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"Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed a..." — Salman Rushdie
Out-of-step intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and the deceased Edward Said have often been dismissed as crazy extremists, 'anti-American,' and in Mr. Said's case even, absurdly, as apologists for Palestinian 'terrorism.'
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