The price of fame...
One of the problems of running a high-profile weblog is that you will attract the attention of people who disagree with you.
One such blog is
Moore-Watch This site is dedicated to keeping track of all the distortions, exagerations and outright mistatements and lies that fill the printed and filmed works if Michael Moore.
Recently Lee got an email that read:
bq. I THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE FULL OF S*** AND ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE REAL F***ING TRUTH FROM PEOPLE I LIKE MICHAEL MOORE'S BOOKS THERE ALL ABOUT THE TRUTH THE TRUTH CANT BE SILENCED ANYMORE SO YOU GUYS SHOULD JUST JOIN THE MOVEMENT.
This email (editied slightly by me) came from a reader at AOL. AOL allows readers to post 'profiles' of themselves so Lee looked this critter up and found:
bq. Name: DANNY
Location: SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO
Gender: Male
Marital Status: ?
Hobbies & Interests: SMOKING MY KRONIC
Favorite Gadgets: GURLS
Occupation: FULL TIME SLACKER
Personal Quote: FU*K THA WORLD
Lee's comment at the end was classic:
bq. A full-time pot-smoking slacker who hates the world. Sounds like a Michael Moore fan to me.
Heh...
Posted by DaveH at March 5, 2004 10:41 AM