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Noam Chomsky advised Jeffrey Epstein how to dodge the pedo accusations (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 hours ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Chomsky’s Wikipedia article has a section on his friendship with Epstein. It mentions Chomsky wanting to take his wife to visit Epstein in the Caribbean, which seems an unlikely thing to do if he believed the allegations. But it also sounds like he was was way too dismissive of sexual misconduct allegations in general.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 38 minutes ago

Musk wanted to bring his wife to the pedo island and when Epstein warned him she might not like the "ratio" he said she wouldn't mind. Spouses of famous and powerful men may either be so beholden or devoted to them they will excuse their actions, or they might also be just as bad. Epstein's girlfriend was his primary co-conspirator.

I don't know that Chomsky is bad, he could just be a clueless professor, but inviting his wife along isn't an indicator that he didn't know what the island experience was.