We all know someone like this letter-writer

From today's Ottawa Citizen (reference is to a column from a couple of weeks back:)

Chomsky a bully

I read with interest both of Leonard Stern's columns on Noam Chomsky. I am glad Mr. Stern has the courage to expose Mr. Chomsky. As Mr. Stern probably already knew, the disciples of Mr. Chomsky have adopted his bullying tactics. It is unfortunate that they cannot be part of a more civil discourse.

When I was young and naive, I used to admire Noam Chomsky. That was when I was irrationally anti-American and didn't know much about Israel. It was before I had read any of Mr. Chomsky's books. Then I realized Mr. Chomsky's hatred of the United States and Israel and I found it sickening and disturbing.

I have always considered myself a liberal and am still proud to be one. However, I have grown to understand that there are generous and intellectually honest people on both the right and the left. Noam Chomsky is far from being one of them, and the leftists who defend hom do their case more harm than good.

Fred Maroun
Ottawa