i’ve known who michael moore is for longer than he has been a household name. back in the late 1970’s, i used to go with my parents to see harry chapin when he came to flint. michael used to help set up the shows. he is older than me, but howard and martha remember having him as a student in their classes. i remember when roger and me came out. it was weird seeing your hometown on the movie screen, and worse than that, a hometown that looks nothing like you remembered it to be.
over the years, i’ve followed his career. i never really liked much of what he did, but i understood it, and i agreed with it. i never liked his methods, but i knew he had the right to do/say what he felt. so tonight, when bowling for columbine won the academy award, i was proud. flint, michigan was on the map again, but this time for having an award winning director. then the jerk opened his mouth. god almighty, why did he do that? i think that he is correct. bush shouldn’t be president… he really didn’t win the election. he stole it. and i don’t believe we should be at war. our men and women should be at home, safe, not fighting a war that mr. bush’s father couldn’t win.
BUT… the academy awards was not the time or the place to voice his opinions. yes, he got tons of exposure, yes, people got to hear what he belives, yes, it was an awesome opportunity to get your point across. but at what cost? the families of the men and women who are in iraq were watching. the families of the soldiers who have died were watching. how absoutely disrespectful. how uncaring. what an asshole. i’m glad i didn’t pay to see bowling for columbine. i won’t ever see it now. i will never pay or watch anything that he does again.
there is a time and a place for everything. michael needs to learn that. JERK.
Look who’s talking…