Currently Listening To: Runaway Train from the album "Grave Dancers Union" by Soul Asylum
Michael Moore is in Britain parading his ignorance right now. I have no time for the man after I read the head numbingly stupid errors in his knowledge of British politics and constitutional affairs in his first book and then was dealt a sucker punch of idiocy when he turned his rabid attentions to Tony Blair. How ironic. The self styled left-wing liberal named Mr. Blair the "worst Briton" despite him being the man who has done the more for the welfare state and public sector reform than any man since Clement Atlee. How idiotic does one have to be to utterly discard a man who has effectively put into action all the policies championed by one's self because he happened to agree with Mr. Bush?
Moore's frustration and ultimately, his desperation with the president is showing. Unable to enact that famous 'grass roots revolution' he has called for in the past he's resorted to shabby journalistic practice and sensationalism. Espousing liberal theories and socialist dogma with all the knowledge and finesse of a bar-top philosopher. The left wing might well need help in America but there is no such need here in England, whilst the man is so indescribably ignorant as to the nature of British politics as to shock me, I remain perplexed that he can't see past Mr. Blair's concordance with Bush in their policy concerning Iraq.
As the BBC noted during one of Mr. Moore's book promotion meetings:
A rowdy question and answer session brought out both the best and worst in Moore. His snappy comebacks were always amusing, but his impatience with some of his more verbose inquisitors betrayed a reluctance to be drawn into genuine political debate.
There's a reason why he's unwilling to be "drawn into genuine political debate". It is simply because the man is utterly ignorant of what that entails. His grasp of the principles of left of centre policy is either thoroughly wanting or he is utterly reluctant to articulate it and recognizing the supreme rarity with, which the man's mouth closes (presumably only whilst chewing) I have to say that proposition sounds remarkably suspect.
Were it not enough that Stupid White Men contained a glaring error concerning the UK constitution (he was complaining about the lack of a single constitutional document in the UK and in doing so highlighted not only his comprehensive ignorance of British principles of constitutionality but was simultaneously oblivious to the Human Rights Act 1998 and the United Kingdom's position within Europe) he goes and puts his foot in it again in Dude, where's my country? by proffering the most imbecilic example of abject ignorance of our Constitution in suggesting that we, in the UK can "call for elections whenever we want".
The left wing does itself no favours by championing idiotic sensationalists like Moore. Where are our Andrew Sullivans? Left leaning writers who supported the war on Iraq? Anyone? Please!
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at November 13, 2003 12:20 AM