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You can hate Moore, but don't hate the school
Julian Bond
Issue date: 10/12/04 Section: Perspectives
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First of all, just for the record, I hate politics.
It's not that I don't like voicing my opinion about the issues in today's world and having nice discussions about how our country and the world is being ran, it's just the fact that I know only so much about it and hate to put my own big foot in my mouth when I don't know when a specific "political" fact stated is true or not.
So with that explanation, I just wanted to state on behalf of myself, being the current Vice President of the UM-D Society of Journalists (SOJ) and one of the lovely people involved in bringing Michael Moore to our campus, the reasoning behind doing the event.
Just to get another thing off of my chest, I like Michael Moore. I'm a fan of his movies and TV shows, especially Bowling for Columbine.
I think that he is a good, enjoyable filmmaker, whether I agree with everything he says or not. He's funny; he states exactly how he feels and then shows everyone the image of how he sees the situations with the topics of his films.
By bringing a well-known, controversial, and very (to say the least) outgoing personality and voice such as Moore to our campus, I had hope that no matter what a student's individual opinion of him was or what their position with our current election was, they would appreciate hearing a different point of view from someone who is in the mainstream talking about the current political scene.
I would have hoped that the people, who opposed his views and/or just plain as day didn't like him and attended the event, would hear him out with his beliefs and thoughts and then judge for themselves.
So in response to the two Perspectives articles ran in last week's Michigan Journal, I believe that everyone's entitled to their own opinion but please don't accuse us (SOJ) or the university for having a liberal bias or the intent of disrespecting the student and faculty body.
Like everyone in the world knows, we all have the power of free speech, good or bad, no matter what it may be, and that what's makes this country great.
It's not that I don't like voicing my opinion about the issues in today's world and having nice discussions about how our country and the world is being ran, it's just the fact that I know only so much about it and hate to put my own big foot in my mouth when I don't know when a specific "political" fact stated is true or not.
So with that explanation, I just wanted to state on behalf of myself, being the current Vice President of the UM-D Society of Journalists (SOJ) and one of the lovely people involved in bringing Michael Moore to our campus, the reasoning behind doing the event.
Just to get another thing off of my chest, I like Michael Moore. I'm a fan of his movies and TV shows, especially Bowling for Columbine.
I think that he is a good, enjoyable filmmaker, whether I agree with everything he says or not. He's funny; he states exactly how he feels and then shows everyone the image of how he sees the situations with the topics of his films.
By bringing a well-known, controversial, and very (to say the least) outgoing personality and voice such as Moore to our campus, I had hope that no matter what a student's individual opinion of him was or what their position with our current election was, they would appreciate hearing a different point of view from someone who is in the mainstream talking about the current political scene.
I would have hoped that the people, who opposed his views and/or just plain as day didn't like him and attended the event, would hear him out with his beliefs and thoughts and then judge for themselves.
So in response to the two Perspectives articles ran in last week's Michigan Journal, I believe that everyone's entitled to their own opinion but please don't accuse us (SOJ) or the university for having a liberal bias or the intent of disrespecting the student and faculty body.
Like everyone in the world knows, we all have the power of free speech, good or bad, no matter what it may be, and that what's makes this country great.