Chomsky grew up in a very cloistered orthodoxy. Chomsky's detached worldview processes humans, the human condition, and humanity as mere abstractions. Those who unconditionly accept Chomsky's essentially misanthropic worldview have great reverence for him, and those who reject his connate misanthropy have no reverence for him at all.
Even Chomsky, linguistic grandmaster, cannot avoid convoluted thinking.
Some would say Chomsky is not even a linguistic grandmaster. Check out amritas.com as some dissent against Noamuhammed.