Putting Out Fahrenheit 9/11: Time to Get Frosty.

As we all know, Michael Moore could give Nazi propagandist Joseph Geobbels a run for his money, and Fahrenheit 9/11 will go down in history as one of the most Anti-American pieces of hate propaganda ever published. When it goes down though, it needs to go down in flames straight into history’s dust-bin.

The only real way to do this is to get it out of theaters as quickly as possible. That means a boycott of course. But not just of the movie, but of the theaters.

A lot of movies are coming out over the next few weekends. Several of them I want to see. But I won’t. What I’m going to do is write a letter to my local theater (cc’d to their corporate office) and them that as long as Moore’s movie is in theaters, I won’t be. This will not only hurt the theaters, but the producers of all those films sharing the screens with Moore’s screed. If enough of us do this, the next Moore film might not be able to find a distributor or theater willing to take the financial risk.

Liberal’s don’t have jobs, that’s why they can always find time to show up and protest for the camera’s. Those of us that work for a living have to take our stands when and where we can. Boycott the theaters that carry this movie and show real support for our troops. Give Hollywood the cold shoulder this summer.

I wholeheartedly agree. We have to make our opinions known. They made an unwise business decision, now we have to demonstrate to them why.

I just spent the last hour finding out which theaters in my area are showing that POS and phoned them to voice my complaints about their decisions. Said I'll never see another movie at one of their theaters again (in fact, I made a list for all-time). Those I couldn't reach by phone I wrote to via the web. One theater's manager listened politely and noted my complaint. Another listened and suggested I write to their parent company (which I did). Another said he agreed with me (confidentially) and would pass along my complaint. He also indicated that he's received other complaints. I asked him why theirs was the only local theater of that chain showing it. He said they were told to show it because the film is considered "artsy" and they show artistic films there. I asked him "like Birth of a Nation is artsy?" Just laughter.

Got to hit them in their pocketbook. I won't ever step foot in one of their theaters again. Hey, it's just business...

Big difference. That was one large company boycotted by a large group. Boycotting one theatre by one person even if done in parallel by a bunch of FReepers scattered throughout the U.S. is essentially peeing in the wind. Not saying you shouldn't do it. I would just want to hear about more effective means in addition to this that's all. A large group of people picketting a single theatre, for example, would be more effective. I'm not saying boycotts per se are not effective, just the style of boycott as originally posted.

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