tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817503750343460336.post5541101988523113512..comments2023-10-10T08:27:28.524-05:00Comments on Men Are Not Potatoes: Facts 1: Bombast and Hysteria: 0MeatAxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03477536538497998805noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817503750343460336.post-38430028487135103852008-11-25T19:12:00.000-06:002008-11-25T19:12:00.000-06:00I think I see the problem here: You've got Michae...I think I see the problem here: You've got Michael Moore, and "Bowling for Columbine", all wrong.<BR/><BR/>Don't feel bad, most right-wingers have it wrong. Here's the deal: Michael Moore is not a "gun-grabber" (in fact he's a member of the NRA), and BfC does not have an anti-gun message. When you get right down to it, he even says straight up in the film that Canada, with higher gun ownership that the US, has gun-related crime stats that are WAY lower than they are in the US.<BR/><BR/>More than anything, BfC is a critique of a society where toxic fear pushes people over the edge; And, if you've fallen over the edge and there's a weapon handy, well... The movie isn't representative of a single "side" in any debate, so naturally it can't be used as a counterpoint to any explicit argument.<BR/><BR/>This film, like most of Moore's films, operates very much at an emotional level. He's got his view of the world, and he wants to put it across, and he makes no bones about it. The same could be said of, say, Rush Limbaugh. The fact is that sometimes people can be convinced of things through emotional appeals, and there are lots of people of all political stripes who are experts at tugging heart-strings.<BR/><BR/>Taken as an anti-gun piece, BfC doesn't work AT ALL. "The best the left wing can do"? If I didn't know you I might think that was disingenuous, but I'll chalk it up unawareness of other voices out there (just as I've never heard of Larry Elder before I read this post).Jack Nuttinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593440079242113937noreply@blogger.com