To make a very narrow point about Michael Moore…<\/p>\n
… which has nothing to do with the accuracy or intellectual honesty of his politics and work…<\/p>\n
I hear reference to a “standing offer” of 50,000 dollars to anyone who can find an inaccurate statement in Fahrenheit 9\/11.\u00c2\u00a0 And I hear chest-thumping that nobody has claimed it…<\/p>\n
…as though that means anything.<\/p>\n
As a suggestion of why this is meaningless, I invite you to look over Kent Hovind, “Dr. Dino”, Creationist Scientist Extraordinaire, and his $250,000 (upped from $100,000!) for any evidence supporting Evolution<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Lo and behold, nobody has managed to get past Hovind’s committee of experts looking at the submissions to win the claim and take home the quarter of a million dollars.<\/p>\n And, yes, a few Fundamentalist Christians have trumpeted this fact in playing up the veracity of “Dr. Dino”.<\/p>\n I have never seen Fahrenheit 9\/11.\u00c2\u00a0 I suspect it’s mostly true, and I assume our politics align closely enough.\u00c2\u00a0 I have seen and heard enough to know a couple areas of disagreement, largely in terms of what different events signify.\u00c2\u00a0 But this is all irrelevant.\u00c2\u00a0 My point is simply that nobody should be blathering on with this particular Michael Moore stunt, and if you do so I will wince and shake my head.<\/p>\n ………………………….<\/p>\n