Reply #64: Nice to see that the Moore-bashers are out in full force

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Like it or not, that movie helped our side way more than it hurt. I, and countless others, spent the summer trying to convince everyone that they knew to go see this movie. Once they did, the results were almost universal:

Those that already were against Bush hated him even more
Those that were on the fringe became solidly against Bush
Those that were non-voters/ignorant/apathetic became avid Kerry supporters.

Farenheit 9/11 energized our base, simply put. Remember where we were in June? Democrats were still licking their wounds from the nasty primary. There was still widespread animosty within the progressive community towards the Democratic party and Kerry (like right now). Once Moore released his film to the masses, we all realized how important it was to get Bush out of office. Like a swarm of bees, we all united strongly behind Kerry. Millions of people around the world saw that film and it instantly became a national mobilizing tool that energized the liberals like no other.

Moore's film was a positive force and I'm sorry that you can't see that. The only people it alienated were those that refused to see it. And those people were already firmly in Bush's camp and were very vulnerable to RW propaganda.