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by dmead 1534 days ago
Can you source the khmer rouge accusation? that sounds wrong.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide_denial#Chom...

TLDR: Chomsky reflexively took the anti-US position as usual and then refused to back down once he was proven completely wrong. He insisted with no evidence whatsoever that accounts from refugees fleeing the Khmer Rouge must have been fabricated by the US somehow. After being completely proven wrong, he gave a not-pology that comes with its own dose of victim blaming.

ah thanks. im not super surprised that he didn't admit when he was wrong... just disappointed.