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Skriven 2015-01-22 04:47:33 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 20804 av Bill McGarrity (12933.2fidonews)
Ärende: Michael Moore Defends Tweet
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Hello Bill,

 >>>>> [..]
 >>>>> Michael Moore is an idiot...
 >>> [..]
 >> Since you seem to enjoy deleting Michael Moore's original
 >> tweet, here it is again -
 >> "I think most Americans don't think snipers are heroes.
 >> Hopefully, not this weekend when we remember that man in
 >> Memphis, Tennesseem who was killed by a sniper's bullet."
 >> - Michael Moore, original tweet about the assassination
 >> of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. by James Earl Ray, posted
 >> on the weekend leading to MLK Day
 >>>> I fully agree with Moore's view.  Most Americans do not
 >>>> think snipers are heroes.  It is too bad not all Americans
 >>>> think the same way.
 >>> If you like him, then he is much worse than an idiot.
 >> James Earl Ray was a despicable bastard, having assassinated
 >> Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in cold blood.  To say, or even to
 >> suggest, that Michael Moore is an "idiot" for writing that most
 >> Americans do not think snipers (such as James Earl Ray) are
 >> heroes, is sick, to say the least.  To say that others who
 >> agree with Moore's view (the vast majority of Americans) makes
 >> Moore "much worse than an idiot" is the product of an even
 >> sicker and more deranged mind.
 >> -Lee

 JS>> It is important to realize that all snipers are not bad just as all
 JS>> guns are not bad. It's not THE sniper that's bad. It's the person's
 JS>> intent acting as a sniper that makes THAT sniper bad. Just as guns by
 JS>> themselves are not bad. It take a bad person to make a gun do a bad
 JS>> thing. The bottom line here is that it's a people/person issue and
 BM> not
 JS>> a sniper/gun issue.

 BM> You're 100% spot on but the issue was how those who are angered over his
 BM> statement perceived, or actually assumed, he was talking about Chris Kyle.

I take a more anti-war (and anti-violence) position than does
Jeff, but the real issue is the unfair criticism that was heaped
upon Michael Moore, given his original tweet.  However, it must
be said that Moore is a public figure, whose views are deemed
at least somewhat controversial by some people ...

Fair or not, public figures are subject to criticism.  It goes
with the territory, as most celebrities/politicians are aware.
Hell, even Tom Brady has learned to laugh it off when it comes
to deflating balls ...

 BM> The 2nd part of the tweet, where he defines the 1st part was totally lost
in
 BM> the minds of *those*. We all know what assumptions do.

Michael Moore came out with a film called "Farenheit 411" -
which was a critique of GWB and the events of 9/11.  This was
during GWB's first term in office.  In 2004, the RNC began its
festivities to nominate GWB for a second term, and guess who
showed up for dinner?  Michael Moore.  Yes, he was invited,
as he was (and is) a card-carrying Republican.

The press ate it all up, interviewing Moore at every opportunity.

You see, controversy sells.  You want to get folks to talk about
you, not somebody else.  And the best way to do that is to become
controversial.  Hopefully in a good way rather than in a bad way,
but still ...

--Lee

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