Michael Moore-Produced ‘Planet of the Humans’ Doc Pulled From YouTube, Director Cries ‘Censorship’

yahoo.com ^ | May 25, 2020 | Thom Geier

[grundle]

The Michael Moore-produced documentary “Planet of the Humans” was pulled from YouTube overnight due to a “copyright claim by a third party” — prompting writer-director Jeff Gibbs to denounced the removal as a “blatant act of censorship.”

“It is a misuse of copyright law to shutdown a film that has opened a serious conversation about how parts of the environmental movement have gotten into bed with Wall Street and so-called ‘green capitalists,'” Gibbs said in a statement Monday. “There is absolutely no copyright violation in my film. This is just another attempt by the film’s opponents to subvert the right to free speech.”

The documentary, which has drawn criticism from environmental groups for its harsh assessment of the efficacy of solar and wind energy, has garnered 8.3 million views since its release on YouTube on April 21, according to the film’s rep, who added that the filmmakers have been in contact with the Google-owned video service over the issue.

[Texas Eagle]

So do I. They can dish it out but they can't take it.

We scratch out heads at all the private jets and yachts that ferry "environmentists" to their summits but such wonderments never enter Michael Moore's mind.

[SunkenCiv]

• Stop Worrying, The Climate Has Always Changed!

[GOPJ]

They’re just now figuring out that the environmentalist movement is all about making money???

It took courage to make this film... Moore takes on the money changers in the 'environmental' movement. They're not gonna let him get away with this. They don't take kindly to people straying off the plantation.

[TigersEye]

I haven’t seen it since it came out in ‘89 but I do remember the lady slaughtering rabbits.
Mighty convincing proof of his premises there alrighty. LOL

He’s such a schlock.

[Rockingham]

The film was only in small part about Moore's effort to confront and badger Roger Smith. Mostly it was about the effect of GM's decline on the formerly prosperous city of Flynt, Michigan, where much of GM's blue-collar workforce resided. A rabid Leftie, Moore's contended that GM had abandoned Flynt for the sake of the greater profit to be made through factories in Mexico.

For me, the funny thing about the woman with the rabbits was that she had a film crew next to her, so she was providing evidence of a code violation on film while looking over her shoulder to make sure that she was out of view. I am sure that she was told to act as she normally would and as if the camera were not present. In effect, the woman was acting in what was billed as a documentary.

[TigersEye]

LOL Good points about the rabbit lady.

Moore might have been right about GM abandoning Flynt for Mexico but it was too long ago for me to remember. Even so I think his tactics reeked of cheap sophistry. I couldn’t take him seriously then and my opinion of him has steadily declined since.

[SierraWasp]

"Yep, leftists are a bit slow...public school and all."

Plus mass transit gave 'em all COVEN 19!!! (see, it's just another witch hunt)

[Rockingham]

The key reasons for GM's decline, for their near abandonment of Flynt and Detroit, and opening of factories in Mexico and elsewhere were the cost of labor and the even more ruinous union work rules. Those rules diminished productivity, encouraged abuse, and made even routine management tasks absurdly difficult.

For example, GM workers would often hit the bars before going to work, get their report pay, then check out as sick and go back to the bars. Management could not challenge them on it. To fill in gaps in the assembly line workforce, reliable workers would get held over or called in, which then resulted in ruinous overtime rates and charges. When management complained, the unions insisted that GM had bad factory line managers and needed to hire more people.

In the 1980s, Reagan era free trade policies let in a flood of cheaper and better performing car models from Japan. This forced GM and Ford into wrenching layoffs and reorganizations, with much of their production being moved to non-union factories and contractors. Thus the decline of Flynt, Michigan.

Michael Moore made a fortune from Roger and Me. For liberals of that era, it offered an alternate universe that let them avoid the issues of out of control unionism in favor of old-fashioned corporation bashing.

[TigersEye]

Thanks! That really brings back the ‘80s for me.
Hadn’t thought about those things in a long time.

[proud American in Canada]

Great news, FRiend. :)

[proud American in Canada]

Yes! I want some moore of both! LOL! Z

[proud American in Canada]

LOL! Yes, and the mainstream media is certainly on a witchhunt after the President! (hee hee)

;)