So…About Chomsky. (Noam Chomsky’s Tragic Coda.)
Unf*cking The Republic
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🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Noam Chomsky’s superpower is his intellect and ability to communicate complicated subjects with clarity. He made politics accessible for multiple generations. Chomsky is the gateway drug to leftist ideology. He’s also close friends with the most prolific child abuser and sex trafficker of the modern era. It’s okay to acknowledge Chomsky’s contributions and even more okay to let them go and bury his legacy.
Resources
Wall Street Journal: Epstein’s Private Calendar Reveals Prominent Names, Including CIA Chief, Goldman’s Top Lawyer
The Harvard Crimson: Jeffrey Epstein Met With Harvard Professor Martin Nowak and Noam Chomsky in 2015 in Harvard Office
Manufacturing Intellect: Noam Chomsky interview on Dissent (1988)
UNFTR Resources
Video: Genius Doesn’t Excuse What Chomsky Did. Goodbye, Noam.
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| 0:00.0 | Topical cream |
| 0:02.5 | A pod listener's dream |
| 0:06.1 | Unfucking the news |
| 0:08.7 | And current events |
| 0:11.4 | Topical cream |
| 0:13.4 | Yeah you know what I mean |
| 0:16.8 | A quarter of an hour |
| 0:19.6 | Gets you our two cents topical cream. |
| 0:29.0 | I think it's fair to say that there aren't many thinkers and theorists that I've relied on as much as Noam Chomsky. |
| 0:36.5 | I mean, he's near the top, to be sure. Now, |
| 0:39.2 | unlike the right-wing movement that is incapable of introspection, the revelations about |
| 0:44.1 | Chomsky's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein have caused a bit of a stir on the left. So let's |
| 0:49.6 | talk about Chomsky and the nature of hero worship. UNFTR. |
| 0:57.3 | Noam Chomsky's sheen had already diminished when it was initially reported that he maintained |
| 1:01.7 | a casual correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein and once even defended this relationship to |
| 1:06.5 | the Wall Street Journal saying, I'm unaware of the principle that requires that I inform you about |
| 1:12.0 | an evening spent with the great artist. And that artist was Woody Allen. So there's a lot here. |
| 1:18.5 | Further insight into his take on hobnobbing with objectively terrible people is found in this |
| 1:23.6 | response to the Harvard Crimson. I've met all sorts of people, including major war |
| 1:28.3 | criminals. I don't regret having met any of them. Okay, there's meeting war criminals and social pariahs |
| 1:35.0 | as part of one's work and travels, and then there's choosing to befriend them and even advise them |
| 1:40.4 | about the very thing that made them a pariah. Now, one of the correspondences leaked in the recent drop was an email that cannot be misinterpreted |
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