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cdjdhj's review against another edition
2.0
I enjoy politics so couldn't resist this book when I found it at the Dollar Tree Store for $1. After reading it, however, I think I overpaid for it. There are some humorous moments and interesting anecdotes and statistics in this book -- (some of them quite troubling), but what comes across most is Michael Moore's personal political agenda and belief system. The last 1/3 of the book is an almost incoherent, obscenity-filled written rant about why Ralph Nadar was the man to back for president in 2000 and why Ralph Nadar's candidacy did not siphon off votes from Al Gore, thus resulting in the election of George Bush. In this part of the book, Moore comes off as nothing more than a sour-grapes wind-bag crying over ancient history that cannot be changed. It goes a long way toward making the reader forget the appearance of credibility of his more rational arguments in the first part of the book. I certainly do not consider myself a "tea-party" conservative by any stretch of the imagination, but the book I read last year by Glenn Beck made me much more sypathetic to that point of view than this book made me to the ultra-left, liberal point of view.
raccoongremlin's review against another edition
3.0
It was okay, it was good in the fact that it highlighted and educated me on the many things that frustrated me about the world, and also the frustrations i have with the US and how it impacts everyone else. In some ways it made me feel more frustrated, because many of the things he highlighted, i felt could've been easily fixed or avoided if i was President, of course I'm not a greedy arsehole so its a bit different. I felt that the book did go on a bit longer than necessary, and i did find myself bored and awaiting the end with excitement, the interest that captured me at the beginning was well away by the last quarter, I felt the book could've been shorter, and honestly it could've all easily been said and described in a 40 minute documentary or shorter book. That being said however, i don't regret reading it, and i wouldn't have regretted giving Michael my money, had I bough it new and not from a charity shop in Aberystwyth. If I see another of Michaels books in a charity shop I may buy it, but i wouldn't want t0o pend more than 2 quid on it, however his films seem good so I will give them a chance. He seems like a cool person and I would love to talk to him.
gunjan2024's review against another edition
3.0
Hilariously evil!
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.https://gunjaninks.wordpress.com/2017/11/26/stupid-white-men-by-michael-moore/
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.https://gunjaninks.wordpress.com/2017/11/26/stupid-white-men-by-michael-moore/
novelesque_life's review against another edition
3.0
3 STARS
"In the winter of 2002, Stupid White Men took America -- and the world -- by storm. Tired and skeptical of George W. Bush's high approval ating, frightened by the implications of the Enron scandal -- and generally just looking for a voice of honest dissent in the thick atmosphere of jingoism that followed 9/11 -- book buyers from coast to coast swiftly embraced Michael Moore's in-your-face anti-Bush-era manifesto, making it one of the bestselling nonfiction books of the year.
With an unerring eye for greed, hypocrisy, and corruption, Michael Moore takes on the whole ugly mess of America at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Whether he's demanding U.N. action to overthrow the Bush Family Junta or calling on African Americans to place whites only signs over the entrances of unfriendly businesses, Stupid White Men is a pitch-perfect skewering of our culture of Malfeasance and Mediocrity." (From Amazon)
A interesting point of view of America and it's politics.
"In the winter of 2002, Stupid White Men took America -- and the world -- by storm. Tired and skeptical of George W. Bush's high approval ating, frightened by the implications of the Enron scandal -- and generally just looking for a voice of honest dissent in the thick atmosphere of jingoism that followed 9/11 -- book buyers from coast to coast swiftly embraced Michael Moore's in-your-face anti-Bush-era manifesto, making it one of the bestselling nonfiction books of the year.
With an unerring eye for greed, hypocrisy, and corruption, Michael Moore takes on the whole ugly mess of America at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Whether he's demanding U.N. action to overthrow the Bush Family Junta or calling on African Americans to place whites only signs over the entrances of unfriendly businesses, Stupid White Men is a pitch-perfect skewering of our culture of Malfeasance and Mediocrity." (From Amazon)
A interesting point of view of America and it's politics.
amaceachern's review against another edition
3.0
an interesting look at politics in the states. would be scared to see what he would have to say about canada
octavosaurus's review against another edition
3.0
Moore's points can be excellent; the first and last chapters in particular are worth reading. It's just a shame that he is so clearly biased and crude you can't help but take the 'facts' with a large pinch of salt..
shiradest's review against another edition
2.0
A bit over-the-top in some ways, but impressive in others, like:
P. 258-259 offering to personally help Palestinians non-violently resist Israeli government oppression.
P. 258-259 offering to personally help Palestinians non-violently resist Israeli government oppression.
elisala's review against another edition
3.0
Michaël Moore en fait définitivement trop. Trop de second degré, trop d'ironie transparente, trop de prise à témoin du lecteur, ... Il est dans ce livre comme dans ses documentaires: il fait son show, il n'a jamais peur de l'exagération.
Mais j'avoue, j'ai quand même souvent bien ri, et même s'il exagère dans la forme, même s'il paraît faire des raccourcis un peu gênants dans le fond, avec des sources parfois douteuses, il y a des informations bien intéressantes dans ce livre, pas toutes hyper neuves, ni hyper constructives, mais souvent effrayantes, sur le pouvoir, le gouffre entre riches et pauvres, l'éducation, l'économie, etc. (et tout ça, aux Etats-Unis).
Par ailleurs, Moore a beau critiquer son pays, il reste d'un américano-centrisme assez flagrant, façon nous pouvons sauver le monde...
Mais j'avoue, j'ai quand même souvent bien ri, et même s'il exagère dans la forme, même s'il paraît faire des raccourcis un peu gênants dans le fond, avec des sources parfois douteuses, il y a des informations bien intéressantes dans ce livre, pas toutes hyper neuves, ni hyper constructives, mais souvent effrayantes, sur le pouvoir, le gouffre entre riches et pauvres, l'éducation, l'économie, etc. (et tout ça, aux Etats-Unis).
Par ailleurs, Moore a beau critiquer son pays, il reste d'un américano-centrisme assez flagrant, façon nous pouvons sauver le monde...