Noam Chomsky, ACORN-Sponsored Publication Advisor, Says ‘Right Wing’ Setting U.S. on Path Towards Nazi Germany
by Kyle OlsonFor quite some time, Noam Chomsky has joined other radical luminaries on the “Editorial Advisory Group” of the ACORN-linked Social Policy magazine. Published by ACORN founder Wade Rathke, the magazine airs the views of Chomsky, Frances Fox Piven, Gloria Steinem, and Peter Dreier, among others.
This is the same publication that ran an analytical piece on Barack Obama’s 2004 primary campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, written by a Chicago ACORN leader.
The article contained such gems as: “By the time he ran for U.S. Senate, we were old friends.” The point is not to bring up President Obama’s apparently forgotten memories, but instead to point out Chomsky is not some nut that is isolated – he runs with the big dogs.

Chomsky recently painted a disturbing picture of America in the Russian news outlet Pravda, when he compared the opposition to President Obama and the Congress’ policies to what happened in Germany just prior to Adolf Hitler’s rise to power.
“It’s very similar to Weimar Germany, the parallels are striking.
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“The United States is very lucky that no honest and charismatic figure has appeared, and if this were to happen this country would be in real trouble for the frustration, disillusionment and the justified anger combined with the absence of a coherent response,” he concludes.
Chomsky, apparently, is referring to the Tea Party movement and other expressions of frustration with the direction of our country.
In Germany, he recalls, an enemy was created to explain the crisis which was the Jew. “Here they are the illegal immigrants and blacks. We will say that white men are a persecuted minority. We will say that we must uphold and defend the honor of the nation. Military force will be exalted. There will be blows. This could be converted into an undeniable force. And if it takes place, it will be more dangerous than Nazi Germany. The United States is a world power … I do not believe that this is far from happening,” he says.
Chomsky makes outrageous claims that are indefensible. Frances Fox Piven recently criticized Glenn Beck, saying he made scapegoats out of people with “dark skin, foreigners and intellectuals.”
It’s only a matter of time before Chomsky’s opinions show up in the pages of Social Policy.
What Chomsky fails to point out, of course, is that Hitler and the Nazis sought a perfect socialist society through government policy, that is, supreme government control. It was not borne out of the belief of individual freedom and curtailed government spending, as are generally the principles of the Tea Party movement.
But Chomsky and his ilk can’t afford to let a few facts get in the way of some good old fashioned fear mongering. If there’s any scapegoating going on, it’s being done by Chomsky, Dreier, Piven and others who are claiming peaceful old people showing up to protest Medicare cuts are leading some sort of seditious movement.






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Let's not forget Chomsky is the one who became pen-pals with Timothy McVeigh and called Polanski's rape victim a "little hooker."
Ya, we all wish to live in a bastion of freedom like Venezuela.
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5. Ridicule is mans most potent weapon.
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Oh a comparison to Nazis. No. Really? That is so original. I have never heard that before. Wow I never ever expected a comparison to Nazis not from a group that claims to be so intellectually honest.
BTW Hitler executed the right wing party he lied to to gain power and a heck of a lot of lefties in the US backed Hitler in his crusade.
The only parallel we've got coming with the Weimar Republic is the massive inflation coming down the turnpike.
I do think throwing the Nazi comparisons around is going to hurt the Dems and their future amnesty drive. Americans want legal immigration and earned citizenship. These people are quickly burning through any credibility they had, with the two-fold accusations of fascism and racism being hurled at everyday Americans.
When Hugo Chaves endorses your book , it Kinda Says It All and after listening to the video It's too late for her , she will never get it …
To a progressive pervert like Chomsky, any move away from a Stalinist/Leninist regime looks like a step toward Hitler's National Socialism. But it's all the same. The Nazis are Socialists. The progressives are socialists. We want to step away from all of this and return to the dream of our founders.
Chomsky is proof that Darwin had it backwards. His first name, Noal is an abbreviation of No America and his last name sounds an awful lot like Trotsky. Chomsky keeps thinking of the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory Fire and lives in the kingdom of satan.
Excuse me butt the NAZIS' were socialisits i.e. progressives
Well, I guess it's not that bad. He could have called us racist nazis.
Did you cut and paste this from sodahead.com or woodpile.com?
Yes, there are disturbing parallels to the dawn of the Third Reich- but not in the ways Chomsky wants us to swallow.
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Who the hell is out there blaming blacks and Latinos for anything? Not us, that's for damn sure. There isn't anything accidental about the "Tea Partiers are racist" meme that the Left has been pimping so hard. The CBC N-word hoax was pre-planned and strategic. The Left's primary goal, the jewel in the crown of "fundamental transformation," is amnesty for illegals. 12 million international trespasser converted into 12 million Democrat insta-votes. To ram that through, the opposition HAS to be demonized as 'racist'- even though race isn't even a whisper in the ear of the Tea Party.
Progressives = the new Racists Nazis, here in America
God Bless America
Why are all the idiots Progressives?
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At different points I have tried to philosophicaly tried to understand Chomsky. Unfortunatly, I have always come to the conclusion his positions were simply based on half truths.
Now we have Chomsky pretending that people that want smaller government are somehow big government proponents.
Clearly, as he has gotten older, Noam's half truths have degraded into outright lies.
You can't really blame Chomsky for failing to understand that which he has never experienced. That having been said, he should keep his commie piehole shut on matters he is unqualified to speak about!
Chomsky is an avowed and shameless socialist. A boring one, but a socialist none the less. I'm surprised no one has put a bullet in his head yet.
That would be the ten million dollar question. I almost forgot, in todays terms I mean 100's of billions, or trillions. What was I thinking?
God Bless America
Actually I cut and pasted from your face page.
Obama's bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down …. Obama's bridge is falling down …my fair lady ….
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Obama…..
"Obama's credibility crisis"
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Just another Butt-Ugly Progressive Liberal! You would think they would run out of Ugly Sticks! And what is that look maybe a neo-Skunk Look??
It does seem a little over the top, doesn't it?
How revealing that you know exactly where to dig this stuff up!
touche'…I see the moron hasn't responded yet.
Piven really seems to watch Glen alot! At least she has some taste! Oh and Smoke another one Biotch!
McVeigh??? first I've heard of this… Before or after the bombing??? I knew McVeigh had ties to Al Quida in the Philippines, but not Chomsky… MORE info please!!
This is a warning to every constitution loving American…
This weekend there will be hundreds of pro- "illegal" immigration rallies held around the country, these "rallies" WILL be violent and you need to avoid them like the plague.
You will have a great need to defend your personal property since the "anarchists" will be there to stir up violence and it will likely spread to neighborhoods.
This is their plan and you need to be prepared.
What you will see on Saturday will make the WTO and Copenhagen look like a cakewalk, there will likely be many innocent people seriously hurt or even killed as a result and the radicals want this to happen.
This will be their "enabling" "action" in DC and their overreaction will be stunning and draconian and it will not bode well for anyone concerned about the constitution.
Be safe.
PEACE!
Which rock did he crawl out from under?
Remember November so that we can return America to its founding principles of freedom, personal responsibility and economic liberty. We Remember November so we, our children, and grandchildren can live with the freedoms our founding fathers intended.
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I think dumbsky meant The Nazi sympathizer and enabler george soros. All the norm for the murdering left.
You know, for being so smart, reationary leftist are remarkably ignorant.
The oh so greedy white man and his love affair with capitalism! These people are freakin NUTS!!
Of course it is way over the top, to any sane person! It's the sheeple who voted for this nightmare who salivate over every damn thing these freaks feed to them – these idiots can 'see' truth in anything presented because they have to, it's the only way to make sense of their sad world -
Wow, what an irresponsible and misguided statement. But what else can we expect from commies. The only group or political party that mirrors Nazi Germany are your status quo congressional Democrats'Progressives/Socialists in Washington. How you ask? The Democrats 100% passed and 100% own the so called Obama – Care Health Plan, of which calls for among other things, health care rationing and end of life trashing of the elderly. Over a very short period of years, between Stalin and Mao, over 150 thousand Russians and Chinese human beings were murdered by them. Over time, under Obama – Care, and the shameful un-licensed decision makers that will be making life and death decisions over doctors recommendations will surpass that amount. So Mr. Chomsky, I don't know how you can look into a mirror with that dishonest comment, but it's gotta suck being you.
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Cutting and pasting is a fine technique for supporting your argument as long as you source your material and give credit to the author. On a blog it is even acceptable to just use quotes. You're technique is just plagiarism.
Just to let you know, "the moron" has responded.
Simple Maggie, because one HAS to be a complete and utter moron to adopt the progressive agenda,
ie. Marxist – let's all just call it what it is and make it plain and simple!
…and arrogant.
Can people really understand the mind of a lunatic? just asking
I seriously doubt that.
After. While McVeigh was in prison they became pen-pals. There are lots of Chomsky quotes on McVeigh. I can't remember them off the top of my head. He defends him to this day.
We could write the script for them these days now can't we?! They are so pathetic in their predictability and sadly you are correct, it WILL include violence – it's the ONLY way they EVER EVER EVER do things!!
Sick bastards, each and every one of them – and toss in all the useless idiots who don't know their freakin ass from a hole in the ground and think it's somehow empowering and/or cool to be involved in something they don't even understand!! Stupid stupid stupid!!!!!!
And why wasn't said rock smashed on top of his sorry ass?!
Anyone who doesn't know the source is an even bigger moron than you are!
This is not going to be pretty when you consider that there are "riots" every time a sports team wins or loses a championship or Al Sharpton comes to your town.
This is very very dangerous.
Were it not so chilling to think about Progressives Plans it would be nearly laughable. They are using time honored "projection and denial" tactics actually utilized by Joseff Goebels, Hitler's Propoganda Minister. People need to awaken and very very quickly as to who Obama IS and what his future policies ARE ! This same technique has been used many times recently when calling Conservatives "racist" when it has been the Democrat Party that enslaved the blacks under LBJ and his Great Society.
Better get a clue, people….. You only have until November to put the final "cease and desist" order on this very dangerous man and his adminsitration.
Flat outright wrong and a bogus blatant LIE.
You liberals on the far-left. Accept the fact that you are being suckered in and led astray by a group of people who are profit motivated to delegate complete power and control over your government – thus your freedom and liberty.
You give in and allow this to happen and it will be the worst mistake you have ever made in your life – not only for you but your children and their children.
It's ok to use Idiot and Progressive in the same sentence.
Well I think anyone that has listened to Chomsky speak knows he is not a big fan of Obama and voted for him because the Palin/McCain alternative was even more dreadful. Furthermore far all of you here who seem to have nothing but contempt for the MSM then Chomsky's masterpiece "Manufacturing Consent" should be right up your ally. I would also like to point out that Chomskly if you got to you tube and listen to his interviews on the subject has defended the Tea Party numerous times and said that these are people with legitimate grievances and should not under any circumstances be laughed at. he just wished the left had rallied you all instead of the right. ")
Looks like I touched a nerve. The Joe Biden school of blogging…. you've learned well young padawon.
Naw… He was just hoping the Left could have reaped more "Useful Idiots".
He has witnessed how useful we truly are (working/tax paying/thinking…)
but he is ever-so-sad theat we, like their preferred masses …
are NOT idiots.
So close, and yet… :' (
Obama is a tyrant. He signed off as a Democrat and promised the people a bill of goods. Just look at the mess this man is creating and his style of Government. He is a disaster and if people aren't careful we just might have us another Hitler on the rise. He is just that power hungry and corrupt. Look at his interest and his associates. If that doesn't give you a clue then nothing will. Hell, this man can't even come clean with his identity or his past.
Who is this man? Really. Pause and reflect. Something is amiss, no?
Obama=Hitler
p.s. I am sorry Israel and for the jewish people. Oh lord. What has America become?
No I think the comparison's to Weimar are right on. Liberals running the country, a poor economy, fear of immigrants, a divided nation, and then what happens? A right wing nationalist movement(tea party) talking about bringing back a stronger nation(Germany/The USA), obsessed with ideological purity, a virulent hatred of communists, fear opf homosexuals, progressives, and non-whites, and pro military. No Chomsky is pretty spot on. If the country slips into the hands of this mob we are all doomed.
Smoke another one and try again. Your lies are not believable.
I should finish my statement. This white, nartionalist movement(nazi/tea party/far right0 come on to the scene preach endlessly agains the government calling them weak, traitors, etc, rally the people take over and plunge us into wars, ruin the country, etc.
The comparison's to Weimar stand. Show me how other than the word socialist in national socialism and you saying Obama is a socialist ad nauseum compares to Hitler and the Nazi's.
That's completely spot on. Prove me wrong. How do the Nazi's compare to Obama other than the word socialist which is a stretch for Obama which is what any real socialist would tell you.
Rules for radical's.
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God Bless America
first off, half of them don't even know what they are because:
1) They don't speak/read English
2) They don't work – they just "join", then live off the gubmt so they are available for all the lefty protests anywhere, anytime any "cause". Why are their signs all mass-produced? Cuz they can't spell (in English) or AT ALL , thanks to their great education that has been infested with radical "re-educators" instead of ABC'ers.
3) They are taught in the public schools all the brain mush of rewritten "history", and nothing of any real use, since it is all tossed aside via the Bill Ayers/Obama grant givers – in the march to "Social Justice"
a mind is a terrible thing NOT to poison…
And how does all I stated not categorize the right wing of the country right now in relation to Obama?
The old commie Chomsky makes Zinn look like a genius.
'Smelly Dumpster of History' – meet Zinn & Chomsky, Z & C – meet 'Smelly Dumpster of History'.
Obama, close the lid on the 'Smelly Dumpster of History' and get ready to "deploy", and bring your Alinsky trading card collection with you.
"it wasn't really rape rape",….Whoopie G.
Soon the old Marxist bastard will croak!
"………and voted for him because the Palin/McCain alternative was even more dreadful…….."
kinda trumps his having gone to mass last Sunday,……ay Kid….????
I would think you guys would love Manufacting Consent by Chomsky since the entire book is one long analysis on the way the MSM manipulates the public. Isnt that what everyone here, writers, readers, Limbaugh, etc, have been saying? Oh maybe you have more in common with Noam then you think? And the comparisons to Weimar are really spot on.
Liberals running the country, poor economy, massive unemployment, debt, a divided nation, wars, andf then a right wing nationalist movement(tea party/nazi party) come on the scene promise to "take the country back", preach that the government is weak, traitorous, and decadent(any accustation against Hollywood, Kevin jennings, etc) have a virulent hatred of communists, homosexuals, progressives, are anti-immigration(germany for germans), and very pro-military. Sound familiar?
You're completely cracked Missy. And the ways in which the american right and tea party compare to the Nazi's during Weimar is uncanny. Shall I list them for you?
You have a liberal government running the country(weimar/obama), massive debt, unemployment, failed military adventures(WW1, Iraq/Afghanistan) a very divided country, and then a predominantly white(the nazi's werew all white but close enough) right wing nationalist movement, talking about taking the country back, that the current government is weak, decadent (the gov's alignment with Hollywood, artists, etc) obsessed with ideological purity, a fear of immigrants, and homosexuals, a virulent hatred of communists, progressives, is pro-military, and longs for the olden days before the country became corrput and decadent comes on the scene and starts amassing followers. What happens here next I hope doesnt end like Germany but I think it will since everything leading up to it has been pretty spot on.
Thats interesting. Henry Ford and Prescot Bush were leftists? Hitler executed and arrested most communists and liberals. If you read a book or bothered to study anything about the Nazi's you would know that. Just because they were called national socialists doesnt mean they liberals or even what you think of as socialist. LOL!
Brilliant typically antithetical liberal "warped reality" delusion you live under, this will be violent and the commie/liberals will be behind it, just like Nazi Germany.
The National part makes them very much part of right wing ideology since most communists and socialists think more in global and international terms, generally dont discriminate on issues of race or nationality and as you might have noticed dont think that much of national sovereignty. Hitler though, as you might have noticed, certainly did.
I think I would have rather gone to Mass myself then vote for any Palin ticket.
And CNN and MSNBC will be out there saying "now this is America". Look at all these people exercising their first amendment rights (never mind most aren't citizens and have no rights).
Ironically Hitlers socialist economic policy was the one place he was successful.
And are you going to tell me that right wingers lead by Limbaugh and alot of bloggers here arent painting the white man as persecuted as of late? Sure they are.
Remember that the left always projects what it is thinking or doing onto their enemies. So, if old Noam says the Right is all about NAZI behavior, you can bet it is he who would like to enforce a Kristallnachthttp://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/kristallnacht against those that oppose the Left and their progressive desire for a Marxist remake of the USA. They continually try to paint those of us who favor small government as some sort of crazy, racist, NAZI hate mongers. When in fact we only want our freedom and as little government in our lives as possible.
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Nice try with the metaphors, but like all Leftist arguments, it tries to turn the complex into a simple soundbite.
How about this: a gifted orator who had formerly done street protests takes over the government. He claims victimhood for himself and his compatriots. Once in power, he takes over the large industries , helathcare, finance, and begins shaping them to suit his needs. The movement he leads has a history of violence (remember Seattle, etc.?), but he routinely accuses all opposition of the vilest motives (racism, hate) and of threatening violence. He uses these incidents, as well as other "crises" (economy, etc.) to collect more power around himself. All of his solutions involve government expanding power. He creates a class of people for his followers to hate (Southerners, Conservatives, religious people, Tea Partiers) and works with the media he controls to push out his propaganda. He and his movement use advanced entertainment technology ("Avatar," etc.) to brainwash people into thinking that his way is the only way. He uses street thugs (SEIU) to beat up people who disagree. And the list goes on.
The LAST thing the NAZIs OR the Communists wanted was a LIMITED government. They are both the same side of the political spectrum. BIG GOVERNMENT LEFT. STATIST AND CORPORATIST.
You're thinking of Gore Vidal, not Chomsky, Thomas Talionis. Try to stick to the facts.
Actually we are the most oppressed people in the world ever since "Chairman O" took power.
Seriously dude, what grade are you in…?
GET OVER YOURSELF RACIST!!
"This separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter.
"This separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter."
It is well worth a read…
I bet when Chomsky was comparing the US to Weimar Germany, he didn't mention that Weimar Germany was a social democratic welfare state.
If you really want to learn why the US is like Weimar Germany (because of the Left, not the Right), read The Ominous Parallels by Leonard Peikoff.
"Socialist economic policy?" It's called spending like crazy on war. Not exactly something to emulate.
Limited government. Freedom. Liberty.
Please point to me a government in history that has not sought to expand its own power at the expense of the governed. It is human nature, and calling yourself a "Progressive" does not exempt you from it.
Anyway, "Progressives" are advocating an outdated industrial age monstrosity that was nothing more than a re-incarnation of the Statism that was feudalism. Want progress? A decentralized, limited federal republic with groups who have different interests defining their own communities. Want old-fashioned? The same old tyranny where the powerful decide everything for everybody (Leftism).
"This separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter.
"You will understand me when I say that my Middle High German was my life. It was all I cared about. I was a scholar, a specialist. Then, suddenly, I was plunged into all the new activity, as the university was drawn into the new situation; meetings, conferences, interviews, ceremonies, and, above all, papers to be filled out, reports, bibliographies, lists, questionnaires. And on top of that were the demands in the community, the things in which one had to, was ‘expected to’ participate that had not been there or had not been important before. It was all rigmarole, of course, but it consumed all one’s energies, coming on top of the work one really wanted to do. You can see how easy it was, then, not to think about fundamental things. One had no time."
"Those," I said, "are the words of my friend the baker. ‘One had no time to think. There was so much going on.’"
"Your friend the baker was right," said my colleague. "The dictatorship, and the whole process of its coming into being, was above all diverting. It provided an excuse not to think for people who did not want to think anyway. I do not speak of your ‘little men,’ your baker and so on; I speak of my colleagues and myself, learned men, mind you. Most of us did not want to think about fundamental things and never had. There was no need to. Nazism gave us some dreadful, fundamental things to think about—we were decent people—and kept us so busy with continuous changes and ‘crises’ and so fascinated, yes, fascinated, by the machinations of the ‘national enemies,’ without and within, that we had no time to think about these dreadful things that were growing, little by little, all around us. Unconsciously, I suppose, we were grateful. Who wants to think?
Typical lib attempt to create fear for purposes of manipulation. Any intellectually honest casual observer would see that Chomsky's ideas are crazy.
Chomsky is an old marxist who happens to be a linguist by trade and knows nothing else. Typical of the marxist college professor type.
How come he never got the memo from the 20th century that marxist doesn't work? Marxism killed 100 million people in the 20th century and he misses the good old days. The rise of the fascist left is what is the matter these days and the real problem.
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Isn't it great how these enlightened folks on the left take the time to show us brutes on the right how to engage in rhetorical restraint, the way they're always complaining we fail to?
Intellectuals do have a pretty bad record here
Whatever the name, it is communist PORN. These people write communist porn for communist junkies.
They are enemies. And the idiots who promote this are the seditious snakes central to Obama's reign.
You are absolutely right. My apologies.
Chomsky, a known Holocaust denier, suddenly believes in the Holocaust.
Chomsky has been refuted and is not credible. The other aspect is that the left are the Nazi's as they always have been, and they have every intention of using all the means at their disposal to destroy any resistance to their Criminal Class enslavement of our Country.
Death to Tyrants and Corrupt Politicians!
Progressivism = Totalitarianism
they are the real fascists
trying to divide the public
we have to VOTE these people OUT of office before it is too late.
RobertB, If you were minimally familiar with his writing, you would know that he has never denied the holocaust, nor said anything remotely close to holocaust denial. He believes that holocaust deniers should have the right of speech and not be prosecuted by the gov't.
I'm pretty sure I know "who" he is, I'm just wondering when he will declare himself God in the third temple…
National Socialist Party ie NAZI our leftist. As a liberal why let facts get in the way.
God Bless America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP-IM7maxbI&fe...
Dickhead.
Noam Chomsky is just so 1960s. It's been 50 years since he's been relevant. Ya gotta almost feel sorry for him (but not quite).
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!
BAM! You win!
LOL 9o)
Wow, you are so original in your arguments!!
Koolaid kid is more appropiate for your intellect.
It truly is up to the people to save the Grand Republic. The Politicians are all worthless, self aggrandizing slugs, fit only to be crushed by the bootheel of the people . There are massive, historic struggles just beginning now that will be resolved by force only.
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