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36. Sorry , but...

Reply to Evolve Dammit (Reply #32)

Sat Dec 14, 2024, 02:07 PM

Dec 14

I don't want to be like them, and I suspect that you don't either.

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Michael Moore says he wants to pour 'gasoline' on anger at health insurance companies after CEO shooting [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 14 OP

Hot burning anger doesn't really solve these problems. It may help to make a start, but that's it. Walleye Dec 14 #1

doesn't solve the problems Skittles Dec 14 #4

Well, I hope it works. But I'm not sure this calling attention to an issue actually helps anymore. Walleye Dec 14 #5

Not by Dems. Some of us are just sick of it. Eventually you get pissed enough to do "good trouble." n/t Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #30

what do you mean by "good trouble"? Skittles Dec 14 #51

Shame on you for suggesting. Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #52

I think that could be MY response Skittles Dec 14 #53

Perhaps you never heard of John Lewis. Just wow. All done "Skittles." Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #54

Ugh...Every credible person needs to "divorce" themselves from this Luigi guy. LeftInTX Dec 14 #2

I only think a small subset of young people and "social media/tabloid entertainment media" are fixating on the guy BumRushDaShow Dec 14 #3

The issue of unaffordable healthcare insurance helped Obama get elected in 2008. sop Dec 14 #34

Well the GOP helped to encourage Democrats to run away from Obama beecause of the ACA BumRushDaShow Dec 14 #35

I liked his first documentary about Flint. Then I tried watching "Bowling for Columbine"...let's just say my teenager LeftInTX Dec 14 #41

I had "Bowling for Columbine" on DVR for a long time BumRushDaShow Dec 14 #42

You can kill the body and the soul of a person with abuse-I call it soul murder Stargazer99 Dec 14 #8

People are justified at being angry at the system. COL Mustard Dec 14 #15

Unless people feel all hope is lost The Grand Illuminist Dec 14 #21

I don't believe Luigi felt all hope was lost due to health insurance. Neither he nor his family have ever been customers LeftInTX Dec 14 #44

Using Drumpf's criming record, I'd say breaking the law(s) appears to be Okey Dokey now. Magats know it. Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #32

Sorry , but... COL Mustard Dec 14 #36

course not. I'm just saying the last 9 years have sent a message loud and clear. It's OK to break the law. FCS, Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #47

Not on this thread Cirsium Dec 14 #24

Same thing happens with serial killers. cab67 Dec 14 #29

Yes. There's a mystique. LeftInTX Dec 14 #39

Gasoline Indeed RecoveringJournalist Dec 14 #6

Thank you for an intellgent and rational set of thoughts Stargazer99 Dec 14 #9

Remember when A black man became president and 100yrs. of anger was unleashed? nt Hotler Dec 14 #7

Those MAGA morons can spew their feigned anger over this.... Bengus81 Dec 14 #10

Michael Moore just wants to be relevent uncledad Dec 14 #11

That is absolutely not true. My sister and brother-in-law know him and are also both from Flint, HUAJIAO Dec 14 #17

Michael Moore is relevant, except in small closed circles. Autumn Dec 14 #19

He is a neighbor Cirsium Dec 14 #25

Cheap to say and misspell and get wrong. Welcome to DU, I think. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 14 #45

Which side are you on? Emile Dec 15 #62

Im not on the side of a murderer uncledad Dec 16 #63

In this case, the word murderer would be plural. Emile Dec 17 #65

I get it. Moore sees this as an opportunity for the American people to rise up in rebellion and force the government Martin68 Dec 14 #12

He didn't just jump in. The CEO shooter and the media brought him into the conversation. Autumn Dec 14 #20

Years and years Cirsium Dec 14 #26

Yes he has and both parties have fought tooth and nail against it the donations Autumn Dec 14 #31

The Only Way to "Address" This Problem modrepub Dec 14 #13

So true. HUAJIAO Dec 14 #18

If the stupid 49.6% of the electorate keep voting for repukes, it really doesn't amount to a pile of horseshit....... wolfie001 Dec 14 #14

So hopeless Cirsium Dec 14 #28

Not fearmongering wolfie001 Dec 14 #56

That was the focus Cirsium Dec 14 #57

Glad you agree with me wolfie001 Dec 15 #59

I think a better target for change is those who don't vote. When Bush Jr. was president, I read that 80% of non-voters LT Barclay Dec 15 #58

That too! wolfie001 Dec 15 #60

Alienation Cirsium Dec 15 #61

Maybe instead of just booths at festivals, or large rallies.. LT Barclay Dec 16 #64

It could be set up as non-profits Turbineguy Dec 14 #16

The question for Moore is not whether he condemns murder. The question is whether he inspires murder. Beastly Boy Dec 14 #22

Inspires murder? Cirsium Dec 14 #33

Mangione credits Moore for inspiring him. Beastly Boy Dec 14 #38

That's it?? Cirsium Dec 14 #40

Yes that's it, in a nutshell. Beastly Boy Dec 14 #48

OK Cirsium Dec 14 #55

"Not a dime's worth of difference" between Bush and Gore? That guy? RandomNumbers Dec 14 #23

Didn't he predict that the polls were all wrong and Harris would win in a landslide ? MichMan Dec 14 #27

Please go to the source Wild blueberry Dec 14 #37

We should, even if we're obviously not getting universal health care under fucking fascism. Karasu Dec 14 #43

Fine if it gets us reform TheFarseer Dec 14 #46

There is no justification for CEO's and other executives receiving the extreme salaries and benefits they receive. LiberalFighter Dec 14 #49