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-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Michael Mooron has a New Asshole

by Lee

Spinsanity rips Michael Moore a new one.  They make many of the same arguments about Bowling for Columbine that I have, such as its lack of an obvious point.

Repeatedly, though, he returns to the issue of fear in the movie, claiming that excessive coverage of gun violence by the media makes Americans scared of each other and therefore more violent. This circular argument doesn’t make any sense either. On the one hand, Moore has made an entire film purporting to investigate why the U.S. has the highest rate of gun violence in the developed world. He then attempts to answer the question by theorizing that the media provides too much coverage of gun violence, causing citizens to fear each other. If gun violence is really so bad, though, shouldn’t the media be covering it and don’t citizens have something to be afraid of? And if the media is indeed over-covering the issue and America is safer than we think, why did Moore make this film?

Beautifully put.  Moore’s film simply has no definable point, and only dumbass lberals, thrilled by a stream-of-consciousness that appears to agree with their own perceptions, come away thinking that there was one.

Satire is not an excuse for dissembling. Great satirists like Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain used hyperbole as a form of social criticism. Michael Moore, however, uses lies, distortions, and nonsensical arguments to mask cheap attacks and promote his own political agenda. Take him seriously at your own risk.

Doesn’t this sound like the same thing that Rachel Lucas and I have written 5,000 times?  The guy lies his ass off to try to make a point.

What a dick.

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