We’ve, um, disliked Michael Moore for a very long time, but the targeted killing of Iran’s Qasem Soleimani has really sent him over the edge in an ugly, ugly way. After Solemani’s death, Moore “sent the Ayatollah of Iran a personal appeal asking him not to respond to our assassination of his top General with violence of any kind.” “With deep condolences for the acts of violence on our behalf by a man that the majority of Americans have never voted for,” he wrote.
Then he disgusted us with a lengthy thread in which he asked, “What Americans did Soleimani kill?” American troops, yes, hundreds of them, but they were “sent there to their deaths by Bush, Cheney and the 29 Democratic Senators who voted to commit this war crime.” So our troops were war criminals and deserved it?
And now Moore seems enamored with the funeral procession for Soleimani, which was quickly followed by the box holding his smoking remains being tossed in coach and flown back to Iran, where NBC News live-streamed his burial. He wants to know which American general would command such a crowd … with the emphasis on command.
Just wondering – is there an American General for whom millions of us would turn out for his funeral? Mad Dog? Kelly? Colin Powel? William Westmoreland? Can anyone even name the chair of the Joint Chiefs?We all support those who serve but would we pour into the streets like this? pic.twitter.com/L1Y5Bb9iys
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 8, 2020
Um, millions? Guess Moore is buying Iranian propaganda about the turnout as well. We would wager it’s more people than turned out to see his last box office bomb, “Fahrenheit 11/9,” but millions?
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Is there any politician for which we would publicly mourn hysterically like these grief-stricken North Koreans pic.twitter.com/KOZNVAMDTk
— Razor (@hale_razor) January 8, 2020
Stalin’s funeral. Notice any similarities? ??♂️ pic.twitter.com/w0Ym5ngiMQ
— Aboud Dandachi (@abouddandachi) January 8, 2020
"Man, you can say what you like about that guy, but look at the crowds!" pic.twitter.com/3hLJnujA2B
— Wolfie Inu ?? ?? (@InuWolfie) January 8, 2020
When they get punished for not showing up…..
— Chad Prather (@WatchChad) January 8, 2020
Well, we probably wouldn't be killed for not going.
— Great Plains Girl ?? (@HeartlandRaised) January 9, 2020
If Americans had their legs cut out from under them & our livelihood depended on a theocratic war-obsessed state, we’d come out in droves to support the one public figure forced fed thru state media. But don’t listen to me, I’m just a Muslim who lived in Iran…what do I know.
— Shireen Qudosi (@ShireenQudosi) January 8, 2020
Depends on if we had guns to our heads like they do.
— Aspiring Hobo (@BrumfieldJeremy) January 8, 2020
If we threatened to kill them? Yeah
— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) January 8, 2020
Probably not, but if anything happened to the leader of North Korea I bet there will be just as many “mourners”. I wonder ?why.
— Obianuju Ekeocha (@obianuju) January 8, 2020
Yeah of course! if the US would bus people from their workplace, arrest those who do not show up, force the children to pray to the General's picture, and if the US would continue covering the event regardless of the possibilities of stampedes. People would show up then for sure!
— Fatima Alasrar (@YemeniFatima) January 8, 2020
Whereupon Michael Moore learns the difference between a free society/free speech and compelled attendance under a military dictatorship.
— Cat (@catlaugh12) January 8, 2020
You're sharing televised propaganda from a population that was there under threat of force. They do that because they want to manipulate beliefs and will do so as long as it works. You're actively helping them. Go team.
— David Rooks (@Maximura01) January 8, 2020
You mean pour into the streets because they were threatened if they didn't? Well, if we become a dictatorship, I'm sure you'll see stuff like this. Until then, I'm good with what we got.
— David the New Year's Baby (@eggar_suit) January 8, 2020
No this crap doesn't happen in the free world. Idolizing idiots happens in theocracies and dictatorships.
— Rasha Al Aqeedi (@RashaAlAqeedi) January 8, 2020
Probably not because we don't worship military leaders. That and Americans are not compelled by force or threat to do so.
— Mark Culham ? (@mdculham) January 8, 2020
They turned out for that funeral for the same reason every single North Korean votes for Kim Jong Un.
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) January 8, 2020
If we lived as slaves to our government and were required to attend by coercion, yes, I’m sure there would be a similar turnout.
— S T E A K [?] F U E L E D (@SteakFueled) January 8, 2020
Have you spent any time in the Middle East??? I have lived there and they actually send soldiers door to door demanding that the population go out into the street and protest, adore their mullahs, military dictators or pay severe consequences.Don’t be daft. Surely you know this.
— ?WestieMama ? (@pjwilb) January 8, 2020
Large militarist dictatorships that force people to mourn fallen leaders are a good thing says Michael Moore.
— Mark The Shark (@MRaff57) January 8, 2020
No we wouldn't Michael. But then again, the lives of us and our loved ones wouldn't be threatened if we wouldn't attend such a funeral, like is the case in Iran. Many thousands of Iranians attend such events not out of free will, but because the regime expects them to attend
— Carlos Zacharioudakis (@ElGriego79) January 8, 2020
No, because 1) we're normal people, and 2) our government wouldn't threaten to shoot us if we didn't turn out for the funeral.
— Jay Dubb (@JayDubbTX) January 8, 2020
If the US shuts down for the day and its citizens are told to look sad or else, there are many generals who would fit the bill.
— Funky Code Medina ✝️ (@spazafraz) January 8, 2020
Funny but the generals you listed served to defend the rights of people even like you. I doubt they would want or need a hysterical display at their funeral.
— Alan (@Alan15881625) January 8, 2020
"America is bad because it isn't a military dictatorship" is an odd take.
— Brent Skilton (@brent_skilton) January 8, 2020
— Mark Harrison (@Markhars) January 8, 2020
Sorry for your loss, i know it's been a rough week for you
— Cassiel Angelos… The Media doesn't know anything (@Cassiel_Angelos) January 8, 2020
Surprised you were not there for the funeral, Mike.
— Union Man (@UnionMan16) January 8, 2020
Your love for our enemies knows no bounds. I wish you could have been there for the funeral. I think you would find as an American, no matter how much you hate to admit it, they would not share your school girl crush attitude you seem to have for them.
— JL (@laugjos) January 8, 2020
A lot of Americans seem to have a schoolgirl crush on Soleimani.
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‘Sorry for your loss, AP’: Associated Press explores emotions a tearful Ayatollah Khamenei was experiencing at Soleimani’s funeral https://t.co/wiZx61xhav
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 6, 2020
