Unfairenheit 9/11 The Lies of Michael Moore by Christopher Hitchens

Slate via The Drudge Report ^ | 6/22/04 | Christopher Hitchens

[GVnana]

Don't pay money for this.

[NutCrackerBoy]

already posted here.

[Drammach]

I read this earlier, on Drudge..

An excellent article, but a long read..

Hitchens calls Moore out..
Dares him to debate, sue, whatever..
Calls f'nheit/911 "crap"...
Calls Moore several other names..

Highly enjoyable..

[GVnana]

Whoops. I checked author and title and got nothing.

[GVnana]

And Moore deserves every word of it. What a dishonest slob he is.

[beyond the sea]

"Fahrenheit 9/11 is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness. It is also a spectacle of abject political cowardice masking itself as a demonstration of "dissenting" bravery." -- Thank you Christopher Hitchens ........... this says it all.

Moral frivolity, political cowardess.

[kb2614]

"To the contrary, it is employed to pump air into one of the great sagging blimps of our sorry, mediocre, celeb-rotten culture. Rock the vote, indeed. "

Great read. Loved the last two sentences in this article.

[LiberalBassTurds]

Wow, what an outstanding article and thorough @ss ripping by Hitchens. Thanks for the post!

LBT

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[agitator]

Moore gets a new orifice ping

[lainde]

Just excellent...He's on target again!

[Schnucki]

Some right-wing hack groups, I gather, are planning to bring pressure on their local movie theaters to drop the film. How dumb or thuggish do you have to be in order to counter one form of stupidity and cowardice with another? By all means go and see this terrible film, and take your friends, and if the fools in the audience strike up one cry, in favor of surrender or defeat, feel free to join in the conversation.

I sure can't disagree with this comment. All these folks are going to accomplish by attempting to block the film is help to distract from just how stupid moore and his followers really are.

[Just mythoughts]

"Fahrenheit 9/11 is a sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness. It is also a spectacle of abject political cowardice masking itself as a demonstration of "dissenting" bravery."


Hitchens calling Moore sinister = "evil", and I thought he was an atheist.

Hitchens seems also questioning patriotism. Thank you Clintons & "Sid" one more freed from political cowardice.

[Wondervixen]

If the Cineplex at our local mall brings it in, I'll put forth a "Shop DOWNTOWN" program for beyond Christmas this year. I intend to make EVERYONE pay if they don't speak up about that lard-o-bastard's "film" coming in, regardless whether they're closest or furthest in space from the theatre.

[joebuck]

Boy, you've just got to love Hitch. He has a way with words that no one, except maybe Steyn, comes close to. He's also an independant thinker. Half of his columns make me so mad I'm throwing stuff at my monitor and the other half make me think he's a genius. And I can live with that - at least he's not a cool-aid drinker and calls them as he sees them. Nobody cuts up a pompous, egotistical elitist better than Hitchens. Rave on.

[GVnana]

Yeah. I think Hitch has the last word on this one.

[DoctorMichael]

Bump for later.

[Our man in washington]

I'll bump too.

[HowardLSmith.ô¿ô]

Thank you Christopher Hitchins (and GVgirl) for calling out Michael Moore for his lies. The crap that this a$$hole and his supporters have spewed needs to be debunked so that the independent voters don't get swayed. I hope that Moore tries to sue Hitchens for his honest effort to show the truth about Moore. I will certainly give to any defense fund.

GO GET HIM CHRISTOPHER!!!!

[Jinjelsnaps]

"Don't pay money for this."

No sweat - I downloaded it last night off of KaZaa. If the MPAA / RIAA is right and downloading is ripping off the "artists," then I'm more than happy to rip off Michael Moore! ;-)

That said, the reason I downloaded it in the first place was because I wanted to see how big the lies to combat the "lies" of the administration are.

Suffice it to say, if that fat pig is even vaguely insinuating that Iraq was a peaceful country with prosperous, well adjusted people that Sadaam treated fairly, then I don't understand how ANYONE can take the McPig seriously.

Also, I love that he seems to think Saddam would never ever harm a hair on an American. Did he even remember the Persian Gulf War?

Man I just want to scream sometimes...especially at the thought that people are going to take this crap seriously!

[katana]

one of the great sagging blimps of our sorry, mediocre, celeb-rotten culture

This phrase (at the end of the article) was worth reading the whole thing.