"There’s been much made recently about the vaunted Cuban medical system
since propagandist Michael Moore traveled to Havana with 9/11 heroes in tow
searching for 'free' health care. It’s Mr. Moore’s idea of a clever way to
criticize America and the capitalist system he exploits so brilliantly. Of
course, it never actually occurred to him that while he was 'free' to film in
Cuba there were political prisons suffering in Castro’s gulags simply for doing
exactly what Moore thinks is his sole universal right; speaking out. A big mouth
coupled with a small mind is a dangerous combination. "
Moore is making a shaky point by taking 9/11 workers to Cuba. Like this points out Cuba is not a country that embraces free speech, the films he makes about the American Government would have gotten him put in jail if they had been made by a Cuban about the Cuban government.
Second, this is after there was such a stink among those on the left about Bush using 9/11 and the victims of the attack as tools for his own political ends. Is it the case that it is ok for Moore to do something that it wasn't ok for Bush to do. I think it was wrong when Bush did it and I think it is wrong that Moore is doing it.
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