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totally disagree with you about michael moore, uber:
what it sounds like you want to do is control the premises of a debate and then pretend that it is "open and honest"--which is, in my experience, the only way republican discourse can hold water--by controlling the premises of discussion.
this is what enables perfectly reasonable, intelligent folk to come to conclusions that i find bizarre about the world--they apply these premises and move in a straight line that is delimited by them.
if you want a debate--open and honest--then these premises should be on the table.
on the other hand, i teach in a university, not a conservatory, so dont know how different that population might be than what i interact with on a daily basis. so the question i have is not about the decision to move a documentary night, but about your postion on moore in particular.
but i do wonder if you assume that the population you encounter is politically naieve because they do not agree with you. the two are not identical.
you want an interesting debate?
show dogville.
the only problem with the film is length.
but it will provoke people.
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