(CNN)As Americans, we are fortunate to have the right to speak our minds. Filmmaker Michael Moore did just that with his attack on the use of military snipers in warfare just before the release of the Oscar-nominated and devastating war/anti-war movie "American Sniper," directed by Clint Eastwood. Moore obviously has the same freedom of speech right that all Americans do. Some of what he has publicly stated in the past is opinion, some is fact and some is absolutely ludicrous. In an apparent reference to Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, credited with 160 enemy kills -- the most in U.S. history -- and the movie "American Sniper," Moore commented on Twitter that his "uncle was killed by a sniper" and that he was "taught that all snipers were cowards."
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Don Mann: Michael Moore called snipers cowards, but they protect his free speech
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Chris Kyle, subject of "American  Sniper," made sacrifices to protect our freedoms, he says
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Mann: If Moore had trained to be a sniper, he'd have a clue
I would go so far as to say if @placeholder would simply attend a one-day sniper-training course in the United States, his opinion would drastically change.