I think everyone thought you were criticizing the eXile writer for using the phrase "whiny fags."
BUt, you answer below, doesn't address that and I'm THOROUGHLY confused. At 01:40 PM 7/13/2004, Carl Remick wrote:
>>>>He has single-handedly managed to turn the Right-Wing
>>>>brutocracy into a pack of whiny fags ...
>>>
>>>Yikes. A real gem for the With-Friends-Like-This-Who-Needs-Enemies
>>>Collection.
>>
>>How like one of those hyperpure lefties Ames is skewering!
>
>Golly, I usually feel like a sellout. How flattering to be raised to the
>ranks of the left's hyperpure! However, Doug, it would seem you're
>ensnared in one of those false binaries you warn about -- i.e., that one
>is either (a) completely for Moore or (b) completely against him.
>
>With my fondness for living life on the edge, I believe a more complex
>position can be maintained. Thus:
>
>* On the one hand, I think Moore is an outstanding filmmaker. My initial
>remark about F911 was: "Nobody connects the dots like Moore does or puts
>more torque on a heartwrenching scene. A film for now and the ages."
>
>* On the other hand, I don't think Moore is perfect. There is no
>question his movie should have included that mother-of-all-dots,
>Israel. (I hope Moore's forthcoming film on the US healthcare crisis gets
>around to mentioning, say, the insurance companies.)
>
>Carl
>
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