I can't stand Moore, but what Gibson said about having a "strange kinship" isn't alarming. Nor is what he said about his film...liking it, although he did note he didn't agree with everything in it.
It's no secret that he is against the war in Iraq, nor is a big Bush fan, but now people are making him out to be the antichrist because he actually didn't diss Moore at an awards ceremony, where they were both honored.
I find it pathetic, that because he actually was polite in public and did not criticize, or get into a political p*ssing match over the film, he's now a "flaming liberal", in many of the "eyes" of some here on FR. I am disgusted by many of the comments that was said today on some of the other threads, I swear there were times I thought I was reading a thread off the DU.
Sometimes, I think people need to look away from their binoculars (religion on one end, politics on the other) and see the big picture.
The entire thing was taken out of context. If I run across the entire transcript again (on one of the other threads where he got thoroughly flambee'd) of what he said (not just the "yahoo" excerpt), I'll pass it along.
You're totally right. It's probably a good PR on his part, and he sounds nice and polite. I didn't like it when I first read it, but I agree with your point of vew. Good post.