I want Noam Chomsky to be taught at universities about as much as I want Hitler's writing or Stalin's writing. These are wild and extremist ideas that I believe have no place in a university. --Daniel Pipes, September 2002 [245]
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker argues Chomsky's ideas are too extreme for university curricula, comparing them to dictators.
- In plain terms
- Chomsky's work should not be taught in universities like Hitler's.
- What can you take from it?
- Some ideas may be excluded from education.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What belongs in a university?
- How do we handle extremist ideas?
Another view
Comparing Chomsky to Hitler minimizes actual totalitarian atrocities.
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