Comments | luuuvuuul: it's so evil ... the way you've no reverence for my concern.

luuuvuuul

it's so evil ... the way you've no reverence for my concern.

Jun 29, 2004 14:03

saw farenheit 9/11 last friday - my birthday. i cried. who didn't?

i'm glad the movie was made, i'm glad people are seeing it in record numbers. it had a lot of good and incredibly important points and connections. but i'm sick and tired of michael moore's bullshit, of his rampant racism and xenophobic nationalism, of the way he exploits and ( Read more... )

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interesting, but deerandpeacock June 29 2004, 13:49:28 UTC

the essay on the AA Movement website is weak. well-written, but mostly just broad assumptions and blank, example-less accusations. eg:

Some might consider our argument that Moore's project is anti-black as unfair given that in both his books and films he addresses issues such as slavery, racial profiling and the prison system. Yet Moore does so in a way that doesn't disrupt his white nationalist project.

fascinating. but tell me how.

also, i thought this was ridiculous:
But more problematic is that inherent in Moore's challenge to the detention and deportation of non-white immigrants is a reliance on the presumed reality of a "criminal" body that is "dangerous" and therefore should be locked up for credible reasons. Given that African Americans have, since the legal end of chattel slavery, been incarcerated overwhelmingly compared to other racial groups--and that in the "free world," blackness serves as the criminal profile that informs policing measures, including those applied to non-Black bodies--Moore's sympathy towards ( ... )

Re: interesting, but luuuvuuul July 2 2004, 06:59:42 UTC

yeah,very good points, all. see what i have to say about this. i'll give you the paper if you give me a way to get it to you. the whole thing is not about racism, but the racism that i do discuss is simply the racism in the movie. which, because of the way moore does it, is entirely white and black.

anonymat June 29 2004, 15:58:57 UTC

hi anna,

belated happy birthday!

i also saw fahrenheit 9/11 and aside from linking the bush family to the bin ladens, the doc didn't really faze me. maybe it's that he's become a sort of poster boy for contemporary muckraking?

hm, i think i'll go see the control room.

luuuvuuul July 2 2004, 07:00:05 UTC

thanks! yeah, i need to see control room too.

possible by the generosity anonymous June 29 2004, 15:59:23 UTC

hi anna its bryan ( ... )

Re: possible by the generosity luuuvuuul July 2 2004, 07:00:24 UTC

true, i agree with you on some levels. see what i wrote.

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luuuvuuul July 2 2004, 07:03:23 UTC

um, basically. yeah, it's pretty weird. also, a lot of time when i have any critique of moore, people tell me to stop bashing the good work he's doing. which is frustrating. i don't really go on pander anymore. after, i think it was either 9/11 or the us started bombing iraq or afghanistan or something, i remember being like, "okay,i can't deal with this." the only discussion i saw of anything on pander was saying, "let's talk about things to make us feel good again," which i found really annoying and alienating.