TMQB Audibles on F-9/11
Gregg Easterbrook, a brillant man first, a brillant writer second, and a man with liberal ideas third, tears into Michael Moore at the New Republic online.
The New Republic is a fairly left-wing publication, so I'm even happier to see the man torn down at a place where he expects to be revered.
The money lines?
"Canadian Bacon has a 20-second scene that presages the Michael Moore to come...at one point, a [U.S] commando falls and injures himself. The nearest other commando turns and, without hesitation, shoots his comrade repeatedly through the head. It's an ugly, sadistic scene totally out of place in what is otherwise a slapstick farce. Though it gets the message across: Michael Moore deeply, deeply hates the United States."
Also, the fine people at Cox and Forkum have a wonderul political cartoon today. If you're checking the link at a later date, this would be the cartoon from July 13.
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While I enjoyed Spinsanity's take on Moore's latest, Easterbrook's rather heated reaction pushes me away. He implies that Moore is motivated primarily by money without really giving any supporting evidence, and then claims that Moore's movies are so fast and loose with the facts out of laziness, which is doubtful given Moore's lack of attempts to hide his political agenda.
Also, the "so-and-so hates America" rhetoric that has been flying around so much since 9/11/01 is quickly becoming the equivalent of comparing somebody to NAZIs or Hitler. It is the rhetorical equivalent to questioning the sexual proclivities of somebody's mother.
For my part, I enjoyed the film, but then I also strongly dislike GWB, and so I was predisposed to like anything that makes him look like a fool. Indeed, Moore's latest is a gift that keeps on giving: not only did I get to see the film, but now I get to learn all sorts of interesting things as people come out to rebut and prop up the arguments he made.
-Ben in San Francisco
"Though it gets the message across: Michael Moore deeply, deeply hates the United States."
That's the money line? That can't be worth more than a nickle or you got ripped off. Easterbrook seemed to stick to talking points on that line. Pretty strange for such a brilliant man. Or Maybe he is so damn brilliant, his unoriginality is actually original.
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