I don’t care how “right” you think you are. If you come across in a mean-spirited way–you’re wrong.
Michael Moore can handle verbal abuse from the conservative pundits in America, but harsh words from Pete Townshend, lead guitarist for The Who, may hit closer to his liberal heart.
“I greatly resent being bullied and slurred by him just because he didn’t get what we wanted from me,” Townshend told Ireland Online.
Moore wanted Townshend’s rock anthem “Won’t Get Fooled Again” for use on the soundtrack of his anti-Bush documentary film, “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Townshend refused, saying he thought Moore’s previous movies amounted to “bullying.” In response, Townshend said that Moore accused him of being a war supporter. Townshend says Moore’s attitude was evocative of President Bush’s war on terrorism credo: if you’re not with me, you’re against me.
“It seems to me that this aspect of his nature is not unlike that of the powerful and willful man at the centre of his documentary,” Townshend observed.
How easy it is to become like the thing we despise.
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