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* [[Fat Bastard]]: One (possibly apocryphal) story runs that an assistant of his, who did not enjoy working with him, started buying him donuts every day. When a friend asked whether this was to placate Moore and make him more friendly, the assistant answered, "No, I want the fat bastard to have a heart attack." |
* [[Fat Bastard]]: One (possibly apocryphal) story runs that an assistant of his, who did not enjoy working with him, started buying him donuts every day. When a friend asked whether this was to placate Moore and make him more friendly, the assistant answered, "No, I want the fat bastard to have a heart attack." |
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* [[Iconic Item]]: His Michigan State Spartans cap. |
* [[Iconic Item]]: His Michigan State Spartans cap. |
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* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: A lot of Moore's critics changed in tone after September 11th, 2001, condemning him far more harshly than ever before. Not out of patriotic fervor, but in reaction to an opinion piece he posted on his site on September 12th, which essentially said that his primary problem with the terrorist attacks was that they hadn't been aimed at people who had probably voted for George Bush. |
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* [[Raised Catholic]]: Moore was raised as a Catholic and identify himself as a Catholic, however he disagree with the Church's teachings on Same Sex Marriages and Abortions. |
* [[Raised Catholic]]: Moore was raised as a Catholic and identify himself as a Catholic, however he disagree with the Church's teachings on Same Sex Marriages and Abortions. |
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* [[Straw Man Has a Point]]: In making ''Bowling for Columbine'' Moore was surprised to learn that Canada has higher per capita gun ownership than the States, but lower per capita gun crime. He thus came to the conclusion that the NRA (and others) are not entirely wrong. |
* [[Straw Man Has a Point]]: In making ''Bowling for Columbine'' Moore was surprised to learn that Canada has higher per capita gun ownership than the States, but lower per capita gun crime. He thus came to the conclusion that the NRA (and others) are not entirely wrong. |
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