truth by Alex Hughes, Daily Lobo Opinion
Another thing that really irks me is the constant banter stating what Moore is doing is
simply ”patriotic discourse.” Michael Moore is not a patriot. He is a traitor. …
[T]o be a patriot, one has to love
their country. Moore hates America and Americans with equal fervor. I think if it were up to him, he would have sent Osama a
basket of muffins with a nice little thank you card after the Sept. 11 attacks.
I applaud Alex Hughes for actually seeing
F/911. Most of the conservative commentary I have read indicates he’s rather unusual in that regard. That he would then calmly discuss
the movie’s flaws is also respectable. Still, he manages to earn his true credentials as a conservative by declaring Moore a traitor and
dictating what constitutes ‘acceptable’ patriotism (to him). Finally, he finishes trashing Moore by stating Moore is glad America was
attacked. Shameless, Alex. Were you afraid your cohort would reject you if you stayed rational? Or is it that calm conservatives don’t
make it into print — or office?
Hughes says of Moore, he ”doesn’t lie, per se, he just tells the version of the truth that
ignores things that are problematic to the advancement of his world view.” Sounds exactly like what Bush supporters say in defense of
Bush, who said, ”I’m a uniter, not a divider.”
I would call that a lie, per se, told to deceive in order to get something one
would not get if the truth were known. Of course, there is that other classic defense of Bush, ”it wasn’t a lie if he believed it at
the time” (all evidence to the contrary now). Maybe not, but then it is an indication of delusion. mjh
get Moore than a challenge from filmmaker By Marisa Demarco