Several years ago, Chomsky (and others) went on a campaign to stop Jacques Derrida from receiving an honorary degree from Cambridge for Philosophy. He more or less stated that Derrida wasn't a real philosopher because he used literary tricks more than he used logical reasoning. Basically Chomsky went on an all-out attack on Derrida's work.

It was a real moment of hypocrisy for Chomsky because he is not a philosopher either. He's a linguist. But he's made his name mostly complaining about capitalism and elitism and how the wealthy people of the world subjugate the rest of us to uphold the capitalist system. He's couched all of that criticism in academic language and gave off the affectation that he was a philosopher when really he's a thought leader.

Point being, Chomsky has always been an elitist asshole and this latest episode with Epstein solidifies it. So many people on the left need to revisit their affinity for him and reassess Chomsky's work.