Michael Moore Instagram – Guns Don’t Kill People, Americans Kill People:
20 years ago this weekend, “Bowling for Columbine” received the Oscar for Best Doc Feature of the year. It was also the 5th night of the illegal invasion & bombing of Iraq by George W. Bush. I find it difficult to celebrate when the only thing we should consider remembering from 20 years ago this week is this crime against humanity, committed in our name, against the Iraqi people.
So I’ll use this moment to once again demand that we, the people, stop & examine why we have such a thirst for violence, a desire to kill our “enemies,” and an insane fear of “the other”—which causes us to possess nearly 400 million guns in our homes.
Those who didn’t see “Bowling for Columbine” think it’s a movie about guns. It isn’t. It’s about us. Americans. “The gun” isn’t the star of our movie. We sorta half-agree with the NRA’s propaganda line —Guns Don’t Kill People—Americans Kill People.” Actually Male Americans. Few women spray bullets inside a 1st grade classroom or from atop a Vegas hotel. Every country’s teenagers watch violent movies, play violent video games. There’s a huge mental illness problem throughout the world, and yet, we’re the only country on Earth who kills so many of their own in this way. Why is that? What is it specifically about us? We thought if we could answer “why us” then maybe we could help fix this madness. Our madness.
We now average more than 1 mass shooting a day. Guns are now the #1 cause of death among American children. More than cancer. More than auto accidents. Yet no one here hangs their head in shame. We just hope our school, our child, isn’t next. And, if they are, well, millions of Americans will be sure to send us their thoughts and prayers.
So on this anniversary of being handed a gold statue while our bombs rained down on Baghdad, I’m going to sit quietly at home, watch “Bowling for Columbine” and think anew about what else we can do to help fix our American soul.
Please join me. Just go to MichaelMoore.com and it’s yours to watch, free of charge, through the weekend. Please watch it with me and a few thousand others. We can fix this problem. The film suggests how… | Posted on 25/Mar/2023 07:46:35
