The readers write but are the readers right?

A reader took us to task, alleging that we compared filmmaker Michael Moore to Adolph Hitler. See comments here.

Fa-shizzle! First, the reader went to great lengths to suit-up with intellectual talcum powder, and then went on to miss the point. We never said Michael Moore is a Hitler. Never implied it.

Our point was simple: Moore is a three-ring media blow-hole who would deny the oil industry any recognition for any historical contribution it ever made. The record speaks – Moore's whole career advances distortion to a fine art form.

The reader huffed that yes, we all know the great things the oil industry has done, at the same time dismissing its single most important contribution – helping defeat the Nazis in WWII. Why? Because, according to the reader, we played the“Hitler card.”

When it’s show time, the strongest act is axed because it riles someone's ability to follow a point. If “Tweety Bird” drove Germany's killing machine, the reader would complain we played the “Canary card.” Whose side is he on anyway?

Some things are worth fighting, like Michael Moore and his cluck of clowns. For Moore, the low road is the only road whose path should be blocked by a brigade of bulldozers on overdrive, not with a choir of angelic high-road repartee.

The reader implied we had a "lazy intellect." In a stretch, anything's possible, but our point is uncomplicated. If the reader still struggles to bench-press that matzoh ball, ours isn't the only intellect that needs the exercise.

And one other thing, don't screw with cartoonists. You'll lose every time.