Unfairenheit 9/11 film

Slate has posted a very thorough rebuke of Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, in which Christopher Hitchens exposes the film for what it is - morally and intellectually bankrupt.

If you don't share Moore's beliefs, then you bristle at the thought of the contradiction and hypocrisy involved in Moore's exploitation of the death of a woman's son within minutes of accusing the President of exploiting the death of those who were lost in the events of 9/11.

If you agree with his sentiments, then you are exasperated by his self-serving, systematic destruction of the credibility of your beliefs by associating them with his incoherent, paranoid, and intellectually lazy "arguments".

Either way, Moore is detestable. Give him and his film what they deserve - a big "who cares". Spend the money that you would have spent on a ticket to his film on a history book or a political contribution. Spend the time you would have spent in a theater being bombarded by his baseless sense of self-righteousness by having an intelligent conversation with someone with whom you disagree politically. These are the things that make America healthier, not rewarding an attention-craving imbecile for whom juxtaposing incongruous images passes for exposing the truth and taking words and events out of context to ridicule people constitutes political satire.

Posted by Dan on June 22, 2004 at 10:21 AM | TrackBack


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Yeah, I fall into the second group you mention. On his good days, Moore is a "useful idiot" to those on the left. He brings publicity, if not veracity, to the many fouls of the Bush administration. On his bad days, he puts those of us on the left in a bad position, where we have to repudiate him in order to be taken seriously. But then, each side of the spectrum has their fringe. Witness David Duke, Roy Moore, Jude Wanniski, et. al. on the right.

I think I'll go see the movie for the same reason a lot of people will: I want to know what everyone is talking about. Right or wrong, true or false, in terms of realpolitik, it's a masterstroke. I can see the movie, from what I've heard about it, swaying a few swing votes here and there away from Bush. And I can't see any backlash associated with it being directed at Kerry so much as at Moore. I just hope Kerry is smart enough to not say a word about the movie pro or con.

Posted by: Jason on June 25, 2004 05:59 PM

There is a refutation of Unfairenheit 9/11 provided here.

Posted by: Tim Blake on July 4, 2004 07:40 AM


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