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14. Sometimes you have to hold your nose with him

Thu May 23, 2013, 08:37 PM

May 2013

He can go from Nader 2000 to Fahrenheit 911 and urging Nader not to run in 2004 in the space of a few years. On balance, I'm very glad he's out there.

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Michael Moore is a damn jerk at times. [View all] Skip Intro May 2013 OP

well, he's not my favorite person cali May 2013 #1

Yeah, not a fan of smugness myself. JaneyVee May 2013 #2

I don't know either you or Mike but I like Mike more n/t HangOnKids May 2013 #3

^^^ This! RetroLounge May 2013 #18

Thanks Good Lookin! n/t HangOnKids May 2013 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl May 2013 #74

Meh. Arctic Dave May 2013 #4

Yeah, why can't those "animals" use drones like civilized people. n/t NOVA_Dem May 2013 #5

+1 n/t whatchamacallit May 2013 #9

+1 Luminous Animal May 2013 #81

sarcasm, perhaps? niyad May 2013 #6

Exactly. Whooosh! Duer 157099 May 2013 #10

I know, right?! nt City Lights May 2013 #13

Yes, that was my first thought too. Brigid May 2013 #15

Suspect MM was ridiculing the idiocy of fighting the war on terra on the four indepat May 2013 #77

Exactly Incitatus May 2013 #28

mmhmm RandiFan1290 May 2013 #7

Admit it, you've had it in for him since Bowling For Columbine (if not before) Electric Monk May 2013 #8

that guy's accent sounded British to me JI7 May 2013 #11

Can someone please translate? tblue May 2013 #12

he is saying we should not be upset at what happened because he claims it was in response JI7 May 2013 #16

I think he'd be the first one to say we should all be upset Nevernose May 2013 #85

He is mocking those who say we should not expect retribution for what our gvt does. uppityperson May 2013 #17

Sometimes you have to hold your nose with him BeyondGeography May 2013 #14

His sense of humor can be cutting and challenging. It's not for everybody. pa28 May 2013 #19

that's real comforting to Lee Rigby's family and loved ones. Cha May 2013 #20

Better not send them a link to this thread!!! bobduca May 2013 #35

"all but pledges solidarity..." RetroLounge May 2013 #21

Yup. Skippy just pulled that one out if his ass Cali_Democrat May 2013 #22

Was there a pledge in MM words? HangOnKids May 2013 #48

I like Michael Moore -- a lot! ananda May 2013 #23

"I don't like smarmy and crass people, conservative or liberal" bobduca May 2013 #25

mm is right on target often enuf that even when he is wrong he is probably right dembotoz May 2013 #26

Yeah, the truth sucks doesn't it Uzair May 2013 #27

The truth is that these fundamentalists kill and brutalize far more than the U.S. govt ever did. randome May 2013 #29

Wow. You're woefully misinformed Uzair May 2013 #30

I'm talking about what the fundamentalists do to their own people. randome May 2013 #32

not even close BainsBane May 2013 #31

Actually, neither of us should be playing a numbers game here. randome May 2013 #33

What are you talking about? BainsBane May 2013 #34

How many raped women are stoned to death? How many daughters beheaded? randome May 2013 #37

really? like the fundamentalist politicians in this country and their woman-hating agenda? niyad May 2013 #39

How many? A lot. But the only truly acceptable number would be 0, of course. nomorenomore08 May 2013 #64

Muslims have killed a lot more Iraqis than the US did. geek tragedy May 2013 #45

Most of those *were* killed by Muslim fundamentalists! Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #69

right BainsBane May 2013 #70

Hence the attacks on civillians? Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #71

You don't know those people BainsBane May 2013 #79

Only for as long as it took to dismiss the suggestion as absurd, I'm afraid. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #80

So, are all dark-skinned Muslims 'them' while geek tragedy May 2013 #44

"all but pledges solidarity" translation: Bonobo May 2013 #36

The problem with that MM tweet BootinUp May 2013 #38

perhaps there was more than one tweet. on the other hand, some people understood very well niyad May 2013 #40

I usually like what he says. tblue May 2013 #47

Aww, you poor baby. How dare Michael Moore be snarky! n/t backscatter712 May 2013 #41

Nice hit and run post! n-t Logical May 2013 #42

Totally, unless he brought a sockpuppet. Does TXleigh like cjeek dgg too? nt Electric Monk May 2013 #76

Look he is talking to ME! Rex May 2013 #89

No..... Skip Intro May 2013 #87

OK, fair enough. My bad! n-t Logical May 2013 #88

Truly ignorant post by Moore. geek tragedy May 2013 #43

Derp dude he is just talking about people killing people especially those who think their killing is HangOnKids May 2013 #49

He was being ironic it seems. n/t Cleita May 2013 #46

if you read the context of the news story involing the lunatic who did this killing, Moore's tweet quinnox May 2013 #50

What bothers people about Moore is upi402 May 2013 #52

Moore is neither smug nor a jerk upi402 May 2013 #51

If he's talking about the London hacker, he doesn't have his facts in order. MADem May 2013 #53

At least he can spell his name. Starry Messenger May 2013 #54

He's from Flint Michigan. defacto7 May 2013 #55

He's right, though LittleBlue May 2013 #56