The Left’s go-to intellectual when they need to be told what to think is none other than Noam Chomsky, and what he just told them is a doozy.
“On Nov. 8, the most powerful country in world history, which will set its stamp on what comes next, had an election,” Chomsky said in an interview with Truthout. “The outcome placed total control of the government—executive, Congress, the Supreme Court—in the hands of the Republican Party, which has become the most dangerous organization in world history.”
Was the famous MIT professor at all concerned that he might be exaggerating? Not really:
“Apart from the last phrase, all of this is uncontroversial. The last phrase may seem outlandish, even outrageous. But is it? The facts suggest otherwise. The party is dedicated to racing as rapidly as possible to destruction of organized human life. There is no historical precedent for such a stand.”
We will turn to Robert Spencer at Jihad Watch who crystallized all of our thoughts:
Not the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Not the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. Not the Khmer Rouge. Not the Islamic State. No, none of them are “the most dangerous organization in world history.” That honor, as far as Noam Chomsky is concerned, belongs to the Republican Party of the United States.
What else happened on November 8 which, according to Chomsky, “was barely noted” but still “the most important news” of the day? He explained:
On Nov. 8, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) delivered a report at the international conference on climate change in Morocco (COP22) which was called in order to carry forward the Paris agreement of COP21. The WMO reported that the past five years were the hottest on record. It reported rising sea levels, soon to increase as a result of the unexpectedly rapid melting of polar ice, most ominously the huge Antarctic glaciers. Already, Arctic sea ice over the past five years is 28 percent below the average of the previous 29 years, not only raising sea levels, but also reducing the cooling effect of polar ice reflection of solar rays, thereby accelerating the grim effects of global warming. The WMO reported further that temperatures are approaching dangerously close to the goal established by COP21, along with other dire reports and forecasts.
So, the GOP is even more dangerous to the planet than carbon emissions! And here we thought President Obama had already declared climate change the biggest problem the world is facing. Perhaps they’ll get their stories straight one of these days.
