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13. Did you read his tweets?
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 09:56 PM
Apr 2015

Michael Moore @MMFlint · 14h 14 hours ago

Here's my demand: I want every African-American currently incarcerated for drug "crimes" or nonviolent offenses released from prison today.
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And the rest who r imprisoned- I dont believe 50% of them did what they're accused of. Lies. Greed. A modern day slave system. Poor whites 2
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Michael Moore @MMFlint · 15h 15 hours ago

Next demand: Disarm the police. We have a 1/4 billion 2nd amendment guns in our homes 4 protection. We'll survive til the right cops r hired
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Michael Moore @MMFlint · 14h 14 hours ago

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Does he want white people jailed on drug charges to be released too... NaturalHigh Apr 2015 #1
You seem to be totally missing politically liberal Moore's points about over incarceration of black youth, and also Fred Sanders Apr 2015 #3
Probably true. I think he wants to make sure and disarm the rest of us... NaturalHigh Apr 2015 #4
Did you read his tweets? Generic Other Apr 2015 #13
Moore doesn't have much credibility on the "disarm the police" front. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #2
Specious reasoning whatchamacallit Apr 2015 #7
Considering Moore is also anti-RKBA it seems he thinks he's the only one allowed to have protection. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #8
Didn't compare whatchamacallit Apr 2015 #11
You tried to draw analogy. It was a false analogy. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #12
No you're right, Michael Moore has no credibility whatchamacallit May 2015 #18
Why is he entitled to armed protection but works to deny that right to others? Nuclear Unicorn May 2015 #20
Post hoc ergo prompter hoc... LanternWaste Apr 2015 #9
In what context? Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #10
Have his armed bodyguards been beating up and killing people? nt Bonobo Apr 2015 #17
Disarm the police? Uh, no. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #5
Guns don't kill people. Police kill people! immoderate Apr 2015 #6
Hypocrite and an idiot... Oktober Apr 2015 #14
Demand. BKH70041 Apr 2015 #15
superficial mediocrity seveneyes Apr 2015 #16
Fine. romanic May 2015 #19
K&R RandiFan1290 May 2015 #21
Note the immediate Third Way pushback to any suggestion that actual policy changes need to occur. woo me with science May 2015 #22
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