M.Moore-BigFatStupidWhiteMan?
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- k0na_an0k
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks so.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/…
Good read. Interesting too. A snipet of the read...
'Stupid' is as stupid does: Hardy and Clarke dissect "Stupid White Men" and "Dude, Where’s My Country?" along with the latter's celluloid ugly stepchild, Fahrenheit 9/11, to delve into the heart of Moore's pathology. A few highlights:
Moore harps on his portrayal of America as a "nation of idiots" (i.e., people who disagree with him) and illiterates.
In reality, the "statistics" he offers indicating widespread illiteracy include two sizeable groups: immigrants who are often fluent in other languages but not English, and the blind and visually impaired.Moore, who after all graduated from high school, delights in ridiculing his countrymen’s poor grasp of geography. "The dumbest Brit here is smarter than the smartest American," he snickers to an audience in London.
But Moore chooses not to add an important fact: young adults worldwide performed badly on the National Geographic survey he so selectively cites.He claims that Florida wrongly disenfranchised thousands of pro-Democrat criminals in the 2000 election. "Thirty-one percent of all black men in Florida" are felons, in his paranoid fantasy world. (No wonder this limousine liberal travels in such exclusive circles.)
In reality, the Miami Herald showed that Democrat-run counties violated state law and let the overwhelmingly Democrat felons vote illegally – more than 2,000 votes, most of which went to Gore.Most importantly, "Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man" refutes Moore's wild attempts to implicate the president in 9/11. Every American should read these chapters. They are too detailed to summarize here, but one example will demonstrate this book's importance.
Moore claims President Bush invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban so he could get an oil pipeline built. You've probably heard others parrot this allegation. A master of propaganda knows that if you repeat a lie often enough, people start to believe it.
In reality, Bush had supported Enron's plan to run pipes under the Caspian Sea and avoid Afghanistan. "Clinton was the one backing the rival Unocal plan to put them through Afghanistan," Hardy and Clarke observe.
- blackspade0
*enter angry political comment here*
*enter QBN*
- mrdobolina0
Who cares, Bush is a fuckhead that shouldn't be president again, I dont think anyone could realy argue that. I mean after 9/11 everyone in the world (except hardline muslim fundamentalists) felt sorry for America. then this dickhead had to go and invade Iraq and now the world hates us. If Moore's points are a little skewed, so be it. The end justifies the means.
- Soler0
At least his proaganda works. You go out of your way to find facts.
That doesn't make him stupid. It makes him a commentator with an opinion that you disagree with. It's only news cos noone else has the nuts to stand up to the status quo.
- nLHb0
mrdobolina- no offence but i think the "world" hated the US way before the whole iraq thing...
- k0na_an0k0
no arguement bush sucks and is a liar and such. no arguement.
i only posted this for an opposing opinion on the almighty moore. i just thought a documentary was supposed to me made from truth and fact when all his movies are completely one sided and biased.
i don't even desagree with his opinion. i just don't care for the way he goes about it.
- Soler0
Havent seen the movie yet but I'm sure it's alittle skewed. Who cares?
Do you like how News organizations go about what they do? At least he is ONE opposing voice in a sea of nonsense.
- nLHb0
i like that moore gives an opinion that we don't here too often in main stream media... even if it is one sided, at least someone is saying it
- tfsmag0
nah moore adds more nonsense to the sea of nonsense. you give him too much credit.
- blackspade0
i love his work simply for the fact that it gets america all upset
like eminem did at one stage
- nLHb0
*gets out mace, looks at tfsmag...
- toastie0
There's a really good article against Michael Moore and Farenheight 9/11 in this week's New York Press, for those who live in NYC. I cant find it online unfortunately.
- blackspade0
"nah moore adds more nonsense to the sea of nonsense. you give him too much credit."
so youd prefer to just have 'George Dubya's', and no 'micheal moores'
- k0na_an0k0
i'm all about his freedom of speech and im' glad he has taken a stand, i just think he's an ass.
he's like j.lo. 'i'm just the same ol girl from the block.' where he tries passing himself off as a blue collar guy when he's living in multimillion dollar places... with an s cause it's plural. the fuck he's the same ol beer drinking buddy at the local bar. he get WAY too much credit.
- mrdobolina0
nlhb, you can't deny that the sentiment for the US has changed considerably since this jackass invaded iraq.
- tfsmag0
i didn't say that blackspade, your assumptions are amusing.
i wish both of them would stfu
- tfsmag0
i don't have sound on my work comp right now :(
- toastie0
the problem with Michael Moore is that he is not interested in the other side's point of view or any kind of political discourse. His movies are good because they provide the missing 'extreme left' viewpoint, but by ignoring any kind of arguments from teh other side, as wrong as they might be, he places himself on the same level as any rightwing propaganda.
- nLHb0
mrdobolina- i agree, and i don't hate america, i hate it's government