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And the knee-jerk reactions of the low-information voters, they only hear the interpretations of their punditry. Unfortunately, they are missing something that could change their lives, and our country, for the better if they checked out the source materials for themselves instead of taking the views which Moore's well-paid oppostion espouses so vehemently.
Not because they believe what they say, but they are paid millions. Moore's name, like Obama's, is nothing more than a pejorative, hating the person without listening to what they say. I've listened with an open mind to a lot of people who I would not consider to be my friend, because you do learn from your 'enemies.' They will certainly point out all your faults.
There was quite a stir, briefly though, when SICKO came out. It was not allowed in many venues. To see Fahrenheit 9/11, I had to drive from the smaller community I lived in, to a larger town. These were all republican strongholds. As far as I know in my state, SICKO was only seen in the big cities.
When it was screened in the DFW area, it got some press. The people who were right wing and had only heard it insulted on cable news, were at least open minded enough or bored enough to go and see it at one of those multi-plex venues and they came out of the theatre enraged that American people were being shortchanged. They actually began talking to each other in the parking lots and formed groups, calling networks, officials, writing letters to the editor, since the information was not only credible, it really described their lives and most heart wrenching troubles.
About that time I was corresponding with folks in Europe, and we were discussing health care problems. They didn't understand what was going on, the horror stories of people being dumped, losing their homes and jobs due to medical problems that lead to bankruptcies, or going without any health care. One woman and her husband (both big fans of all things American, cars, music, even NATO, stuff like that) decided to get a copy of SICKO at the video store. They are both fair English speakers, although it's not their primary language.
She wrote back to me the next day, horrified, very upset. She had no idea that Americans were going through such things. They have no problem with giving their 'queen' or the government a large tax percentage annually, because they consider themselves to be well cared for the system. Without having gone to college, they make and live pretty much middle class, doing the kind of work that people once did here and supported families. They don't worry about health care costs, housing, their elderly and disabled family members, and take foreign vacations with the family not less than once a year. After we tried to figure how we'd come to such a pass here, she said: 'your government must hate the American people.'
My conclusion though, is that the American people hate other groups in this country, starting with slaves and others that might get a piece of the pie from the dominant groups, we hate ourselves. Or each other, if we really believe there is an 'other.' So our problem is social or spiritual rather than economic or governmental, and the religions selling their view of reality all the way into our political lives is not helping the problem at all. IMHO.
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