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SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
Mon May 6, 2024, 10:35 AM May 2024

Michael Moore needs to shut up

I usually like Moore and agree with what he has to say. But this year the guy has really lost it.

First, he's been running around claiming that President Biden can end the war in Gaza with one phone call. That is complete BS and he knows it.

Now he is encouraging students to not only protest but to storm and take over buildings. That is incredibly irresponsible. I believe in non-violent, lawful protest. Telling students that they should break the law and violently storm privately owned buildings will have both short and long term consequences on their lives.

I'm starting to think that Moore is just getting old and desperately trying to stay relevant.

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Michael Moore needs to shut up (Original Post) SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 OP
Same as usual. betsuni May 2024 #1
The US can stop sending weapons. David__77 May 2024 #2
Not the topic I was posting about SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #3
Exactly Redleg May 2024 #7
Well, these students are young and will have decades to regret their actions elocs May 2024 #11
LOL Redleg May 2024 #18
Well I'm 72 so you can only imagine the amount of regret I haul around. elocs May 2024 #75
Moore is gonna get those kids hurt. Happy Hoosier May 2024 #21
It can but it isn't really up to the President Redleg May 2024 #6
Congress holds the nation's purse-strings, yup. And the President's job is in large part to spend it... AnrothElf May 2024 #91
I did read that the President can suspend the shipments Redleg May 2024 #138
Is it reflexive at this point? BannonsLiver May 2024 #9
One phone call? Clearly a false claim. stopdiggin May 2024 #15
He's old enough to know better Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2024 #90
The President has a hand in what The U.S. does. The President does not control 'other' countries internals. Traurigkeit May 2024 #127
Unfortnuately it's not that simple... joshcryer May 2024 #25
The war would end pretty quickly after that. erodriguez May 2024 #51
Do you think the house, in its present condition, could be talked into doing that? lees1975 May 2024 #62
It'd take more than that Algernon Moncrieff May 2024 #135
And completely ignore the students who have been looking to graduation ceremonies question everything May 2024 #4
Everybody, including myself, is a "armchair POTUS". walkingman May 2024 #5
He should have been shut up about 25 years ago. WhiteTara May 2024 #8
There is still Jilly_in_VA May 2024 #59
I didn't say anyone should shut him up WhiteTara May 2024 #61
Look at your header again Jilly_in_VA May 2024 #64
oops WhiteTara May 2024 #67
Inciting people to commit crimes SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #73
'Should have been shut up' Voltaire2 May 2024 #107
I agree LetMyPeopleVote May 2024 #115
Post removed Post removed May 2024 #124
That didn't take long. GP6971 May 2024 #125
Michael Moore has been right on occasion ... stopdiggin May 2024 #10
He wants Biden to lose BannonsLiver May 2024 #12
The hideous mass genocide of thousands of Palestinian women and children Greybnk48 May 2024 #13
True but not the point SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #16
Like what happened to Bill Ayers, & Bernadine Dohrn, who set bombs at the US Capitol and Pentagon? MichMan May 2024 #19
So you're saying violence is ok? SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #22
Moore argued people have the "right" to take over buildings as long as violence isn't involved, arguing union workers Celerity May 2024 #33
Breaking and entering is violence SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #46
So Don't Blame it on Pres Biden.. That's Assisting Cha May 2024 #70
I LOVE Michael Moore! RandiFan1290 May 2024 #14
And he helped put George W Bush in the White House SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #17
I'd rather defeat "the right" rather than encourage voters to support third-party candidates * Oopsie Daisy May 2024 #37
Like saying the "old guard of the Democratic Party is a greater roadblock to social progress than Trump is" betsuni May 2024 #80
The extremists on the left hurt Democrat's Sugarcoated May 2024 #65
True. But I believe that they know this and simply do not care. For people like Moore * Oopsie Daisy May 2024 #68
They want to sit on their high horse SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #72
Michael Moore said that the only Rason Pres Obama will Cha May 2024 #69
What a racist thing for MM to say!! It's right up there with the "born in Kenya" birthers! Oopsie Daisy May 2024 #100
And the ones who said Obama couldn't put together a sentence without reading from a teleprompter betsuni May 2024 #111
Yep well described.. TY! Cha May 2024 #132
Just like a lot of others Bmoboy May 2024 #20
Do as I do... Dear_Prudence May 2024 #23
Love him. Keep talking Michael. Ideas should be heard. Thought should be provoked. Nanjeanne May 2024 #24
You approve of violence? SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #28
Good grief! Violence. No. First thing - the OP provided no link. OP said that MM encouraged Nanjeanne May 2024 #30
He specifically said no violence. Celerity May 2024 #34
Gee Shocker! Funny how somehow that was not and still isn't part of the conversation! Nanjeanne May 2024 #36
I always do my due diligence with OPs that make claims but give no receipts to back them up. Celerity May 2024 #39
Taking over buildings is violence SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #38
no, no it is not in many cases Celerity May 2024 #42
It's Breaking and Entering SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #43
not if they had legal access to the building, they did not have to 'break in' at all Celerity May 2024 #45
You're splitting hairs SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #47
No, not splitting hairs. I'm putting paid to the premiss of your OP and subsequent attempts to push its faulty narrative Celerity May 2024 #50
No, you're trying to deny the reality that SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #53
I can assure you I am not the one in denial. I also suspect that you did not post a link for your OP as that would Celerity May 2024 #56
Breaking and entering is an act of violence SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #57
Yes, and All of the buildings being taken over were all showing violent acts. It's not credible to Nixie May 2024 #128
Explain further. Big Blue Marble May 2024 #89
How is it not violence? SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #94
So much hair-splitting going on here, it looks like a beauty parlor's floor. Oopsie Daisy May 2024 #41
Exactly SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #44
I am not a Moore minion. I defy you to find evidence in my 6 years here that remotely shows that. I just think your Celerity May 2024 #95
So defensive SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #97
Not defensive at all, just pointing out your petty little slur attempts are as invalid as your OP spin was. Celerity May 2024 #98
Pettifog! betsuni May 2024 #99
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity May 2024 #136
Thanks again for proving my point SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #103
It's probably not to dig that hole any deeper. Oopsie Daisy May 2024 #134
Sounds a bit red-herringish especially after tasking other posters to stay on point. -nt yonder May 2024 #48
The point is that Moore is inciting SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #49
Occupying a building isn't violence. Voltaire2 May 2024 #109
No it's not SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #114
Civil disobedience requires law breaking. Voltaire2 May 2024 #121
And he's inciting people to break the law SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #122
problem is - many of Michael's 'thoughts' - are really pretty crap stopdiggin May 2024 #129
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. And that's great. Yours is yours. We disagree. But they are still Nanjeanne May 2024 #133
Democratic politician's responses to Michael Moore's latest rants are more important than what Moore says Freethinker65 May 2024 #26
Inciting people to violence and breaking the law SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #29
I assume Michael Moore is willing to face any consequences for his public rants. Freethinker65 May 2024 #32
Exactly how will he face any consequences? SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #35
Agreed. Freethinker65 May 2024 #60
Trump incited a specific act on a specific day SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #63
Indeed. The GOP, Trump, Qanon, Fox and other RW Maga-types have been arguing that * Oopsie Daisy May 2024 #52
Nothing has changed. He's still the bullying slob that he's always been. Oopsie Daisy May 2024 #27
MM handing out really bad advice again. Taking over buildings is what the J6'ers did, and are now going to... Tarheel_Dem May 2024 #31
there's a huge difference between taking over a building NoRethugFriends May 2024 #54
I stand by every word. Please move along & have a great day. Tarheel_Dem May 2024 #66
you don't get to order me to move along NoRethugFriends May 2024 #74
Bye Felicia! Tarheel_Dem May 2024 #137
People with state controlled internal organs (women) can... NNadir May 2024 #40
"desperately trying to stay relevant" JustAnotherGen May 2024 #55
I urge Michael Moore to "occupy" oasis May 2024 #58
What does the phrase "By Any Means Necessary" mean ? MichMan May 2024 #71
pretty much what it means when in the mouth of others stopdiggin May 2024 #130
Though bashed mercilessly, He was damn sure right about 2016 election. Silent Type May 2024 #76
So what? SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #77
Mm was dead WRONG about Cha May 2024 #78
Folks should have listened in 2016. Silent Type May 2024 #79
And what did Mm do to help Hillary & Democracy Cha May 2024 #81
Nothing. He tried to warn the Democrats who were opposing Clinton even after primaries Silent Type May 2024 #83
Yeah they didn't "listen" Becaues Cha May 2024 #84
I think, to be fair, anamnua May 2024 #118
And the reason was that Romney had more money. As if money's the most important thing. Doesn't work that way. betsuni May 2024 #87
Yes, MM said MR was going to WIN because he had More Money! Such Cha May 2024 #88
It's funny when they have more money but deny it and insist it's different anyway because "grassroots" betsuni May 2024 #92
lol@grassroots. and the Cha May 2024 #93
If they win it's evidence that Americans (including Republican voters) are secretly socialists just waiting betsuni May 2024 #96
He was fundamentally wrong about why. Thought it was about economic anxiety and not racism, culture wars. betsuni May 2024 #85
thank you. for actually bothering to lay a lot of that garbage stopdiggin May 2024 #131
He is seeking relevance mcar May 2024 #82
The original "karen" Shellback Squid May 2024 #86
He's always with us when we're out of power then turns when we are in power. RandySF May 2024 #101
Absolutely perfect statement SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #102
When many on the Left immediately shifted from attacking the Bush administration betsuni May 2024 #104
I think some people try to make a fashion statement by voting Green or sitting out a specific election. RandySF May 2024 #108
The Romance of the Revolution. betsuni May 2024 #112
Michael Moore wanted Tom Hanks as President MistakenLamb May 2024 #105
Or Oprah, Sully Sullenberger, Michelle Obama. It was the ONLY way Democrats could win. betsuni May 2024 #110
I have liked him generally, but he is saddling the wrong horse here. quaker bill May 2024 #106
I never considered Michael Moore to be credible LetMyPeopleVote May 2024 #113
Do you think anyone really listens to him? brooklynite May 2024 #116
In this case SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #119
Of course they do, he's on TV a lot and claims to be a "progressive." betsuni May 2024 #123
Yes, I agree that one phone call could stop the war elias7 May 2024 #117
Not what Moore was saying SocialDemocrat61 May 2024 #120
"I'm starting to think that Moore is just getting old and desperately trying to stay relevant. " -- So true Traurigkeit May 2024 #126

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
3. Not the topic I was posting about
Mon May 6, 2024, 10:40 AM
May 2024

I understand why students are protesting. My point is that Moore encouraging students to violently break the law is irresponsible on his part.

Redleg

(6,512 posts)
7. Exactly
Mon May 6, 2024, 10:57 AM
May 2024

It is very irresponsible of Moore. Plus, his own educational opportunities and personal welfare aren't on the line as they are for the student protesters.

 

elocs

(24,486 posts)
11. Well, these students are young and will have decades to regret their actions
Mon May 6, 2024, 11:20 AM
May 2024

when they were convinced they were so right and righteous.

 

elocs

(24,486 posts)
75. Well I'm 72 so you can only imagine the amount of regret I haul around.
Mon May 6, 2024, 07:00 PM
May 2024

The mistake we make with regret is assuming if we had done the opposite or differently, then everything would have turned out better when the reality might have been that it turned out much worse than it did.

Redleg

(6,512 posts)
6. It can but it isn't really up to the President
Mon May 6, 2024, 10:56 AM
May 2024

Since Congress allocates the funds, the President has some obligations to ensure that the administration carries it out. This was part of the reason why the Democratic controlled house impeached Trump the first time. He was using leverage to get the Ukranians to find and give dirt on the Bidens.

 

AnrothElf

(923 posts)
91. Congress holds the nation's purse-strings, yup. And the President's job is in large part to spend it...
Tue May 7, 2024, 01:59 AM
May 2024

...how Congress says to spend it.

Trump was impeached for trying to corrupt those checks and balances.

Redleg

(6,512 posts)
138. I did read that the President can suspend the shipments
Wed May 8, 2024, 07:14 AM
May 2024

if there is reason to believe that the weapons will be used in the commission of a war crime.

stopdiggin

(14,013 posts)
15. One phone call? Clearly a false claim.
Mon May 6, 2024, 11:29 AM
May 2024

But one that, fittingly, trips easily from the mouth - of one that specializes in hype and inflammatory grandiosity.

 

Traurigkeit

(1,290 posts)
127. The President has a hand in what The U.S. does. The President does not control 'other' countries internals.
Tue May 7, 2024, 12:11 PM
May 2024

no matter what the press or others think is true just never is in actual action.

joshcryer

(62,516 posts)
25. Unfortnuately it's not that simple...
Mon May 6, 2024, 12:44 PM
May 2024

...if the US did that then Israel would (to them, rightly) eradicate Gaza once and for all and perhaps even start soe crap in the west bank. And no not killing everyone there they would just do forced relocation of Gazans (this has been seriously postulated as a solution). They are already doing it in Rafah.

lees1975

(6,683 posts)
62. Do you think the house, in its present condition, could be talked into doing that?
Mon May 6, 2024, 03:04 PM
May 2024

I didn't think so.

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,961 posts)
135. It'd take more than that
Tue May 7, 2024, 04:42 PM
May 2024

We'd have to stop sending weapons, and sending money. It won't happen for a wide variety of reasons. Too many people would have to agree.

question everything

(50,616 posts)
4. And completely ignore the students who have been looking to graduation ceremonies
Mon May 6, 2024, 10:43 AM
May 2024

No, your desire to destroy does not supersede the hopes and aspirations of the majority.

Jilly_in_VA

(12,407 posts)
59. There is still
Mon May 6, 2024, 02:48 PM
May 2024

last I looked, a RIGHT to free speech in this country. You cannot just "shut up" anyone no matter how much you don't like what they are saying. This isn't Stalin's Russia or even Putin's.

WhiteTara

(30,939 posts)
61. I didn't say anyone should shut him up
Mon May 6, 2024, 03:02 PM
May 2024

I said He should have shut up 25 years ago when he pimped Nadir.

Jilly_in_VA

(12,407 posts)
64. Look at your header again
Mon May 6, 2024, 03:14 PM
May 2024

and then tell me different. You said "he should have been shut up". What does that signify to most people? If you'd said "he should have shut up" that would be a quite different thing.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
73. Inciting people to commit crimes
Mon May 6, 2024, 05:21 PM
May 2024

is not protected speech under the 1st amendment, nor is lying.

Response to WhiteTara (Reply #8)

stopdiggin

(14,013 posts)
10. Michael Moore has been right on occasion ...
Mon May 6, 2024, 11:18 AM
May 2024

He has also been really off the beam on a lot of things too. And his track record, should never have allowed for the lionization that ensued (in some quarters). Never deserving ... Always been more the yappy dog - than any kind of steady hand or pillar ...

Greybnk48

(10,564 posts)
13. The hideous mass genocide of thousands of Palestinian women and children
Mon May 6, 2024, 11:21 AM
May 2024

is hard for many to cope with emotionally.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
16. True but not the point
Mon May 6, 2024, 11:30 AM
May 2024

The point is about Moore telling students to violently break the law which will have repercussions for them the rest of their lives.

MichMan

(15,446 posts)
19. Like what happened to Bill Ayers, & Bernadine Dohrn, who set bombs at the US Capitol and Pentagon?
Mon May 6, 2024, 12:14 PM
May 2024

Not many repercussions for them as they later become highly ranked college professors.

Celerity

(50,821 posts)
33. Moore argued people have the "right" to take over buildings as long as violence isn't involved, arguing union workers
Mon May 6, 2024, 01:46 PM
May 2024

have taken such actions in the past.

“You have to take over buildings. That is not violence,” he said, adding later, “I hope it continues. I applaud every student who has taken a stand at their campus, at graduation, whatever. This is the purpose of a democracy.”

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/michael-moore-declares-you-have-to-take-over-buildings-during-campus-protests-if-you-havent-started-an-encampment-at-your-college-do-it/

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
46. Breaking and entering is violence
Mon May 6, 2024, 02:01 PM
May 2024

as well as breaking the law. Inciting people to break the law is not a protected right. Nor is entering and occupying a building owned by someone else.

If it was wrong for Trump to do it, it’s wrong for Moore.

Oopsie Daisy

(6,163 posts)
37. I'd rather defeat "the right" rather than encourage voters to support third-party candidates *
Mon May 6, 2024, 01:52 PM
May 2024

* and/or dissuade them from voting completely. He's no friend of Democrats, that's for sure.

betsuni

(28,108 posts)
80. Like saying the "old guard of the Democratic Party is a greater roadblock to social progress than Trump is"
Mon May 6, 2024, 07:39 PM
May 2024

and "The old guard of the Democratic Party has to go" as if the Democratic Party consists entirely of old wealthy right-wing white men worse than Republicans and must be taken over and purged. Trump voters aren't racist, they're just sad because Democrats have ignored them and have no economic policies to help the working/middle classes and that's why "Democrats paved the way to Trump."

Imaginary evil enemy. Ridiculous.

Oopsie Daisy

(6,163 posts)
68. True. But I believe that they know this and simply do not care. For people like Moore *
Mon May 6, 2024, 03:29 PM
May 2024

* the objective is to "punish" the Democrats for not being as pure as he views himself to be. Somehow, the only way to make Democrats "see the light" is to do and say things that sabotage and kneecap Democrats, and cause us to lose to the Republicans. People like Moore (and Turner, and Sarandon, etc.) are showboating and virtue signaling. They have others fooled. They really don't care about the issues they pretend to care about, otherwise, they would not so eagerly embrace the "nothingness" of a failing "all or nothing" philosophy -- and instead they'd see the value in incremental progress that is (surprise-surprise) actually progressive. For Moore and his like-minded minions find profit in the misery of others. When people are suffering the low-low-price of just $20-something per fundraising request (with the promise that "Only-I-can-make-things-better" and proclaiming that "Only-I-know-the-truth'') the actions that harm the Democratic party and which harm the most vulnerable among us, serves to line their pockets. Whether they're donating "in-solidarity" to Nina Turner, or buying cheesy DVD's that support and reinforce their own confirmation bias, this type of behavior only makes the grifters and gaslighters wealthy, but nothing to help anyone else. In the end, it suppresses voter turnout and makes it easier for the GOP to win.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
72. They want to sit on their high horse
Mon May 6, 2024, 05:17 PM
May 2024

and pretend they are morally superior to everyone else to feed their egos. Plus their privilege protects them from any consequences when republicans win elections.

Cha

(312,975 posts)
69. Michael Moore said that the only Rason Pres Obama will
Mon May 6, 2024, 03:35 PM
May 2024

be remembered is for being the first Black President

MM is a Racist Fool.

Michael Moore: 'Obama will be remembered as the first black president, and that's it'

https://abc7.com/michael-moore-obama-first-black-president-roger-and-me/303494/

Oopsie Daisy

(6,163 posts)
100. What a racist thing for MM to say!! It's right up there with the "born in Kenya" birthers!
Tue May 7, 2024, 05:47 AM
May 2024

He's a millstone hanging on the neck of the Democratic party. He's a fucking joke... an embarrassing slob.

betsuni

(28,108 posts)
111. And the ones who said Obama couldn't put together a sentence without reading from a teleprompter
Tue May 7, 2024, 07:33 AM
May 2024

because he was only a stupid celebrity. Then MM said the only way Democrats could win in 2020 was to run a beloved celebrity. Because we're all so stupid.

Bmoboy

(506 posts)
20. Just like a lot of others
Mon May 6, 2024, 12:19 PM
May 2024

Angry, disappointed, disillusioned, lied to, frustrated, and full of opinions.

Some opinions turn out to be wrong or premature.

Capitalism, the Health Industry, the NRA, and Bush/Cheney are worthy targets.

Encouraging violence is ill advised until you feel personally threatened.

Dear_Prudence

(866 posts)
23. Do as I do...
Mon May 6, 2024, 12:37 PM
May 2024

Maybe he should chain himself to a building. He would not suffer professional setbacks like the students would and it would make the news. In point of fact, however, taking over buildings has been practiced for decades and I don't recall that it has been effective. Do effective actions, not stunts.

Nanjeanne

(6,290 posts)
30. Good grief! Violence. No. First thing - the OP provided no link. OP said that MM encouraged
Mon May 6, 2024, 01:34 PM
May 2024

students to storm buildings and take over buildings. So as someone who “took over buildings” during my college years of protesting I’m not worried that MM encouraged that.

When I have a link to Moore saying “use violence” then I’ll be happy to say I Love Michael Moore and encourage him to keep talking and provoking - but I disagree with him about violence”. Until that time …

Celerity

(50,821 posts)
39. I always do my due diligence with OPs that make claims but give no receipts to back them up.
Mon May 6, 2024, 01:53 PM
May 2024

Celerity

(50,821 posts)
45. not if they had legal access to the building, they did not have to 'break in' at all
Mon May 6, 2024, 02:00 PM
May 2024

same for a sit-down labour strike by the legally employed workers

Celerity

(50,821 posts)
50. No, not splitting hairs. I'm putting paid to the premiss of your OP and subsequent attempts to push its faulty narrative
Mon May 6, 2024, 02:17 PM
May 2024

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
53. No, you're trying to deny the reality that
Mon May 6, 2024, 02:21 PM
May 2024

breaking and entering is a violent crime that Moore is inciting. If it was wrong for Trump to do it, it’s wrong for Moore to do as well.

Celerity

(50,821 posts)
56. I can assure you I am not the one in denial. I also suspect that you did not post a link for your OP as that would
Mon May 6, 2024, 02:31 PM
May 2024

have opened up one of the central positings (Moore is pushing violence) of the OP to questioning and dispute, in terms of its validity.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
57. Breaking and entering is an act of violence
Mon May 6, 2024, 02:43 PM
May 2024

Moore encouraging students to do so IS encouraging violence whether you want to admit it or not.

Nixie

(17,754 posts)
128. Yes, and All of the buildings being taken over were all showing violent acts. It's not credible to
Tue May 7, 2024, 01:59 PM
May 2024

say that Moore meant something different. There is no way to take over a building other than to force others to move somewhere else against their will, at the very least.

Big Blue Marble

(5,623 posts)
89. Explain further.
Tue May 7, 2024, 01:30 AM
May 2024

How would taking over a building be violent per se?

Assume no-one is injured and no significant physical damage done, just
the occupation of the building doesn't seem to be an act of violence to me.

It may cause disruption, and inconvenience, but that would be the point.
It may lead to arrest, but that is to be anticipated by the protestors?

But violent, I do not think so.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
94. How is it not violence?
Tue May 7, 2024, 04:03 AM
May 2024

How is it done? Do the protesters just all politely walk in and take over? What about the staff and security, do they just nicely ask them to leave? What if the building is closed and locked? How do they get in? Magic?

Let’s not naively pretend that that taking over a building is not a violent act?

Oopsie Daisy

(6,163 posts)
41. So much hair-splitting going on here, it looks like a beauty parlor's floor.
Mon May 6, 2024, 01:55 PM
May 2024

The very act of "taking over" a building IS violence.

Celerity

(50,821 posts)
95. I am not a Moore minion. I defy you to find evidence in my 6 years here that remotely shows that. I just think your
Tue May 7, 2024, 04:53 AM
May 2024

OP is faulty, and the actual link (which you wilfully left out of your OP as it would have cut against your spin) shows your 'he is pushing violence' framing is a contrivance.

I am not even that big of a Moore fan, I am just often a bit wary when it comes to OPs like yours that make specific claims of a pejorative narure but offer no external documentation to buttress their attacks.

Your OP simply doesn't stand up to further scrutiny in terms of its projections.

I also think that your sinking into cheap personal attack mode via the use of ad hominem ('Moore minions') says more about you than the people your are trying to smear.


SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
97. So defensive
Tue May 7, 2024, 05:34 AM
May 2024

Must have struck a nerve. But please continue. You’re proving my point for me.

Celerity

(50,821 posts)
98. Not defensive at all, just pointing out your petty little slur attempts are as invalid as your OP spin was.
Tue May 7, 2024, 05:40 AM
May 2024

Response to betsuni (Reply #99)

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
114. No it's not
Tue May 7, 2024, 08:40 AM
May 2024

Getting into the building in order to occupy it is violence. As well as breaking the law.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
122. And he's inciting people to break the law
Tue May 7, 2024, 08:52 AM
May 2024

Same as Trump did. It’s hypocrisy to condemn one and not the other.

stopdiggin

(14,013 posts)
129. problem is - many of Michael's 'thoughts' - are really pretty crap
Tue May 7, 2024, 02:21 PM
May 2024

and rather harmful.

( Not sure if anyone, even the great MM - should be allowed a free pass on the places where he's actually kind of screwed the Democrats, and the country .. ? )

Nanjeanne

(6,290 posts)
133. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. And that's great. Yours is yours. We disagree. But they are still
Tue May 7, 2024, 04:32 PM
May 2024

just opinions.

Freethinker65

(11,194 posts)
26. Democratic politician's responses to Michael Moore's latest rants are more important than what Moore says
Mon May 6, 2024, 01:09 PM
May 2024

When Moore is thought to be correct in his assessment and comments, go ahead and support the assessment and comments. When Moore is off base, or being too simplistic, or you think he is just plain wrong, if asked about his comments, explain why you disagree.

Moore doesn't speak for the Democratic Party, he speaks for Michael Moore. He is entitled to his opinions.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
29. Inciting people to violence and breaking the law
Mon May 6, 2024, 01:26 PM
May 2024

is not just a difference of opinion. It’s immoral. And not protected by the 1st amendment. Unless you think that the January 6th case against Trump is wrong and all charges dropped.

Freethinker65

(11,194 posts)
32. I assume Michael Moore is willing to face any consequences for his public rants.
Mon May 6, 2024, 01:43 PM
May 2024

I also assume Democrats in office, or seeking office, will respond appropriately to Michael Moore's comments.

Does Michael Moore actually have an army of devoted college students? I mean, I really enjoyed his documentaries when in college many years ago, but I would not have been swayed to commit any act of violence by him.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
35. Exactly how will he face any consequences?
Mon May 6, 2024, 01:50 PM
May 2024

It’s the students who will face the consequences.

If it’s wrong for Trump to incite violence, it’s wrong for Moore to as well.

Freethinker65

(11,194 posts)
60. Agreed.
Mon May 6, 2024, 03:01 PM
May 2024

If students are actually committing crimes at Moore's request, Moore could/should be charged. I also really doubt there are many Michael Moore worshipping students, if any, willing to commit crimes specifically because Moore tells them to.

Michael Moore is a celebrity activist, known to say provocative things for media attention.

Trump was a political office holder of the highest degree, that supported the planning and funding of his "stop the steal rally" where he personally delivered a speech to his mob of worshippers encouraging an immediate March to the Capitol to disrupt the certification of a National election by any means necessary. There really is a difference between what Trump did and what Moore said.

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
63. Trump incited a specific act on a specific day
Mon May 6, 2024, 03:08 PM
May 2024

What Moore has said is much more nebulous. But either way they are both inciting violent crimes. I’m not going to blame one and forgive the other.

Oopsie Daisy

(6,163 posts)
52. Indeed. The GOP, Trump, Qanon, Fox and other RW Maga-types have been arguing that *
Mon May 6, 2024, 02:19 PM
May 2024

* taking over the Capitol was simply an exercise of their First Amendment right. I do not fully understand why some extremists on the left (?) are now using the same language, talking points and rhetoric in their defense of Hamas and hatred of Jews.

Oopsie Daisy

(6,163 posts)
27. Nothing has changed. He's still the bullying slob that he's always been.
Mon May 6, 2024, 01:15 PM
May 2024

It amazes me that he's so "popular" with a certain political element even though his rhetoric only serves to harm Democrats and dissuade people from supporting and voting for Democrats — and that, by its very nature, benefits Trump, the GOP, and Russia.

I'm glad he's not an actual Democratic politician. He's clearly not an ally considering his history of supporting "third party" candidates.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,446 posts)
31. MM handing out really bad advice again. Taking over buildings is what the J6'ers did, and are now going to...
Mon May 6, 2024, 01:38 PM
May 2024

prison for. I hope these young folk are much smarter than MM. He's gonna get these young folk badly hurt or worse.

NoRethugFriends

(3,427 posts)
54. there's a huge difference between taking over a building
Mon May 6, 2024, 02:23 PM
May 2024

And taking over a building violently as was done on January 6th. It's ridiculous and dishonest to conflate the two.

This is not to be taken as a defensive Michael Moore in general

NNadir

(36,158 posts)
40. People with state controlled internal organs (women) can...
Mon May 6, 2024, 01:53 PM
May 2024

...thank this "Bush is the same as Gore" ass for the medieval inquisitor Sam Alito being on the Supreme Court.

The best thing Moore can do for humanity is to crawl into a hole and not come out.

MichMan

(15,446 posts)
71. What does the phrase "By Any Means Necessary" mean ?
Mon May 6, 2024, 05:16 PM
May 2024

I've seen some pro Palestinian protesters displaying signs with that slogan on it.

stopdiggin

(14,013 posts)
130. pretty much what it means when in the mouth of others
Tue May 7, 2024, 02:49 PM
May 2024

It's a justification for violence and/or other forms of behavior and action, that would be considered highly unethical or criminal under 'normal' circumstances. So - "No limits", "No guardrails", "No moral scales" "The ends justifies the means."

A relatively hair raising bit of script when one pauses to dissect. Torture anyone? Bombing? Targeting family, civilians?
One really has to kind of hope that students and protesters haven't actual drunk this Kool-Aid ....

Cha

(312,975 posts)
78. Mm was dead WRONG about
Mon May 6, 2024, 07:18 PM
May 2024

his Prediction that fucking Romney was going to win in 2012:

Cha

(312,975 posts)
81. And what did Mm do to help Hillary & Democracy
Mon May 6, 2024, 07:48 PM
May 2024

In 2016 while he was predicting the Sick 🤢 Fuck was going to win 🤢

Silent Type

(10,470 posts)
83. Nothing. He tried to warn the Democrats who were opposing Clinton even after primaries
Mon May 6, 2024, 07:54 PM
May 2024

not to stay home or vote for trump. That group didn’t listen. So, here we are.

I’m fine with people hating/bashing Moore, I’m just tired of eating our own. YMMV.

Cha

(312,975 posts)
84. Yeah they didn't "listen" Becaues
Mon May 6, 2024, 08:10 PM
May 2024

there was so much Hillary Hate.. I saw some tat Tweeted.. "The SC didn't matter"

Again Dead Wrong.

betsuni

(28,108 posts)
87. And the reason was that Romney had more money. As if money's the most important thing. Doesn't work that way.
Mon May 6, 2024, 08:49 PM
May 2024

And of course insane horror-clown Trump who has no idea what's coming out of his mouth is an "evil genius."

Cha

(312,975 posts)
88. Yes, MM said MR was going to WIN because he had More Money! Such
Mon May 6, 2024, 11:38 PM
May 2024

an Analyst! Lots of people LOSE who have More Money.. I an thinking of one in particular.. hmmm.. who shall not be named

And, yeah.. trump is an 'Evil Genius".. glad you're so impressed, MM.

TY!

betsuni

(28,108 posts)
92. It's funny when they have more money but deny it and insist it's different anyway because "grassroots"
Tue May 7, 2024, 02:01 AM
May 2024

and when they lose make a big stink about elaborate rigging plots by evil establishment centrist enemies out to get them. Should stop doing that, it's silly.

Cha

(312,975 posts)
93. lol@grassroots. and the
Tue May 7, 2024, 02:24 AM
May 2024

Last edited Tue May 7, 2024, 03:12 PM - Edit history (1)

opposition Always has "dark money" And, oh yeah.. the "rigging".. they lose it's that.. if they win then everything
is fine.

Whatever happened to Graceful losers so they can come back hold their heads High and Win the Next time!!

betsuni

(28,108 posts)
96. If they win it's evidence that Americans (including Republican voters) are secretly socialists just waiting
Tue May 7, 2024, 05:25 AM
May 2024

for socialist progressive candidates to come along before they will vote for Democrats (blah blah blah economic anxiety Wall Street corrupt neoliberal elites conspiracy theories). It's old.

No more conspiracy theories!

betsuni

(28,108 posts)
85. He was fundamentally wrong about why. Thought it was about economic anxiety and not racism, culture wars.
Mon May 6, 2024, 08:32 PM
May 2024

Blames Democrats for loss of manufacturing jobs because of NAFTA when he knows it began in the '70s and got really bad in the '80s (when he made his documentary about GM, "Roger & Me" ). That was well before NAFTA.

Believed myth that Democrats have no economic policies to help the working class and are corrupted by Wall Street. Working class was "abandoned by Democrats ... are really just looking forward to rub one out with a lobbyist from Goldman Sachs who will write a nice big check before they leave the room."

Believed myth that DNC rigs elections, Hillary was a huge warmonger and would immediately start a war.

On and on, wrong. It's a shame because when he sticks to facts and goes after Republicans he can be very good, like his TV show and documentary about the Bush administration.

stopdiggin

(14,013 posts)
131. thank you. for actually bothering to lay a lot of that garbage
Tue May 7, 2024, 03:08 PM
May 2024

out there. I think people need to know (or remember) that Michael has been nattering on about a whole lot of BS - for years. Yeah, he occasionally gets one or two things right - or says something kind of witty or on point - but then so does my old Uncle Fud. And, believe me, nobody 'follows' Fud - or hangs on his every word.
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betsuni

(28,108 posts)
104. When many on the Left immediately shifted from attacking the Bush administration
Tue May 7, 2024, 06:15 AM
May 2024

for being horrible and corrupt to attacking the Obama administration for imaginary sins I felt really stupid. I didn't know it's just show business. All that about morals and authenticity and righteousness and voting one's conscience and lesser of two evils is propaganda BS.

RandySF

(75,869 posts)
108. I think some people try to make a fashion statement by voting Green or sitting out a specific election.
Tue May 7, 2024, 06:24 AM
May 2024

There's no excitement in holding onto power or protecting things like democracy that we take for granted.

betsuni

(28,108 posts)
112. The Romance of the Revolution.
Tue May 7, 2024, 07:53 AM
May 2024

The Romance of the Rose (in honor of May):

Many a man has wept bitterly
Because dreams and visions are
But vain imaginings and lies,
But I believe that they may truthfully
Forecast the future.

Indeed. Don't vote for Democrats and see!

MistakenLamb

(791 posts)
105. Michael Moore wanted Tom Hanks as President
Tue May 7, 2024, 06:19 AM
May 2024

that’s how serious you can take that loud mouth these days, he lost all his relevancy almost 20 years ago

betsuni

(28,108 posts)
110. Or Oprah, Sully Sullenberger, Michelle Obama. It was the ONLY way Democrats could win.
Tue May 7, 2024, 06:36 AM
May 2024

He bought into the Republican bullshit that Obama only won because he was a celebrity, also ridiculously thought Obama ran as a populist.

Said the only thing Obama would be remembered for was being the first black president and that's it. Fuck health care that was a miracle and that 100% obstructionist Republicans held Congress for six years of his term they did during the Clinton administration. We're not supposed to know that because we're supposed to hate Democrats.

quaker bill

(8,251 posts)
106. I have liked him generally, but he is saddling the wrong horse here.
Tue May 7, 2024, 06:20 AM
May 2024

My reading of the recent tea leaves suggests that a ceasefire and peace deal are very close in Gaza. The summer break is also at hand at about the same moment. Campuses will largely become the sleepy places they usually are in the summer and as the shooting stops, the desire to get arrested over it will decline.

What seems like a potentially dominant political issue today will fade into the background by November. This is almost always true in every cycle. There are always 'issues' in the winter / spring of a pending election year that the punditry think will be dominant drivers that fade to almost nothing by election day. Gaza has very little shelf life as a political issue once the shooting stops.

elias7

(4,225 posts)
117. Yes, I agree that one phone call could stop the war
Tue May 7, 2024, 08:41 AM
May 2024

If he could convince Hamas to release hostages and stop lobbing bombs into Israel, Israel would stop bombing Gaza immediately. Just sayin’…

SocialDemocrat61

(5,153 posts)
120. Not what Moore was saying
Tue May 7, 2024, 08:47 AM
May 2024

He was claiming that Biden could call Netanyahu and order him to stop the bombing.

 

Traurigkeit

(1,290 posts)
126. "I'm starting to think that Moore is just getting old and desperately trying to stay relevant. " -- So true
Tue May 7, 2024, 12:07 PM
May 2024
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