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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably Fahrenheit 9/11.  I know Michael moore is maligned/ridiculed as being a talking head for the left, but what a filmmaker.  This film (and his others) are multidimensional, perfectly timed, complex, thoroughly researched, and most of all entertaining.  This documentary in particular left me speechless.[/quote]

Moore is an infotainer/propagandist.  Most of the so called “facts” in his films have been thoroughly debunked.[/quote]
 What facts have been debunked?

US gun culture run amok ? (Stats back that up)

Global capitalism run amok (stats can support that but state equally can support the view that extreme poverty has been decreasing. MM makes valid points about minimum wage in US being under the poverty threshold, Wall Street acting reckless and real estate markets not supporting housing security for large chunks of population)

MM’s linking fast food, low wages and obesity epidemic is not debunked (tad ironic though given MM’s size).

We rushed into Iraq war on false claims of weapons of mass destruction threatening our security. There is no evidence SH had weapons of mass destruction let alone that he planned to use than against the US.

There is a big difference between debating and debunking facts.

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The general points are all left wing talking points --- no issue there.  What is debunked is the specifics that he uses in every movie.

But let's talk WMDs.  What you said is false.  We did not rush into anything.  No one ever said he was a threat to us as opposed to our allies.  Their was evidence that there were WMDs.  CIA chief said slam dunk.  Most people that were looking were surprised they weren't there.  They were all wrong.  Analysis was faulty.  Shouldn't have been but was.  But there was evidence.  In any event the UN resolution we used did not say he had them only that he was not answering and did not allow inspectors.  [/quote]

We are going to have to agree to disagree,

I lived through that era as an adult. Highly trained UN weapons inspectors  did not find weapons of MD and said they needed more time. War was launched without credible evidence. Colin Powell  later said on the record that he regretted stating there was evidence on here-say and that no evidence was forthcoming.[/quote]

MM’s point about the lead up to the Iraq War is debated not debunked. My memories corroborate his.[/quote]

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