So on the heels of the release of Michael Moore’s new movie Sicko comes this interesting tidbit: apparently Moore sent one of his biggest detractors $12,000 to help pay for–you guessed it–medical expenses for his wife. In typical anti-Moore conservative fashion, the guy misses what I think is the point:
If it was you, Mikey…your $12,000 doesn’t buy my silence. It won’t buy my affection, nor will I shy away from talking about whatever may or may not be in your new film. I’ll still be the same guy, expressing my opinion and trying his best to research facts you tend to skip over or ignore. All you bought for your money - if it was yours - was the peace of mind of knowing you actually helped someone who needed it.
OK, first, let’s just establish that, yes, Moore has an agenda in doing this. How much easier does it get to prove your point when one of your biggest critics is stuck in the exact situation you’re documenting in your film? That’s not really the point here. He could have just been a bit grateful to say thanks to the guy for helping him out in a really tough situation. There are ways to handle these things with grace and humility and still let your point of view be known. Sometimes, such an approach will actually further the results you want, instead of tirades like that which allows Moore to look like the good guy here.
It’s unfortunate that this is how the guy chose to acknowledge what’s happened to him, but it’s par for the course for the “just keep slammin’ em down” conservative commentators in this world.
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