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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Sun Feb 9, 2020, 02:35 PM Feb 2020

Was Michael Moore Making A Homophobic Gesture? [View all]

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As an aside it never made sense to me equating being gay with being effeminate. I have met some super masculine gay guys and some not so masculine straight guys. It's about who you are attracted to and who you love, not countenance.

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Was Michael Moore Making A Homophobic Gesture? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 OP

Not only that, he was saying the words that is what he was doing. krissey Feb 2020 #1

The man is a disgusting pig. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #7

Yes and yes. That Bush movie was such a let down. Frivolous with an expected serious conversation krissey Feb 2020 #12

What? Iliyah Feb 2020 #2

My late fiance worked on progressive issues in Michigan with Moore before he got famous catbyte Feb 2020 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author irisblue Feb 2020 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author tiredtoo Feb 2020 #5

"Late" probably should have been a clue. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #6

You probably should have. Salviati Feb 2020 #8

There, fixed it for you. So very sorry. catbyte Feb 2020 #10

No i am so sorry, it just seemed like a good straight line. Sorry again. eom tiredtoo Feb 2020 #15

No worries! catbyte Feb 2020 #19

You realize that late has a connotation of passed away still_one Feb 2020 #13

I'd say Yes, being that there is a perception out there that he made such a gesture... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #9

After a bit of thought, and as much as he has irritated me when I met him in the early 80s.. irisblue Feb 2020 #11

Watched it three times. I'm not certain, but I lean no Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #14

What else could he have meant? How is holding your hand up cartoonish maximusveritas Feb 2020 #21

From the Department of Redundancy Department: OilemFirchen Feb 2020 #22

Really? Gothmog Feb 2020 #25

It looked like he was portraying him as a political lightweight Walleye Feb 2020 #16

If I looked like him, I sure as hell wouldn't say anything about anyone else. we can do it Feb 2020 #17

Michael Moore has brought many into the political world Beringia Feb 2020 #18

Leni Riefenstahl jberryhill Feb 2020 #28

You're citing a nazi filmmaker Beringia Feb 2020 #30

I missed a few words jberryhill Feb 2020 #31

The people defending this are disgusting. You have no shame or decency. tritsofme Feb 2020 #20

Yes FreeState Feb 2020 #23

This picture.... I ... Gothmog Feb 2020 #24

i watched it few times and i suppose it could be construed that way. Kurt V. Feb 2020 #26

Does anyone listen to him anymore? jberryhill Feb 2020 #27

The two are not mutually exclusive. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #29

Fuck that naderite slob Moore. NYMinute Feb 2020 #32

Whatever Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #33

No. Moore said "he raised his hand like a cartoon character." mzmolly Feb 2020 #34

Has Moore been right on anything? Gothmog Feb 2020 #35