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I believe is a common fallacy among intellectuals, that to say someone is bright, even brilliant, as was said of Silber, is equivalent to saying someone is good. Silber and I clashed almost immediately. What seemed to infuriate him was that I dared to criticize him publicly and unsparingly.

Howard Zinn

I believe is a common fallacy among intellectuals, that to say someone is bright, even brilliant, as was said of Silber, is equivalent to saying someone is good. Silber and I clashed almost immediately. What seemed to infuriate him was that I dared to criticize him publicly and unsparingly.

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