I did go to see Fahrenheit 9/11, on the day it came out. Those interested in my impressions can read them here.
I also discovered something about the difference between the left and the right.
The left wanted me to see that movie. I received e-mails from MoveOn.org, for instance, urging me to decide to go down to the theater on opening day to see it. (Okay, guys, I did. Don't trouble me any further about it.)
The right didn't want me to see that movie. Did I get e-mails from them urging me to decide not to go see it? Not one! But you can bet that the people who owned the theater I went to heard from them (specifically from a front organization named "Move America Forward") ― urging them not to show the film.
In other words, the left wanted me to make a decision favorable to them. The right didn't want me to be allowed to make a decision at all, because it might be unfavorable to them.
To me, this is not just a quantitative difference in viewpoints about the way this country is run. It's a qualitative difference in viewpoints about whether I should be allowed to participate in running the country.
Note: the right is now attempting to convince the FEC not to allow ads for the movie to be shown on TV after July 30. This strikes me as an exercise in futility. Even if the FEC rules favorably on this proposal, does anybody out there ― at least, anybody familiar with the summer blockbuster movie cycle ― seriously believe that there will be any post-July 30 ads out there to be affected by the decision? (One wonders, however, how ads for the DVD, which will probably appear a month or so before the November election, will be handled.)
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