Setting a bad precedent

Well I was asked to comment on an article posted on Michael Moore cite. First a clarification this article was written by The Daily Mirror which is an English Tabloid newspaper (for those unaware the British tabloids are worse then ours which is saying quite a lot). However, the charge is that Michael Moore endorses this article by printing it on his page.

The original comment and request to post this reads:

Jack - do me a favor and talk about some of what Michael Moore is saying on his website. In particular, check this link:

http://michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=285

I think this is one of the most hateful things I have seen anybody write (even if Moore didn't write it, he posted it on his site with an obvious affirmation of it), and I really hope people on the left are not so ignorant as to buy into this crap. If the left keeps saying that anyone who votes for Bush is a "gun toting religious nut," you will NEVER win another election. I voted for Bush, and I am not very religious, don't own a gun, don't hate gays, and don't want to outlaw abortion.
-topwop

Now, first of all I would like to say that Michael Moore and the author (who is not mentioned) has every right to say what they believe. Why did Moore post it on his cite? I can't speak for him personally but I can think of a couple reasons. One is that he agrees with everything in there. But I think there is a better answer that you might have overlooked: This is how the rest of the world views the United States. Call it an ignorant belief, but I think it at least speaks to a majority around the world. Now you say this is hateful but I don't find it any more hateful then calling John Kerry unpatriotic after serving in the war, or even better calling someone unpatriotic after questioning the administration after 9/11 or the War on Terror.

Now we come to my favorite quote from the article:

"The self-righteous, gun-totin', military lovin', sister marryin', abortion-hatin', gay-loathin', foreigner-despisin', non-passport ownin' red-necks, who believe God gave America the biggest dick in the world so it could urinate on the rest of us and make their land 'free and strong'."

Again this is a tabloid so it is trying to sell newspapers and not necessarily looking for the truth (after all it is funny). However, this again is how the rest of the world views the US as a whole. And while you, 'topwop', personally might not be a "self-righteous, gun-toting', military lovin', sister marryin', abortion-hatin', gay loathin', foreigner-despisin', non-passport ownin' redneck," you did vote for one.

Love,
Jack