[…] GS emerged directly out of Chomsky’s work, using the kind of arguments he used, but it diverged from his own views, and displeased him. […]Consigning an opponent to the dungeon of ostracism and obscurity is easier than you’d think for someone of Chomsky’s extraordinary prestige. The citational oubliette worked well for lesser-known or younger GS proponents, especially from low-prestige or foreign institutions. But more visible proponents, especially those close to Chomsky’s home institution, MIT, faced something more like burning at the stake. […]By around 1976, GS proponents could see that they had lost.