[lbo-talk] Oil, Conspiracy Theory, and F 9/11 Re: Dude, Why are you fronting?

[Stephen E Philion]

joanne wrote: Not to put words in Doug's mouth or anything...but the 
carping, 
hyper-critical lefty reaction to F9/11 is disappointing. Here we have a 
movie that is packing the theaters, inspiring documentary makers, 
criticizing the media-as-usual, and will likely prove to have more of a 
political influence than any lefty blog I can think of. And instead of 
talking to each other about what the next step is, we write little 
nitpicky articles about all the little ways that Moore went wrong.

--on marc cooper's blog, he has put out several vitriolic screeds 
calling Moore every name in the book, declared the movie useless and 
all wrong, and then declaring that the people who went to see F911 
would be of the clapping seals variety.  Well, since then people on his 
comments sections from various political perspectives have reported 
back that the movie was pretty worthwhile, decently argued, the crowds 
showing up were not the garden variety stereotype of lefty protestor 
types, and such crowds were very moved by the film.  The film is 
playing pretty well in Fort Bragg's nearby communities, a sign of 
something. That is a good trend as we move into the latest section of 
the Iraqi occupation--defending martial law declared by US installed 
puppets in Iraq.

steve