Is Michael Moore an antisemite?
07Oct09
Althouse on Capitalism: A Love Story:
The most striking thing in the movie was the religion. I think Moore is seriously motivated by Christianity. He says he is (and has been since he was a boy). And he presented various priests, Biblical quotations, and movie footage from “Jesus of Nazareth” to make the argument that Christianity requires socialism. With this theme, I found it unsettling that in attacking the banking system, Moore presented quite a parade of Jewish names and faces. He never says the word “Jewish,” but I think the anti-Semitic theme is there. We receive long lectures about how capitalism is inconsistent with Christianity, followed a heavy-handed array of — it’s up to you to see that they are — Jewish villains.
Am I wrong to see Moore as an anti-Semite? I don’t know, but the movie worked as anti-Semitic propaganda. I had to struggle to fight off the idea the movie seemed to want to plant in my head.
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My Jewish relatives who have worked closely with him have left me with the distinct impression that while he has his flaws antisemitism is not one of them.
Eoin, I agree, but that doesn’t mean Althouse is wrong. See http://contested-terrain.net/is-michael-moore-an-antisemite/
I would also suggest that Michael Moore’s previous work suggests that the accusation that he is an antisemite is trite:
Consider for example episode 16 of the awful truth:
“BMW (BREAK MY WINDOWS): Sal Piro, the “Awful Truth” Bill Collector goes to BMW’s US offices to confront executives with a former slave laborer who worked in BMW’s German factories during World War II. The issue: BMW failed to compensate slave laborers that worked in its factories during the war.”
Source:
“http://www.tv.com/the-awful-truth/show/16681/episode.html?printable=1″
No need to let facts get in the way of your theory though eh.
http://www.theawfultruth.com/salbmw/
Here is a link to one of Michael Moore’s websites that documents the antisemitic history of a number of US and German corporations.
This does not mean that he isn’t antisemitic, just because he likes large corporations even less.
But in the end I tend to agree with you Eoin.