In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
Because it is patriotic to stop free speech
Stop Michael Moore! is a website that urges you to call and write theater owners throughout American and "urge" them to not show Fahrenheit 9/11.
As they state it: This movie is nothing more than a political campaign advertisement against the war on terrorism, our troops and President Bush.
So why on earth are ANY movie theaters showing this film? “Fahrenheit 9/11” should be shown as a recruiting video for Al-Qaeda, not in our movie theaters.
Please join us in telling the movie theater companies below your opinion as it relates to their attempt to profit from the showing of “Fahrenheit 9/11.”
Since we are the customers of the American movie theatres it is important for us to speak up loudly and tell the industry executives that we don’t want this misleading and grotesque movie being shown at our local cinema.
It probably should not come as a surprise that the group behind the site is a PR firm in San Francisco with GOP connections. Though they are trying to hide this information by updating their DNS record (every website has a DNS record this is supposed to list the owner of said site) to remove all information that relates to the PR firm (even going so far as updating their phone number to the phone number of a bar in Sacramento).
"Urging" has been redefined in Bush's America. As Some theater owners are reporting receiving death threats. So why not use the list provided by these wannabe censors and thank them for either showing or even considering showing the film. Be polite. And, of course, seeing the film the weekend of June 25th will send even a stronger message.
"Urging" people to not show something that may be interpretted as anti-Bush or anti-Iraqi war isn't limited to just films. An art dealer in San Francisco was recently urged to not display a painting.
Artist inspired by Iraq prison abuse assaulted
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco gallery owner bears a painful reminder of the atrocities at the Abu Ghraib prison - a black eye delivered by an unknown assailant who apparently objected to a painting that depicts U.S. soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners.
The assault outside the Capobianco gallery in the city's North Beach district Thursday night was the worst in a string of verbal and physical attacks directed at Lori Haigh since the artwork was installed at her gallery May 16.
San Francisco police are investigating and have stepped up patrols around the gallery. But Haigh decided to close the gallery indefinitely, citing concern for the safety of her two children, ages 14 and four, who often accompanied her to work.
Guy Colwell's painting, titled Abuse, depicts three U.S. soldiers leering at a group of naked men in hoods with wires connected to their bodies. The soldier in the foreground has a blood-spattered U.S. flag patch on his uniform. In the background, a soldier in sunglasses guards a blindfolded woman.
For more read this post at Orcinus: Proto-fascist thuggery
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