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Are there any respectable critiques of theorists like Deleuze/Derrida from analytical philosophers?

I always see people arguing against the people brought up like Scruton/Sokal/Chomsky who argue against these type of theorists and was curious if you guys know of any respectable critiques of these type of philosophers from analytical philosophers? Surely there has to be at least one good one.
gpt
I think the issue is that while there are plenty of critiques from within Contintental Philosophy, the critiques from Analytic Philosophers tend to assume the superiority of the Analytic tradition. For example, if you look at the conflict between Searle and Derrida it becomes a bit clearer. Searle had the following to say about deconstruction:

> ...anyone who reads deconstructive texts with an open mind is likely to be struck by the same phenomena that initially surprised me: the low level of philosophical argumentation, the deliberate obscurantism of the prose, the wildly exaggerated claims, and the constant striving to give the appearance of profundity by making claims that seem paradoxical, but under analysis often turn out to be silly or trivial.