The Resume

(December 7, 1928- )
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wrote 'Towards a New Cold War,' 'The Minimalist Program: Current Studies in Linguistics,' '9-11,' 'Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky,' 'Media Control: The Spectacular Achievement of Propaganda,' 'What Uncle Sam Really Wants,' 'Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War and U.S. Political Culture'
Appeared as himself in 'Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992),' 'The Myth of the Liberal Media (1998),' 'Zapatista (1999),' 'Last Party 2000 (2001)' and 'Rage Against the Machine: The Battle of Mexico City (2001)'

Why he might be annoying:

He is an extreme leftist.
He wrote the preface to a book by Robert Faurisson, a Frenchman who believed the Holocaust was a hoax.
He's been accused of being an anti-semite for his repeated criticisms of Israel.
He defended Pol Pot's takeover of Cambodia during the late 1970's. Pol Pot was responsible for the deaths of 1/3 of the Khmer Rouge (Cambodian) population.

Why he might not be annoying:

He's a professor of linguistics at MIT.
He's a firm advocate of freedom of speech.
He is against capital punishment.
At seventy five, he is a fan of Rage Against the Machine.

Credit: His Name is Robert

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists
• Bernard Goldberg's 100 People Who are Screwing Up America (Ranked: 11)
• Born on Pearl Harbor Day [December 7th] (Ranked: 1928)
• Camille Paglia Doesn't Like Me
• Celebrities Who Support Mumia Abu-Jamal
• Christopher Hitchens Doesn't Like Me
• Egg Heads
• Guggenheim Fellowship Grant Recipients
• His Name is Robert's Profiles [Series 1]
• I am a Jewish Atheist
• I am an Atheist
• I am from Philadelphia
• I Publicly Supported Edward Snowden
• Influenced by Hannah Arendt
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Male Pipe Smokers
• Nerds and Nebbishes
• New Statesman's 50 Heroes for Our Time [2006] (Ranked: 7)
• Nixon's Enemies List
• Profiles 9001-9250 (Ranked: 9136)
• Sacha Baron Cohen/Ali G’s Fake Interviews
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]
• Supersized Egos
• Teachers
• Writers and Editors War Tax Protest Pledge Signers [January 30, 1968]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 96 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 95 Votes: 46.32% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 54 Votes: 53.70% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 106 Votes: 43.40% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 43 Votes: 48.84% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 588 Votes: 65.31% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 493 Votes: 83.77% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 115 Votes: 46.09% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 52 Votes: 63.46% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 129 Votes: 70.54% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 47 Votes: 65.96% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 96 Votes: 67.71% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 51 Votes: 60.78% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 110 Votes: 61.82% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 200 Votes: 72.00% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 391 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 589 Votes: 69.10% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 823 Votes: 49.21% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 297 Votes: 49.83% Annoying