believe that Noam doesnt think the abuse of women and girIs are a big deaI, and that is enough to turn me off him permanently. There is no rehabilitating raypists.
why can't they be rehabilitated
He's playing the part of the bitter old man pretty well
Epstein was a known Pedo, sex trafficker of underaged girls and rapist…. a registered sex offender…. but nobody cared because they wanted his money 🤮
Closet misogynist at best
Also makes him a massive ass hypocrite.
Please lets give Chomsky some trust and respect considering his life work. To automatically assume the worst is massively ignorant.
He could have explained his reasoning properly instead of getting stupidly defensive and defending Woody Allen on top of that. Of course people are gonna be suspicious.
@@NotDaveGahan No they aren’t. Learn a little reason buddy, it’s called critical thinking.
Kyle is a horrible person to learn this from
@@NotDaveGahan look into the woody allen story. it’s all BS. mia’s adopted kids all say so. woody’s wife has lots to say about how manipulative and untruthful mia was growing up. and guess what, he’s never been charged with anything, even after extensive investigations. it’s cuz there’s nothing there. read the blog post by mia’s adopted son. he was fourteen when the rape accusations happened. as he says the circumstances are near impossible. he also has lots to say about mia’s manipulation and anger issues. also look into mia’s families history. not good. also also ronan farrow was like three. he only has his mothers account, and she wasn’t even there. seriously man do some research before you jump to conclusions. don’t be a reactionary.
@@NotDaveGahan or people dont judge based on nothing and just fuel stupid rumors.
Chomsky has also been dead wrong on Ukraine for over a year now
@@drinkmorewater69 You don't need to be a CIA-bot to take a stand against Putins horde of criminals that he have unleashed against Ukraine.
I’m Ukrainian AND unvaxxed. I was a fan once! Not now!
@queerdo Besides if you have to bring up the US every time you try to defend Russia then deep down you know that Russia's invasion of Ukaine Georgia are indefensible
@@garymelnyk7910everything that chomsky said about unvaxxed people was correct
Chomsky insisted we’d have something akin to nuclear winter is Saddam Hussein lit the oil well when we invaded Iraq the first time.
Association isn't guilt. Fact is, hundreds of prominent figures had associated with E. He gave many millions over the years to several dozen intellectuals to fund research grants. Not the best look but if a guy might donate 8 mil for a new facility on campus, you'll meet and probably want to maintain that relationship.
Also, the victims, the police, the prosecutor, the judge, all "associated" or were "linked" with E. According to Kyle, any person who ever had any kind of tenuous "link" to a person who committed a crime in the past, or who would go on to commit a crime in the future, must be condemned. And the vast majority of dum-dums in the comments section are on board with this idea.
I think it’s almost more his whack ass response
but he hung out with him even after he was guilty...
@@mcdizzle7656 So? Got a good buddy that did 12 for armed robbery. Should I discountinue the friendship? Progressives and Trumpers are so puritan.
@robertjenkins6132 Well put sir. Progressives also have some bizarre puritan thinking.
I'm with Chomsky on this one. The implication in the question asked would have really pissed me off-i think he's entitled to be grumpy at the accusations. Just as Kyle said- not everyone associated with Epstein was a sex offender. There is absolutely no evidence Chomsky did anything wrong.
Okay…..
This is grade A copium. No proof Bill Clinton did anything wrong either. He just knew his way around that island VERY WELL is all…
@@AJ-sw8uf okay what? guess truth is meaningless now. congratulations you’re a reactionary.
chomsky famously meets and emails with anyone and everyone. this is complete nonsense. makes kyle look petty and stupid.
I agree, Chomsky did nothing criminal. But as a huge admirer of Chomsky, I think he should have rejected any meeting with Epstein, knowing what he had been convicted of. Why in the world would Chomsky have agreed to meet with him? No one around him said, uh, Noam, I don't think you should do that? And referring to Woody Allen as a "great artist"? After he had sex with his underage adopted daughter and married her? At the least, he should have worded his response differently.
The only reason we have this information is because the US Virgin Islands is prosecuting the case WHILST the US Federal Government is covering it up.
idk about that. This is from PBS/AP this January : "SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has fired the attorney general of the U.S. territory who pursued various cases against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, including a lengthy legal fight that resulted in a $105 million settlement.
The removal of Denise George comes just days after she filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase in New York and accused the company of helping Epstein finance the illegal exploitation of women and children in the U.S. Virgin Islands and beyond."
Who are the USVI prosecuting?
@@SolutionsWithin Google USVI vs Epstein; and the story: US Virgin Islands is suing the bank JPMorgan Chase
USVI is pursuing the case the US National Security State is fighting to cover up: the Epstein Machine
Chomsky is right. Everyone saying this isn’t a “good look” are proving his point; Chomsky doesn’t give a damn how it looks since he knows he didn’t do anything wrong.
LOL. Chomsyites huffing that high grade copium!
Noam Chomsky met him after he Jeffery Epstein had been caught for paedophilia was it? How was that a good decision? I love Noam Chomsky for what he has done for a lot time though this was a mistake?
@@homelander7742 Name some of your favourite politicians people or artists? My guess was they met with him haha.
@@jonathand6952 Kyle Kulinski
@@jascu4251 Why write his name?
I could tell this segment was hard for ya Kyle, but the fact that you reacted to it shows how you value fact over anything. Moments like these are why I’m glad I watch you so much, and I just want to say thanks for all you do!
Michael Parenti wrote Inventing Reality a few years before Chomsky wrote Manufacturing Consent. Very similar books. Plus, he doesn't hang out with pedophiles.
He's also far better on issues like Yugoslavia and the USSR.
@@garetroth5683 his book blackshirts and reds and huge for me when I was younger. Still a great book
Vijay Prahsad!!
for now.. just give it time..
Thanks for mentioning, Adrian, Michael Parenti is a true legend and is not a class traitor.
1) No one's perfect, 2) you can be deeply flawed and have impeccable politics, 3) Woody Allen is an artistic genous whatever else he might be and 4) Noam seems like the kind of guy who will meet and converse with a wide variety of people
You shouldn't surround yourself with pedophile scum like Epstein or Allen, though. That's an absolut No-Go!
And Chomsky's response has been abysmal.
Exactly, people are overreacting as usual.
Including Putin, whom he simps for on the regular.
@@oddmanout7755 Not true, citizen, don't lie.
😂
No such thing as "underage women". Those are kids
This is very disturbing that people are already convicting people by guilt by association! Until you have evidence don’t drag someone’s name through the mud!!!! I have black relatives who were lynched and hung from trees because of accusations!!!!
This is not the same. Everyone knew what Epstein was doing. Rich people brought in Epstein for one reason and one reason only. They all knew what him and maxwell were doing.
stay honest and true Kyle. that is the lesson from this. don't let any vice be the excuse to act like a pos basically. it's tough when one climbs the layer cake of any cake
*stay eager to drag your heroes name through the mud with no research* fixed it for you
he's not honest, he runs interference for the squad constantly with his old girlfriend.
@@javiervega1065 You saying kyles GF is old? Wtf! Bro shes insanely hot!!!!
@@Bizzare77777 that old hag looks like Dylan mulvany
More detailed Chomsky response w/ source:
“Like all of those in Cambridge who met and knew him, we knew that he had been convicted and served his time, which means that he re-enters society under prevailing norms - which, it is true, are rejected by the far right in the US and sometimes by unscrupulous employers,” Chomsky wrote. “I’ve had no pause about close friends who spent many years in prison, and were released. That's quite normal in free societies.”
During the meeting in Nowak’s office, Chomsky wrote, the group discussed neuroscience and computer science. Chomsky declined to provide names of other Harvard faculty in attendance, adding that “it would be improper to subject others to slanderous attacks.”
“I’ve often attended meetings and had close interactions with colleagues and friends on Harvard and MIT campuses, often in labs and other facilities built with donations from some of the worst criminals of the modern world,” Chomsky wrote. “People whose crimes are well known, and who are, furthermore, honored by naming the buildings in their honor and lavishly praised in other ways. That’s far more serious than accepting donations, obviously - and these are huge donations.”
Asked if he regretted his association with Epstein, Chomsky wrote, “I’ve met [all] sorts of people, including major war criminals. I don’t regret having met any of them.”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/5/3/epstein-nowak-chomsky-meeting-2015/
Chomsky too? Is everyone connected to epstein? Is bernie connected to epstein? Am i connected to epstein?
I never thought Chomsky was out of this world but I am not sure I get the outrage. But I am not a fan of guilty by association. There needs to be more before I feel one way or another.
I agree 100% . I also agree that he should be smarter than associate himself with Epstein after the fact. I'm not going to judge/speculate.
How about LESS? --- -- In a statement published in The New Yorker on September 23, 2019, Chomsky said: -- "I never met Epstein or any of his associates, nor have I been to his homes or his island."
NO ONE has ever refuted this. This should have been the end of this, four years ago. It's disgusting that it's not.
@@jontomas2271 He's already revised that story, now that this is out. So he's a liar.
@@SY-bj7pp - There are two problems with your response. One is the actual New Yorker article in question is inaccessible unless you purchase a New Yorker subscription. It's necessary to see the whole article, for sufficient context. It was written by muck-raker Ronan Farrow. The other is, when someone asks you something that is none of their business, you are not compelled to give them the "truth" about anything. How many times has some telemarketer asked you for a donation and you have shut them down with some fib about not having any money? There was nothing wrong with that, since that invader of your privacy was not due any answer, honest or not. - Further, the Harvard Crimson quoted Chomsky: “Like all of those in Cambridge who met and knew him, we knew that he had been convicted and served his time, which means that he re-enters society under prevailing norms.” Chomsky also wrote, “I’ve met [all] sorts of people, including major war criminals. I don’t regret having met any of them.” - Evil doesn't rub off on journalists who interview evil people. - Only Kyle tries to make it happen for click bait.
Chomsky will talk to anyone. Chomsky has been talking to me for 25 years. Chomsky would talk to Hitler. This is stupid.
He ran from Ben shapiro and Steven crowder
@@Jesusdamannotgod and Sam Harris
@@farid6072 Sam Hyde made hassan and Kyle run
Old Noam has got some explaining to do!
No, he really doesn't.
@@annaclarafenyo8185 keep covering for pedophiles.
They're both jewish
@@MuhammadSharii heh, you wish! 😉
@@annaclarafenyo8185
Meeting with Pedos, sex traffickers, rapists - the new normal, completely acceptable … How low is the bar?
Noooo… Chomsky nooooo…. 😭
Why are you so gullible?
@@annaclarafenyo8185 surprise and/or disappointment isn't the same as being gullible. Most people on the left are aware that people one looks up to can do shitty things and we can criticize them. What's really gullible is when someone ignores it because of idolism.
@@abcxyz123 Chomsky didn't do anything wrong! He had a meeting with a billionaire who requested it, likely to wrangle money for something or other. Academics do this ALL THE TIME, there is no suggestion or hint of any sexual behavior here, Chomsky didn't even have a sex life other than with his first and second wife!
@@abcxyz123 I couldn’t have said it better
You could catch Chomsky have dinner with the Devil and I still would think it highly unlikely that he had done anything to compromise his own character. Not trying to convince anyone of my position. It’s just my opinion.
What is you replaced the devil with an underage girl?
Absolutely. I genuinely believe this too
"Watch me and Krystal ball interview legends like noam Chomsky "😂😂😂
Oh i won't be surprised if they buffed that out in every end from here on, Please Mr. West i hope you didn't give time to that pedo
@@t_buddski4672 haha right
It's "legends" like Noam Chomsky, Cornell West, and more..."
@@47shadows76 you right I'll edit it
@Mo Palm Just trolling bruh.
Keep doing you.
Honestly, this is a nothing burger of course people had dinners with him and he flew them out hes a billionaire. Most of those people probably hadnt known at the time or didnt care and took advantage of the free flights. I hope some real evidence that puts and connects people to the crime, association dose not prove guilt
Not everyone who knows a child predator is one themselves. If you don't know you don't know. I hate guilt by association unless you hang with them dozens of times than that's different
Epstein met just about everyone, just meeting with him does not mean you 'hang out' with him. Institutions often fundraise, and the prominent among their staff are those institutions rely on to raise money. Chomsky was probably pissed off by the mere insinuation by the Wall Street Journal (they are the ones to talk!) that what he saw as a fundraising opportunity was something else, hence his irascible answer. As for Woody Allen, Kyle, NO, HE DID NOT MARRY HIS DAUGHTER OR STEP-DAUGHTER. He married his then partner's adopted daughter. He never lived with said partner, he did not raise her adopted daughter as his own, as she already had a father, the conductor Andre Previn, and had very few interactions with her while she was growing up. The woman in question, Soon-Yi Previn-Allen, was 21 (or 23 -no records of her birth in S. Korea) when Allen and she got together for the first time and the rest is history, they have been married for 30 years now and have two grown daughters (adopted). She has often spoken about how wrongly she is represented as some passive, agency-free doll who was 'groomed' because the truth does not fit the narrative the Farrows (and their many friends in the MSM) are peddling. Allen must be the most investigated person in the USA, and none of the months-long investigations could ever find something to even charge him with. Chomsky is entitled to admire Allen's work, like many of us here in Europe do.
Yeah you guys in Europe are cool with Polanski. Who's victims defense basically amounts to "yeah I was 14 and it was rape... But I sorta liked it!!!"
Some people are able to separate the work from the personality, other not so much
@@tonywords6713 Talking nonsense much? Polanski was arrested, confessed and charged. He run for the exit when he suspected the deal he made with your ghastly authorities was not going to go through. It is your authorities who bangled the whole affair first and foremost. He went to France because there were no extradition treaties (something your country desired -you can't have it both ways). As for who actually defended Polanski in the years since, ask Mia Farrow. his character witness in a court case in the mid 200s. As far as I am concerned you can have him, for he is guilty of the charge. Unlike Allen, who was never even charged but he is constantly gossiped about (not under oath, when an oath is required the Farrows sing a different tune). So stop comparing apples with oranges, fool.
@@lilmoe4364 True but the personalities we are talking about are not comparable cases. One has been convicted and the other wasn't even charged, although investigated to death.
Well said!!
So basically Epstein arranged meetings between Chomsky and some people where Chomsky could discuss Israeli-Palestinian issues and geopolitics in general. Chomsky has talked about similar dissonance, like working for MIT, but that fact did not stop him from speaking his mind (or maybe it did to a certain extend, I can't know that).
Well, Chomsky was also on Alex Jones show. So I guess by this logic he also thinks that the Sandy Hook shootings were all staged.
Sounds reasonable, but given his position as an advocate and thought leader, he could have responded with something at least a bit more reflective and thoughtful.
Why didn't Noam just tell us himself?
If he told us it would've hurt less
Now I have a lot of questions about that title "Manufacturing Consent"
It doesn't hurt at all. This is a form of slander. Nearly all the people Epstein met he met for reasons having nothing to do with sex.
Lmfao
Manufacturing Age of Consent
Actually what Chomsky said is entirely appropriate:
He wrote: “First response is that it is none of your business. Or anyone’s. Second is that I knew him and we met occasionally. “I’m unaware of the principle that requires that I inform you about an evening spent with a great artist.”(woody Allen)
Chomsky added that “what was known about Jeffrey Epstein was that he had been convicted of a crime and had served his sentence. According to U.S. laws and norms, that yields a clean slate.”
We are talking about accusations of guilt by association, freedom of association, and not a shred of evidence that implicates a crime.
As far as legally, lo and behold he does have civil liberties. And anyone who does not understand that is an idiot.
But I am sure that this will help silence him at this particular time especially in regards to Ukraine and China.
And he can be further investigated if there is evidence of a crime.
But don’t jump to a conclusion.
That said, my opinion of Chomsky is not very high for various reasons. But mainly because his stance both during the Cold War and afterwards which I wasn’t aware of but Parenti rightfully criticized.
In regards to the Cold War Chomsky had tremendous amount of influence. He did not have to support the Eastern Bloc states but he could have placed violations of civil liberties in perspective, and as those states were crumbling he would not even support the opposition who was more closely aligned with his positions in various countries such as Czech and East Germany and their real demands.
So I can only assume from that he had no pragmatic libertarian socialist politics what so ever, it was armchair intellectual theory.
Chomsky's response was even worse
What did he say
@@M0stBlunt3d “that’s none of your business” LMAO
@@M0stBlunt3d "my meetings with epstein are none of your business bro"
Yup 🤦♂️
@@ultraviolettas Hey man my business with my boy Epstein is none of your business. B- But he had a lot of young tasty specimens. 💀
I am sure they are not sharing the complete list. They pick and choose who they wish to expose and cover up..🧐
Speaking to a criminal once does not make one a criminal. The media should probably tread lightly on this, unless there is an accusation.
But it wasn't once. They corresponded more than once.
Chomsky: "We met ocassionally."
Occasionally means more than just one time, even if there was nothing nefarious, its a bad judgement of character to have associations on multiple occassions with a known pedophile.
The ol' guilty by association. Questionable why he is associating with him after the fact. But nevertheless that is not a crime in and of itself.
It’s not once, you should tread lightly. Chomsky literally said he met with him occasionally which supposes multiple times at least. If it’s occasionally over 2 decades god knows how many times that could be.
Youre out of your fucking mind if you think this isnt a big deal.
@@alb0zfinest I believe the article said he only met with Epstein in 2015 and 2016 "occasionally", but how many times isn't listed. For the Rothschild they listed 12 times.
Also, he's 94, which kinda explains his abrasiveness, lol.
Still, he should have known better, and if he couldn't respond appropriately someone else should have responded on his behalf.
Definitely did not expect this on my 2023 bingo card.
Right?! WTF
He’s a hero of mine too. The only defense I have in my mind for his response to questioning is that he probably doesn’t have a fancy PR firm to consult and that he didn’t try very hard because he’s not trying to defend his public image like a lot of famous people do. So, in contrast, it seems particularly shady even if it’s not. But who knows? This news does hurt, but I’m leaving room for doubt.
it's very surprising how a world renounced linguist wasn't able to come up with a better reponse
COPE
@@zaritaher4749 that’s what I’m attempting to do.
So the red flag didn't pop up when he advocated for the unvaccinated to be sectioned off of society like Jews in Nazi Germany? Demonizing a demographic like Adolf? Still a good person you give benefit of doubt to?
This ain’t about PR for me, Noam didn’t even try to give any justifiable reason for why he would meet with Epstein, yet he admitted to the meeting and just tried to act like it was a normal thing. I never would expect that from him.
Chomsky told a wall st journal reporter it was none of his business. What a shocker. I'm sure he would have more to say to other people. While it's surprising that he met with Epstein, this alone shouldn't be reason enough for leftists to denounce ol Noam. This piece of coverage is garish and tacky. Kyle should be better than this.
totally agree. kyle looks like a reactionary moron.
Here comes the copium 😂
I think Chomsky’s answer was fine he’s probably tired of the damn questions I’d assume if he said none of your damn business it’s less likely he’s guilty if anything stupid. And he’s right he doesn’t need to inform you of shit
I appreciate Kyle's pain as it mirrors my own.
😂
Doesn’t sound like Noam did anything wrong by meeting with this guy. Can’t just be guilty for talking to someone
How naive
This is how rumors do so much damage. - Chomsky MAY have talked with Epstein on the phone, but in a statement published in The New Yorker on September 23, 2019, Chomsky said: -- "I never met Epstein or any of his associates, nor have I been to his homes or his island."
NO ONE has ever refuted this.
He didn't do anything wrong. It just media wanting to make a big story out of nothing.
I already had a falling out with Chomsky after watching Kraut's video about the Bosnian genocide.
except that was a horrible and disgusting hitpiece from kraut. Chomsky clearly stated in no uncertain terms Srebrenica was an atrocity, just wouldn't use the word genocide because of the sheer scale of magnitude of what the holocaust was
@Ganatus260 a convict on death-row who murdered a family of five did a HORRIBLE act, an act of PURE HORROR, but not a genocide. Me saying this doesnt make me a "gEnoCiDe dEniER"
@Ganatus260 you have every right to call that genocide. you have no right to call someone else a "genocide denier" if they AGREE in no uncertain terms that is a horrendous atrocity but will not share your definition for genocide. Kraut makes great video essays but he also did a completely dishonest & twisted "story" on chom.
@Ganatus260 no my friend, Noam "denied" YOUR defintion for genocide, yours and kraut's, and million other innocent people duped into believing Noam denied anything bad happened in bosnia
I don’t even like Chomsky but I agree that it’s his business who he wants to be friends with. If we don’t have evidence Chomsky committed a crime then you only have evidence that he can have poor taste in friends. Which we all do to some extent.
Amen. Some people forget about civil liberties when they hear "Epstein".
Sex crimes with kids means you lose all your friends, it's not hard to completely shun somebody like that.
@@Mark-jr6ld did you find that in the Bible, the constitution, or your ass?
I've had poor taste in friends for sure in my past. Can't say any of them were pedophiles. It's a very weird downplaying here.
@@Aaron-kj8dv downplaying? Trump praising Kim Jong Un(a literal murderer) is downplaying. I’m saying it’s a bad idea to judge Person A based on the actions of Person B.
My best friend’s cousin is a convicted sex offender and his family is trying to help him get back on his feet now that he’s out of jail. Should I shun my friend for trying to help his family member? Should I tell him not to help his cousin? Am I somehow complicit if I say nothing?
I'm an academic, academics live and die by their connections, I wouldn't be surprised if chomsky was pressured in to the meeting by admin. I would like to think that I would reject a meeting like this at any cost, but I'm not in a position to weigh that decision.
Chomsky will literally meet with youtube lefties who have 8 subscribers and answers almost most of the e-mails he gets, not really surprising he'd meet with somebody who was potentially giving money to his department. Still weird, but it's not like he went to little saint james or anything.
Chomsky took money from Epstein dude, read the articles about it
I thought this was interesting timing since Chomsky just came out saying US (in iraq) was more brutal than Russia is in Ukraine - and demanded the immediate release of Julian Assange.
So what ? More conspiratorial evidence ? 🤣
Putin raised a toast to his health in his bunker..
@@lilmoe4364 nowadays if people don’t like to hear something or it doesn’t fit into their world picture - they just close their eyes and call it a conspiracy theory - very convenient.
He already exposed himself with that claim. Russia is using the same tactic that Mongols used on Iraqis. It is outrageous for Chomsky to claim US pulverized Baghdad. It was left by the Mongols. Only today’s equipment is making the recovery of it somewhat possible with a shop being the first success.
If we know one thing about Chomsky, he's a man of principle, he's demonstrated that countless times in his life. He's 100% earned the benefit of the doubt in every scenario. We also know he's never lived his life according to media optics, so if he wanted to meet with Epstein and Allen, he would do what he wanted to do and not care what the media thought. And that's how he sees the media today, stop prying to into my private affairs, I'm not going to entertain your BS.
Chomsky's also a humanist, meaning he empathizes with the human condition. He's not some stuck up Liberal that doesn't associate with someone just because they did a bad thing - that doesn't mean he condones what they did. It just means he truly understands that Epstein and Allen are just what happens to people when given unchecked power, that's why he criticizes institutions not individuals.
I don't give anyone benefit of the doubt for hanging out with two known predators, but I'm willing to listen to an explanation. He chose not to provide one, in a very pointed manner, so oh well. I can only go with my own understanding of the human condition to conclude that, at best, he's not as morally convicted as I thought.
@@throwthatassinaprayercircl2662 You don't seem to know Chomsky very well, if this is the breaking point to you.
yeah, he needed an explanation... Epstein isn't political or philosophical 😅
only problem i have with what you said is woody allen hasn’t done anything wrong. actually look into it - the rape of mia’s child, the supposed underage marriage to his step daughter is all none sense. do research
@@throwthatassinaprayercircl2662 chomsky was indignant in his response cuz he owes none. he famously meets with anyone and everyone. this is well known. HE JUST MET WITH A GUY JHC.
also you’re completely wrong about woody allen. look into it. weigh the evidence. look into what mia’s adopted kids say about it all. look into what woody allen’s wife says about mia. you are wrong. do some research maybe before you jump to conclusions.
brings new meaning to "manufacturing consent".
smart ass
If Chomsky had dinner with him and discussed political and academic topics…
1. Yes, the optics are terrible
2. Yes, it’s terrible he still met with him after his conviction
But do I think this takes away from his body of political work? Honestly, no.
Do I think there have been coordinated attempts to discredit Chomsky for the last 60 years? Yes.
Do I think this means Chomsky is a pedophile or pedophile apologist? No.
Do I think it’s probably related to Epstein’s donations to MIT, where Chomsky was a professor at the time? Absolutely.
Chomsky will talk with anyone though. Even Stefan Molyneaux interviewed him. Epstein probably approached him and their relationship was likely just at an intellectual conversation level. In saying that im dealing with a high level of cognitive dissonance here. Everyone should read manufacturing consent regardless.
Chomsky's response is incongruent to what the man is known for. It can't be squared with someone who at great length talked about corruption and little known secrets of our history & political leaders then shuts down almost rudely on meeting with a known serial rapist, a serial pedophile and doesn't think it's no big deal.
Gonna have to re-record the advertisement for Krystal Kyle and Friends.
I was hopeing you would bring this up. Your a fan of his and you talking about it shows who your are. Thank you.
Jeffrey wanted to learn how to Manufacture Consent 😬
That is actually very funny
David Pakman is going to have a field day with this story.
If there's any story here, it will be about Kyle's astounding acceptance and amplification of this ugly smear campaign against Chomsky, when the most basic fact checking reveals Chomsky's statement that he NEVER met with Epstein or visited any of his properties. -- Are you flamers going to start calling Chomsky a liar now?
Chomsky wrote a book about consent? The irony
As a woman who has never read his books because he creeped me out, I am not surprised. Creep vibes
Never meet your heroes, especially on the Lolita Express.
Big oof for Noam
WOW. I’m still in a bit of shock from the title alone!
I guess the best we can hope for anymore is that they don't find anything on Mr. Rogers...
I’m not all the way through this video yet and not jumping to conclusions, but Chomsky has said in the past many times that he pretty much meets with anyone who asks for an interview or discussion.
Pedos, sex trafficker and rapist …. Yeah, he seems to be absolutely okay 👌 with meeting anyone. A convicted sex offender, a well - known Pedo .. but hey, let’s meet… 🤮 all these people meeting with Epstein are pieces of sh*t! They knew what he was…
He said his relationship with epstein is no body's business
@@twomasta Which it isn't!
I used to email him on his old MIT account, im just a random guy. He always responded to me. I have heard this from many others aswell. I dont believe for a second Chomsky had meetings with Epstein for his island
if he had met with him prior to it being reveled that Epstein was a pedophile, I'd be more inclined to agree with you
Thanks kyle for covering this.
"Ties to" don't mean anything. I could have a debate or dinner with Jim down the street without knowing he has kids in his basement. This is why guilty by association is a dumb concept.
Epstein has already been convicted. He was known not unknown.
This is why, even in a secular context, you can never have any human idols. Every human has the capacity to do horrible things, so you can never know which ones are truly virtuous or not.
Except Keanu Reeves
@@wilcee238
I agree with that.
Nah Chomsky is still a big hero of mine. He has done more for the cause of good for humanity than any individual commenter on this video will ever accomplish.
@@jonathanhansson804
That still does not excuse Noam's close connection to a millionaire pedophilic human-trafficker, especially after such sensitive information regarding that disgusting man was already released.
@@sufficientmagister9061 Really it kind of does. I'm sure that when he gives his side of the story it will make more sense, and even if it doesn't, he's still one of the most important American voices of reason of the 20th and 21st century.
Not everyone who meet with a sex offender are also a sex offender, like bruh.
How is this not "guilty by association" thing
Edit: I agree however with people who claim Chomski failed to address the ethical concerns as to why he met with such a person in his response. that is a valid critic.
People arent accusing Chomsky of being a criminaI wtf they're just roasting his bad response
@@dulcecaramelpeople definitely are accusing him of those things
@@JayD73 He said he knew about his crimes and met with him anyway. After his dinner with Epstein he would go on to have dinner with Woody Allen. It's super suspect and his association alone with Epstein is contemptible in the context of him knowing his crimes.
@@JayD73 Idiots are, sure.
@@dulcecaramel His response is completely reasonable. Epstein sought out intellectuals and met with them, for reasons having nothing to do with sex.
Thank you, Kyle, for this honest take on someone you and many of us respected very much until that moment.
I like Kyle he actually condemned Bernie sanders for the Sierra Madre dumpsite
Another reason Parenti is better
He's brilliant
Agreed
I think Chomsky is just an open minded person, who's willing to talk to everyone. Especially someone who has so much influence and power (unfortunately).
I bet this is it. Chomsky's polical commentary (like regarding Ukraine) is much more questionable than him meeting Epstein.
This whole story is blown out of proportions. Like if I meet a killer, it doesn't mean that I support them or that I killed anybody myself. And it's easy to imagine somebody being annoyed by some journalist trying to write some viral hit-piece on them and just telling them “it's none of your business”, because it is really not their business. Chomsky is not a politician. He has no obligation to explain himself to the public.
he's veri open-minded to epstein's young women
perhaps a very open zipper person too
I’m waiting for actual evidence of Chomsky doing something, because Epstein infiltrated every aspect of power and influence.
@@cl8804 Stop it. You know nothing.
I feel like they're REALLY reaching in this one, just to even the battlefield.
Every day i’m reminded how perfect of a human being Bernie is
He endorsed Biden as soon as Biden announced he is running. While there is Marriane Williamson. The very least he could do is stay neutral and keep talking about policies instead, and let the media and the american people determine who that means he supports.
@@akmal94ibrahim "while there is Marianne Williamson" lol so fucking what?
In my opinion it's still on the speculative side. A bit odd to associate with Epstein, make no mistake. I'm a little taken aback as well.
The way I see this is the report states these individuals were not named in the "Black Book", so the WSJ probably thought these names were fair game in regards to official mention. And that's what makes it tricky. Epstein had legitimate contacts that were not involved in his illicit affairs, so it's hard to say who was just a friend in the literal sense and who was part of the deeper network.
For me, the mindf*** is that Chomsky is open-minded enough to spend time with people who have been blackballed by society. He has a tendency to give an open ear to people that the rest of society has cancelled or written off.
He *may* have been part of Epstein's illicit activities, and if that's the case, that's really sad. But to the same token, he may have also just been good friends with the guy and figured Epstein's activities didn't reflect directly on him.
And yet, worst-case-scenario, there's a part of me that's learned that even some of the worst people in history contribute useful ideas in spite of their shameful character. If Chomsky *had* been part of Epstein's "clandestine activities", it would be a terrible shame, but it wouldn't discount the logic in his books about government and human nature.
Edgar Allen Poe also had controversial ideas about love and relationships, yet people have learned that his work still has value.
I give it 20/60/20. 20% that Chomsky was less-informed or willfully ignorant of Epstein's activities, 60% that he knew but just didn't care, 20% he may have been involved.
That being said, I hope he wasn't involved, but if he was, I've learned to differentiate a person's logic from their character.
Ted Kaczynski's Unabomber Manifesto shares a lot of legitimate ideas about how society's reliance on technology is dumbing everyone down to society's detriment. Do I agree with the bombs he sent? No. But he was very perceptive nonetheless about human nature.
And in that same sense, I've learned to "salvage the useful information" from controversial people.
Edgar Allen Poe married his cousin in order to help her get away from an abusive situation but they never lived as husband and wife. He was in love with someone else. That part has been historically revised like most things in the pop culture war of the moment
Common ethics do not apply to elites, including Noam Chomsky.
Noam is Jewish
I like how Kyle builds up to the reveal even though it's literally in the title😂
LOL, I thought the same thing
Well we should not be surprised. Now do we pick through the trash and recycle bits or do we throw it all away???? THROW IT all away.
I deliberately don't have heroes, and even though i greatly respected Chomsky, and have found his work incredibly valuable, it does still hurt somewhat. Regardless, I think its a bit silly to suggest Chomsky didnt care about influence, we know that people who obtain a position high up in a hierarchy will be vested in maintaining that position, and we know they'll often feel untouchable.. so even though Chomsky rejected those concepts (correctly), it doesn't meam they don't apply to him, especially when he absolutely exists atop an academic/intellectual hierarchy of authority and credibility. I dont know if Chomsky did the bad thing, but at this point i dont think it matter much. He's fallen off a lot recently, and whatever personal feelings I have for him are absolutely insignificant compared to his past work.
When I need to understand an issue better, I hit up chomsky on google. That won't change. This is really a non story for me as its his personal life and I don't give a shit.
If you recall, he used to say that he doesn't even try to talk or act charismatically because he wouldn't want people to pay attention for that reason. So to him if some people are using this as an excuse to ignore him, he'd be fine with it. If somebody told me Chomsky was actually working for the CIA all these years I wouldn't care. I don't find him fallen off at all, he's remarkably consistent.
@@mikearchibald744 agreed. This is the correct take imo
Fallen off a bit lately? He’s 94 years old and doing three interviews today.
It's pretty much bullshit - Chomsky doesn't owe a response for having his name drug through the mud by WSJ (who are really one's to talk....). Think rationally and humanely. That's why Chomsky's answer was "meh" - as he was probably pissed off for even the mere thought that he knew of Epstein's doing's, etc. He was always open to meet and have discourse with a wide range of people - not to mention Epstein associated with and invited tons of people for dinners, etc (many oblivious to his island, etc). Also, he's 94 years old...
@@coryfoster4907 "you are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions" - Noam Chomsky... I have that written on my fridge. And I don't give a flying fuck what he believes he "owes".
Yes, this is sad, seemingly a betrayal. And yes we do need to see every single name, no matter who.
The Path for Redemption is not for the faint of heart. 🤷🏽♂️
So this is proof? wam bam thank you ma’m? Don’t be so easy Kyle.
Holding even heroes to account is a true showing of personal beliefs.