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| Moore's anti-US populism |
| 2004-08-23 |
| WITH "Fahrenheit 9/11" still riding high at the box office and a new book titled "Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man" soaring to the best-seller lists, Michael Moore continues to be at the center of public debate. (So much the worse for public debate.) While many agree that Moore traffics in one-sided, nasty agitprop and factually shaky innuendo, quite a few people are willing to recognize him as a scrappy David battling the Goliath of the Bush propaganda machine, a hero who may bend or stretch a few facts but is right about the larger truths. New York Times film critic A.O. Scott even called him "a credit to the Republic." So who, exactly, is this populist hero? Moore isn't just antiwar and anti-Bush; he is also virulently anti-American. That's a label some right-wing pundits tend to slap on anyone critical of the war and of President Bush. In Moore's case, however, the label fits. Moore, the 50-year-old filmmaker and author of several books, has made a career of traveling round the world talking about how stupid, brainwashed, selfish, greedy, and otherwise rotten Americans are. He regales British audiences with tales of a National Geographic survey which found that many young Americans cannot find Iraq or England on the map -- neglecting to mention that the survey results for British youth were quite woeful as well. Inviting an audience at Cambridge University to share some packs of Doritos, he comments, according to an account in The New Yorker, "It's still your way, right, to share? You don't want to turn into us -- a society where the ethic is me me me me me me me, [expletive] you." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 SPo'Doom - I bet he's got a bidet - either one of those Islamic-style toilets with a little sink sprayer attached - or one of those pedal-operated sprayers. Otherwise, he'd be a walking pile of shit. Oh, wait... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-23 8:46:21 PM |
| #8 My rational hate of this moron is such that if he were ever to get with in 10 feet of me I am quite willing to do the time for my crime. His body guards will be of no use to him. Oh yes and a question I keep asking. How does that fat bastard wipe his ass because he sure as heck can't reach it. The thought is as disgusting has Moore is. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-08-23 8:38:28 PM |
| #7 What Michael Moore hates most is himself. I think he suffers from a deep psychological problem, one that seems to be prevalent amongst members of the LLL. |
| Posted by: remote man 2004-08-23 4:29:50 PM |
| #6 Can someone remind me why MM was seated next to jimmy carter during the democrats convention? Because it was the closest seat to a concession stand? |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-08-23 1:31:47 PM |
| #5 "I’m sorry, but the majority of Americans supported this war once it began and, sadly, that majority must now sacrifice their children until enough blood has been let that maybe -- just maybe -- God and the Iraqi people will forgive us in the end." That's a handy encapsulation of your sickness; thanks for the quote, Mikey. Apparently lots and lots more Americans have to die for Michael Moore's hearty appetite for American shame and masochism to be quenched. Wonder what that number of dead Americans would have to be; today we're at mid-900s; anyone think he'd be happy with a mere 1000? More like 100,000. Forgive us for Iraq? LOL. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-08-23 12:46:38 PM |
| #4 Can someone remind me why MM was seated next to jimmy carter during the democrats convention? Because Moore represents the party. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-08-23 12:32:22 PM |
| #3 Perhaps Meaty Moore will look into this DU thing for us, perhaps he'll interview Mike the K. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-23 11:51:39 AM |
| #2 It was the anti-western civilization sellouts section. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-08-23 11:37:27 AM |
| #1 Can someone remind me why MM was seated next to jimmy carter during the democrats convention? |
| Posted by: frenchfregoli 2004-08-23 11:20:51 AM |