[LeftyCatholic03]

My name is Mike Gray and i'm looking forward to participating in the forum. My ideology is sort of Democratic Socialist although here in the U.S. I associate with the Democratic Party (since i'm going to engage a career in law and politics). So...I guess i'll talk to you guys later.

Mike
Just another 18 year old

[Siberian Fox]

Welcome to the forum Mike, I look forward to seeing you around

[Putinist]

Welcome!:)

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Do we really need a Michael Moore avatar? Phony leftists like him make me feel all funny inside.

[sokath]

Welcome aboard Mike. It's good to have you.

I trust we'll be seeing more of you around.

Cheers,

S./

[jaakko]

Do we really need a Michael Moore avatar? Phony leftists like him make me feel all funny inside.

Don't be so rude. I'm having troubles with defining the term 'leftism' also. Maybe we just have to admit it's a vague term, and what is 'leftist' and 'rightis' depends on the (conrete-historical) situation. Maybe we could discuss what's 'leftism' on some other forum here.

Anyway, welcome Mike.

[LeftyCatholic03]

Yeah we need a Michael Moore avatar. He's frickin hilarious and he mainly supports leftist organizations such as the Greens.

Plus he hates Dubya so he's my kind of man

Question:How did some of you get those sig pics? Was it something like Adobe Photoshop? Thanks.

[Siberian Fox]

Sokath's and my sigs were made in adobe photoshop 6, yes.

[Putinist]

Yeah we need a Michael Moore avatar. He's frickin' hilarious and he mainly supports leftist organizations such as the Greens.

The "Greens", whilst I have a lot of respect for them when they are not tree-hugging, are more liberal or liberal-Left as opposed to true Leftist. More often than not though, they will align themselves with the Left, as they can agree about a lot of things - but never will they do it with the Extreme Left. There are some communists I know (via the Web) who live in the US who despise the Greens. They view the, quote; "tree-huggers", in a very derogatory and counter-revolutionary fashion - kind of like the way Lenin viewed the Mensheviks after Red October.


Regarding Michael Moore now. I used to give a lot of credit to the guy, but, if one looks behind the scenes - something which we do continually on this forum, we find some quite shocking facts about this Irish-American:

1. For the man who made the film Bowling for Columbine - which was all well and good, so no knocking there, and has directly several other similar documentaries on the subject, what would you say if I told you that he was a card-carrying member of the Rightist organization the NRA - National Rifle Association.

2. During the filming of the "Rage Against the Machine" video Sleep Now in the Fire, he was arrested. The filming also shut down the New York Stock Exchange early that day.

3. On the Fox News Channel show "Hannity and Colmes" Mr. Moore admitted that he lives in a $1.9 million dollar home in New York City.

4. On a more personal note, his book title Stupid White Men really annoyed me. My great-aunt said of it's title earlier this year; "That's ridiculous - if you wrote a book called Stupid Black Men, you would be hauled off before Race-Relations!". I would entirely agree. I also thought that his book title was very offensive. White men make the world go round for goodness sake! Stupid American Republicans or Stupid Yankee Diplomats would have been much better in my opinion.

Plus he hates Dubya so he's my kind of man

So do I. Does anyone actually like Bush?

*silence*

[Proctor]

The Greens aren't so bad. It is good to have them in Parliament, since it provides good balance, but I'd hate for them to be any more powerful than they are now. But then, it's different in America isn't it?

All I have ever seen of Michael Moore is Bowling For Columbine. That was great. My step brothers, who I never knew were interested in politics until three weeks ago, practically worship the man.

He is aparently a long time member of the NRA, and I don't really know why. But it did provide legitimacy to some of his interviews in Bowling for Columbine.

The video Sleep Now in the Fire is awesome. That was the first time that the New York Stock Exchange had ever closed early. That earns my respect, not bad feelings.

No answer for his $1.9 million house. That is just weird.

Stupid White Men isn't an unappropriate title, since it plays on a stereotype rather than racism. And seeing as he is white himself, what are you gonna do?