Fahrenheit 9/11, directed by Michael Moore, and “Unfairenheit 9/11,” written by Christopher Hitchens, have one glaring commonality- bipartisanism. Both pieces reflect only one side of the story in an exceedingly frank way. Fahrenheit 9/11 is openly Democrat, while “Unfairenheit 9/11” is openly Republican. I don’t hold either party close to my heart, but pieces of work such as these make me strongly dislike both. Many Americans complain about politics; bipartisanism is a reason why. These already heated pieces fueled more intense debate and argument between the already dissonant parties. Moore and Hitchens are showing Americans that even after a national crisis, the two main parties will point fingers and bicker as young children do. When Americans were calling for unity and truth, these men were causing a ruckus.
What would have made either piece better was if someone had presented an argument that went against their own- even if the argument was later disproved with concrete evidence. Both men are utterly and bitterly opposed to opening up to the possibility that the other man might have a couple rational points. Neither man is completely right, nor is either completely wrong. Children learn at a young age that they can’t always have their way because they are not always right. People learn to compromise.
Perhaps these men should go back to elementary school and learn to play nice.
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I completely agree. The two main political parties are always pointing fingers, never taking a moment of time to think that maybe their "side" might have done something wrong as well. This country will never unite if the parties are trying to tear one another apart. It almost doesn't even matter what happened, or who's' fault it was, it's what we are going to do about it.I feel that both pieces just focus on who to blame, and neither really gave a solution to piece our country back together.
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