lol.
You're making a huge leap based on dislike for the meat of his article I suspect.
What's Michael Moore been up to?
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lol.
You're making a huge leap based on dislike for the meat of his article I suspect.
Sure Cliff, keep up the bold front... Funny though how when it comes to the 3 C's, you and Spade lead the pack in hate.
Go figure, eh?
That must be the most miserable place in the world
Comes down to this... Context is entirely subjective.
Also, while you choose to employ the colloquial perspective on the comment, I chose to take a more literal angle... Moore is in the communications business meaning he makes his money by effectively communicating to his target demographic. I simply won't believe that his skills are so limited that he 'accidentally' offered up duplicity in the meaning.
By the way, you suspect wrong.
I thought that the base sentiment by Moore is right on, the ideologues like Spade and Cliffy will never understand that - they see only what their preconceived ideals will allow... But in my eyes, that doesn't absolve Moore of the 'permission' that he published.
Join Facebook and have a zillion American "friends" that want to promote their flag, guns, god, and babies all saying they support their troops and you will fully and completely understand exactly what he means.
Apparently he was doing some pondering I don't know if he was blogging, or tweeting or Facebooking but he was pondering why there are such a vast number of Americans on anti-depressants and someone replied to him they need to go for a walk. He then decided HE needed to go for a walk and has been walking for a half an hour a day. It has unintentionally started a Michael Mooore walking club. They walk for no other reason than to walk. He has apparently lost a lot of weight. Go Michael. !Actually, Dude's been getting smaller....
You don't think I could take that specific phrase and work it into a speech and have it come off as funny? I'm betting I can, lol.
Bottom line for me is that the words figuratively speaking are meant to convey "Um, no, I'm actually serious". Or, in other words, that what was said shouldn't be taken literally.
If anything I would have criticized his almost constant usage of "hey look, I'm just as bad as you" because, to me, when things get overused (irrespective of what the thing is that's getting overused) it starts to feel forced and contrived. So if I were going to criticize that piece, that's what I would choose to criticize...in other words, I'm really not defending the guy. I just happen to thing criticizing that one phrase is much ado about nothing.
But then I gotta remember that you crazy frenchmen look at things in your own way 'dere eh?
