Michael Moore's Twitter demands to bring justice to America
We're used to being outraged at what filmmaker Michael Moore spouts off about. But this Twitter rant from yesterday achieves a sublime level of idiocy unmatched in the annals of Moorisms.
Commenting about the Baltimore riots, Moore made several off-the-wall suggestions on what to do about black poverty, while parroting the racialists' line about white oppression:
Imprison u, shoot u, sever your spine, crush your larynx, send u to war, keep u poor, call u a thug, not let u vote. But u can sing for us.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 30, 2015
Here's my demand: I want every African-American currently incarcerated for drug "crimes" or nonviolent offenses released from prison today.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 30, 2015
And the rest who r imprisoned- I dont believe 50% of them did what they're accused of. Lies. Greed. A modern day slave system. Poor whites 2
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 30, 2015
Next demand: Disarm the police. We have a 1/4 billion 2nd amendment guns in our homes 4 protection. We'll survive til the right cops r hired
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 30, 2015
Local cops now militarized. Founding Fathers said NO army policing on our soil. Why do cops have tanks? Oh, right - the Enemy: The Black Man
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 30, 2015
Mary Katherine Ham does us the honor of the takedown:
First, from what position of authority does he make demands? Is he a leader of a movement of some kind? Does he have some kind of leverage I don’t know about? Is he holding someone hostage? Second, as Radley Balko points out, it seems an odd demand that only African-American nonviolent offenders be released. If one feels it’s a moral affront to imprison nonviolent drug offenders—and a surprising number of Americans, even in reddest Texas, do—why just release one race of offenders?
I do like that this rant hinges on a surprise semi-endorsement of 2nd-Amendment and self-defense from the maker of “Bowling for Columbine.” He’s got a point, there. The citizenry of this country is admirably well-armed, making one of his “demands” more possible. No thanks to him.
"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son." Dean Wormer's advice to Flounder in Animal House should be taken to heart by Moore.