Noam Chomsky was clearly living by his principle of not prejudicing anyone in his life because of past convictions for which they have already served their sentence. Bubbles often defined by power systems, its associated media systems and its incentive systems – systems that Chomsky often wrote about and exposed. This author would like to also share a personal story to illustrate this pattern of Chomsky’s response. Chris Hedges points out quite correctly that unlike Valeria’s characterization of Noam Chomsky as being unaware of Epstein’s 2008 conviction, Noam Chomsky is not “as passive and gullible” as she makes him out to be [16]. [6] Email from Jeffrey Epstein to Noam Chomsky, February 23, 2019 at 4:27 AM; Reply from Noam Chomsky to Jeffrey Epstein, February 23, 2019 at 3:59 PM.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 06, 2026 13:34 UTC