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A jeremiad against Michael Moore

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/006972.php

Christopher Hitchens has not only sat through Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," he has patiently dissected its incoherence and dishonesty: "Unfahrenheit 9/11" ( http://politics.slate.msn.com/id/2102723/ ). He arrives at the following judgment and substantiates it in detail:

To describe this film as dishonest and demagogic would almost be to promote those terms to the level of respectability. To describe this film as a piece of crap would be to run the risk of a discourse that would never again rise above the excremental. To describe it as an exercise in facile crowd-pleasing would be too obvious. Fahrenheit 9/11 is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness. It is also a spectacle of abject political cowardice masking itself as a demonstration of "dissenting" bravery.

Hitchens also recalls his own personal encounter with Moore:
In late 2002, almost a year after the al-Qaida assault on American society, I had an onstage debate with Michael Moore at the Telluride Film Festival. In the course of this exchange, he stated his view that Osama Bin Laden should be considered innocent until proven guilty. This was, he said, the American way. The intervention in Afghanistan, he maintained, had been at least to that extent unjustified. Something—I cannot guess what, since we knew as much then as we do now—has since apparently persuaded Moore that Osama Bin Laden is as guilty as hell. Indeed, Osama is suddenly so guilty and so all-powerful that any other discussion of any other topic is a dangerous "distraction" from the fight against him. I believe that I understand the convenience of this late conversion.

Do read the whole thing.

[NoDonkey]

I recommend researching which theaters in your local area are going to show this dreck. Write them letters telling them you will never set foot in their theater again if they choose to show it.

Then stick to it. It's the only thing these people understand.
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"Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face." - Thomas Sowell

[hist/student]

retracted

[ASPB]

I signed it and suggest you consider doing the same!

[Marine4life]

I signed them all. Semper Fi.
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