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Koko vindicated by the Epstein revelations (hexbear.net)

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[-] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 56 points 5 days ago

And from what I read Norm was probably right. Koko's handlers took a lot of liberties interpreting her sign language, and if you look at a lot of what she said they are just requests for either food or play, not dissimilar from a dog getting excited when you say "treat".

Norm is a creep though.

[-] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

While Norm did spark the initial debates that formed linguistics as a study, pretty much all of his ideas and theories in the field have been thoroughly discredited. He basically was so incorrect that people formed an entire academic discipline to prove him wrong.

[-] Juice@midwest.social 14 points 5 days ago

I'm not sure if Noam Chomsky was actually involved in underage sex trafficking, but his associations are damning enough that we should all refer to him as "Norm Chomsky" from here on out