What Moore serves up is political comfort food.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/11/1068329558697.html

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"First, it may come naturally to the right wing to have guru figures such as American shock-jock Rush Limbaugh, with his legions of "dittohead" followers. But the bow-down homage to Moore that precedes each audience question, coupled with Moore's own bragging about his phenomenal book sales and website traffic, feels incongruous for a gathering of the left."

"Second, what Moore serves up is political comfort food. There's no shame in that: he's trying to reach the masses turned off by politics. But the audience, lapping up a black-and-white view of the world in which lefties like them are goodies and everyone else is stupid, cannot let themselves off so easily."
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I like Moore. Any thoughts on this article?

When he steps over the edge he gets emotional and melodramatic, and he turns people off. It's too bad, because a lot of his spiel is right on the money.

and became frightened.

in any case, what Moore serves up is ultimately far more important and effective than this worthless writer.

in other words, why is it that the right is allowed to have bow-down homages to shock-jocks and loudmouths, but the left is somehow supposed to not be so admirable of their equivalents on their side. another thing, the "black-and-white" comment, there is no doubt that there is increasing polarization in both the UK and the US (perhaps more in the US) between conservatives and lefties. that there is a black-and-whiting going on is partially the result of Bush's youre with us or youre against us attitude (which most people in America are finally beginning to think: "Okay, then we are against you and the terrorists at the same time")

send me a postcard when Moore becomes a racist junkie hatemonger.