How long was his total time in custody? Even a day? And by this act of great sacrifice, we are to forgive him for decades spent in his ivory tower shitting on actual radicals and disparaging countless activists who risked and sacrificed much more in the fight against US imperialism, spending years in prison or even losing their lives?

Chomsky has been a piece of shit keeping up false pretenses for several decades and his legacy should be regarded with contempt.

Obligatory link to an essay on him that I like.