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He is widely despised by [[conservative]]s because he has made movies exposing [[conservative deceit]]. Conservatives often accuse him of being exactly morally opposite to [[Ann Coulter]].  However, as being the moral opposite of Ann Coulter is what virtually all liberals and moderates aspire to, this is not much of an insult.
 
He is widely despised by [[conservative]]s because he has made movies exposing [[conservative deceit]]. Conservatives often accuse him of being exactly morally opposite to [[Ann Coulter]].  However, as being the moral opposite of Ann Coulter is what virtually all liberals and moderates aspire to, this is not much of an insult.
  
He is also despised by some liberals, for engaging in the same kind of distortion, hypocrisy and fabrication as right-wing windbags, thus undermining his own credibility. Some have called him the "left-wing [[Rush Limbaugh]]" (though that is questionable, since his films at least have ''some'' form of truth)
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He is also despised by some liberals, for engaging in the same kind of distortion, hypocrisy and fabrication as right-wing windbags, thus undermining his own credibility. Some have called him the "left-wing [[Rush Limbaugh]]" (though that is questionable, since his films at least have ''some'' form of truth).
  
 
His movies and books are as subtle as a sledgehammer.
 
His movies and books are as subtle as a sledgehammer.

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Michael Moore, 2004.

Michael Moore is a documentarian and activist often affiliated with populist or liberal causes.

He is widely despised by conservatives because he has made movies exposing conservative deceit. Conservatives often accuse him of being exactly morally opposite to Ann Coulter. However, as being the moral opposite of Ann Coulter is what virtually all liberals and moderates aspire to, this is not much of an insult.

He is also despised by some liberals, for engaging in the same kind of distortion, hypocrisy and fabrication as right-wing windbags, thus undermining his own credibility. Some have called him the "left-wing Rush Limbaugh" (though that is questionable, since his films at least have some form of truth).

His movies and books are as subtle as a sledgehammer.

Contents

Investigative documentaries

Though great at getting around with cameras and looking like he's doing a bang-up job, Michael Moore's documentaries are largely based on appeal to emotion and some other fallacies. For instance, in Bowling for Columbine he tries to stick it to the NRA bastards who are clearly at fault for providing the obviously disturbed students with weapons. The movie ends with Michael Moore harassing Charlton Heston and trespassing on his property while pleading that he... well, it wasn't exactly clear what he expected to get out of him, he just ended up looking like he was about to cry over not getting it.

In Fahrenheit 9/11 (In case you are unaware, that is the temperature at which freedom burns. In decimal that's about .82F or -17.32C) George W. Bush is mostly paraded around as a pure force of idiocratic evil who is tight with Saudi Arabia and that means... somehow... that Al'Queda had to fly planes into the World Trade Center.

In Sicko Michael Moore dreadfully reminds Americans how much their health care system sucks, how it's all the Republicans' fault, how virtually every other country worth its landmass does better and something about prisoners in the now defunct Guantanamo bay getting better care for free on the governments dime even though it's expected that all prisoners should be treated well because they are the responsibility of the government.

For the most part Michael Moore can be described as mostly harmless. He probably won't yell at anyone, blow anything up, shoot at anyone, attend a starvation protest or have a real argument. Yet, somehow he's seen as threatening enough for pundits to have a fit about.

Published work

(Stolen from Wikipedia)

Books

  • Moore, Michael (1996). Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American. Perennial (Harper Edition). ISBN 0-06-097733-7.
  • Moore, Michael; & Glynn, Kathleen (1998). Adventures In A TV Nation. Perennial. ISBN 0-06-098809-6.
  • Moore, Michael (2002). Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!. Regan Books. ISBN 0-06-039245-2.
  • Moore, Michael (2003). Dude, Where's My Country?. Warner Books. ISBN 0-446-53223-1.
  • Moore, Michael (2004). Will They Ever Trust Us Again?. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-7152-1.
  • Moore, Michael (2004). The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-7292-7.

Films

  • Roger & Me (1989)
  • Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint (1992) (TV)
  • Canadian Bacon (1995)
  • The Big One (1997)
  • And Justice for All (1998) (TV)
  • Lucky Numbers (2000)
  • Bowling for Columbine (2002)
  • Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) "Palme d'Or" in Cannes
  • Sicko (2007)
  • Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

TV series

  • TV Nation (1994)
  • The Awful Truth (1999)
  • Michael Moore Live (1999)
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