Noam Chomsky for example is accused of the same thing for the Pol Pot genocide, though at the time he was right for the same reasons – accusations started flying in the US based on completely banal sources.
You’re giving Chomsky’s version of the story, but it’s such a weird story because one of the only communist projects Chomsky ever spoke in favor of was easily one of the worst ones (along with Peru), ones that even hardcore “tankies” disavow. Like, wasn’t this the motherfucker that said the dissolution of the Soviet Union was a victory for the “left”?
Granted, there is misreporting on Cambodia, which started when it was contemporary and continues to this day, but that misreporting is mostly on the magnitude of the crimes committed, not the basis of calling them crimes (i.e. they were still awful).
He didn’t speak in favor of it. Sources came up saying millions were being killed in Cambodia. Chosmky questioned the sources saying “where the fuck is this coming from? Nothing supports this”. Thats his version of the story, yeah but hardly any evidence he supported Cambodia.
You’re giving Chomsky’s version of the story, but it’s such a weird story because one of the only communist projects Chomsky ever spoke in favor of was easily one of the worst ones (along with Peru), ones that even hardcore “tankies” disavow. Like, wasn’t this the motherfucker that said the dissolution of the Soviet Union was a victory for the “left”?
Granted, there is misreporting on Cambodia, which started when it was contemporary and continues to this day, but that misreporting is mostly on the magnitude of the crimes committed, not the basis of calling them crimes (i.e. they were still awful).
Anyway, Chomsky is a shitty left-neoliberal [PDF]
He didn’t speak in favor of it. Sources came up saying millions were being killed in Cambodia. Chosmky questioned the sources saying “where the fuck is this coming from? Nothing supports this”. Thats his version of the story, yeah but hardly any evidence he supported Cambodia.