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August 07, 2004
Michael Moore
Shortly after September 11, 2001, Michael Moore wrote an article that was my first hint the man was a nut. I am now trying to track it down. I am almost certain it ran in the Village Voice but cannot find it in their archives. Does anyone have a suggestion as to where to look? Such is the ethics of the Memory Hole I would not be surprised if the article had been categorized as ungood badthought.
And then... The Tiger in Winter posts a round-up of Michael Moore's writing after September 11, 2001. It is my feeling that for many people that day was a mirror for the animating spark of our character. I shudder to think what Mr. Moore saw in himself that could be the wellspring of such... I don't have a word for it. But it is vile. I think it is important not to look away the traffic accident that is Michael Moore's vision of the world and himself. Be prepared to take a shower afterwards.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at August 7, 2004 11:09 AM
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Posted by: Ben at August 7, 2004 02:00 PM
This, for instance, puts the lie to most of what he said about himself in Fahrenheit 9/11.
I know, I remember, because I was a fan of his on his mailing list.
Posted by: Ben at August 7, 2004 02:02 PM
A little more, before I stop this and go eat:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010922152132/www.michaelmoore.com/2001_0914.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20010922152137/www.michaelmoore.com/2001_0915.html
Looks more human here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010922152147/www.michaelmoore.com/2001_0919.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20010922152151/www.michaelmoore.com/2001_0922.html
After war was declared:
http://web.archive.org/web/20011013104728/www.michaelmoore.com/2001_1008.html
No mention, I will note, of any idea that we should have sent special forces in weeks before.
His response to the end of the Afghani war.
Well... at the time, my politics were such that I'd have agreed wholeheartedly with much of what he was writing. So I shouldn't condemn him, not really. But I think that he ought at least to acknowledge a bit of it, somewhere, somehow. Otherwise -- his pose in his latest film looks like the most contrived one possible.
Posted by: Ben at August 7, 2004 02:30 PM