I’ll Tell You Why

I just received a polite email from a reader named Nicole, entitled simply “Why?”

You seem to really hate Michael Moore, for reasons that aren’t evident on moorewatch.com. So my question to you is, why?

My response.

You obviously haven’t read the blog much.  We don’t “hate” Michael Moore.  I think he’s a scumbag, and I think he’s wrong on virtually everything.  That being said, Moorewatch is a repository of information that rebuts Michael Moore’s bullshit.  God knows nobody in the media will ever question anything he says, so we assumed this task ourselves.

When he says that socialized medicine is a wonderful thing, and Cuba is a paradise of free medicine, we provide hard, factual evidence that he’s lying out his ass.

It’s got nothing to do with hate, and everything to do with showing the world what a vulgar liar he is.

Seriously, read the blog.  Learn something.  For example, if you believe in fabulous government-run “free” healthcare for everyone you should at least have the intellectual honesty to be able to defend that position.  I disagree with Moore and I can tell you exactly why, and can provide copious amounts of information in support of what I believe.  If you disagree, fine, that’s a perfectly legitimate thing to do.  But you should be able to provide an honest, intellectual rebuttal to what we’ve posted.  And if you can’t, do a little soul-searching and ask yourself why.

Hate has nothing to do with it, Nicole.  Keep an open mind.  All the best.

I always wonder why so many people attribute what we do on this site to hatred of Michael Moore, when I think that even a cursory reading of the site would show that, while we clearly dislike the man, we’re making a sincere effort to be a counterweight to his lies, distortions, and general bullshit.

(Note:  Polite emails get the author’s identity protected.  People who write idiotic hate mail will be posted with full information so the rest of the world can make fun of them too.)