Ravenwood - 01/11/05 06:30 AM
Activists are pissed off at a local New Paltz (NY) theater owner because he ran a radio advertisement that criticized Michael Moore, and praised "the values associated with John Wayne, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Stewart". He was only trying to appeal to the conservative talk radio market segment, but some busybody activist group is boycotting the theater and calling the ad hate speech.
The group called the ad on local radio stations "blatantly racist."I don't care what your political affiliation is, anyone who idolizes Michael Moore over John Wayne is a total weenie."... It is especially offensive that the theaters' management recalls John Wayne movies as the paragon of 'family film fare,' " it said in a press release. "John Wayne starred in over 100 of the most violent films ever made, including dozens in which Native Americans and Mexicans were portrayed as dangerous savages created specifically for remorseless sport hunting by white settlers and armies."
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." -- John Wayne as The Shootist.
"Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway." -- John Wayne on courage.
"I like America to some extent." -- Michael Moore.
"Americans are possibly the dumbest people on the planet....in thrall to conniving, thieving, smug pricks. We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don't know about anything that's happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing." -- Michael Mooore on why America sucks.
See what I mean?
His movies did not put NA's and Mexican's in any worse a light than the white villains. Villains are supposed to be unlikable. His characters championed the NA's as often as not. Moore is at best 2nd rate movie maker with an "F" in fact-checking.
Posted by: Michael at January 11, 2005 12:50 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
