[quonn]

The point doesn‘t stand, because you made a claim about what people supposedly said or didn’t say after Chomsky passed away. And he didn‘t even pass.

[fngjdflmdflg]

It does, because people thought he died and commented about what he will be remembered for.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720876 - We Remember Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40721208 - Linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky dies at age 95

[mynameisvlad]

This is pedantry at its finest.

You can remove the name and still have a point left there. Just pretend the comment only said Kissinger, it’s really not that hard.

[meiraleal]

Honestly if you are 50% wrong about a point you are trying to make that doesn't look great.

[peterfirefly]

A lot of people thought he did die and they did say things about him.