Posted on 07/31/2006 12:29:38 PM PDT by veronica
Edited on 07/31/2006 1:43:28 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
I was just in the middle of writing a long and tedious essay, about how to tell a real anti-Semite from a person who too-loudly rejects the charge of anti-Semitism, when a near-perfect real-life example came to hand. That bad actor and worse director Mel Gibson, pulled over for the alleged offense of speeding and the further alleged offense of speeding under the influence, decided that he needed to demand of the arresting officer whether he was or was not Jewish and that he furthermore needed to impart the information that all the world's wars are begun by those of Semitic extraction.
Call me thin-skinned if you must, but I think that this qualifies. I also think that the difference between the blood-alcohol levels—and indeed the speed limits—that occasioned the booking are insufficient to explain the expletives (as Gibson has since claimed in a typically self-pitying and verbose statement put out by his publicist). One does not abruptly decide, between the first and second vodka, or the ticks of the indicator of velocity, that the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion are valid after all.
There's a lot to dislike about Gibson. He is given to furious tirades against homosexuals of the sort that make one wonder if he has some kind of subliminal or "unaddressed" problem. His vulgar and nasty movies, which also feature this prejudice, are additionally replete with the cheapest caricatures of the English.
Well said.
While I don't agree with the tone of this column, I must admit my estimation of Gibson has dropped several notches. Driving drunk and making anti-Semitic remarks do not endear him to me.
His father is a raving lunatic anti Semite.
Some may charge that my opinion is colored by by religion, but I don't believe a child grows up psychologically healthy in the home of a raving lunatic anti Semite.
Maybe some can overcome that disadvantage. Not here obviously.
He hates Gibson because Mel doesn't have to get up in the morning and go to work. Gibson might drink too much but he sure makes great films.
and my son owns a copy!
Not at all.
Please see post 218.
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but did you see where FREE REPUBLIC is mentioned on page 27 of today's "Daily Variety?"
"...reaction in the popular conservative online forum FreeRepublic.com..."
Maybe so. But erroneous, nonetheless.
Oh, shut up. You sound just like Christopher Hitchens.
There have been morer slanders printed about this remarkable woman than any other modern religious figure.
But her being a saint--that goes with the territory. There's not a saint in the Canon who was not vilified by the jealous and the envious whilst they trod this earth.
I thought Braveheart was quite a good movie including both his acting and directing.
Mel's acting in Gallipoli and The Year of Living Dangerously (admittedly older movies) prove that he is quite capable of being a good actor in the right vehicle. Also liked him in Ransom, Conspiracy Theory, The Man without a Face, and Signs.
Actually, there was outrage over Sharpton and Jackson.
I don't think alcohol is a truth serum and certainly drunks stay stupid crap they don't mean.
But it's clear to me that Mel has issues with Jews from what he said, if those quotes are true. Those things can't possibly be said completely spotaneously with no internal basis.
Didn't you read the interview in which he said "My father never lied to me"? He could have said "My father is a great dad but he hs some nutty ideas" but he didn't say that. Something is wrong here. I suspect he believes that Judaism is worthy of contempt, and are no longer G-d's chosen people. I have also read that he does not recognize the Pope.
It`s true, liberals say stuff everyday 1000 times more bias than this, and while sober no less, and it`s all passed over. I would be very interested to hear what the ADL said when former democratic Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson called New York city "Hymie Town" or when former democratic Presidential candidate Al Sharpton called Jews "leeches".
I disagree.
One does not have to believe something to say it, particularly when drunk.
Before I brand him with the "anti-Semite" badge, I need more evidence than this.
"Following the last series of votes on Wednesday evening, I returned to my home on Capitol Hill and took the prescribed amount of Phenergan and Ambien," Some time around 2:45 a.m., I drove the few blocks to the Capitol Complex believing I needed to vote. Apparently, I was disoriented from the medication." "At no time before the incident did I consume any alcohol." At the time of the accident, I was instructed to park my car and was driven home by the United States Capitol Police. At no time did I ask for any special consideration, I simply complied with what the officers asked me to do." "I have the utmost respect for the United States Capitol Police and the job they do to keep Members of Congress and the Capitol Complex safe. "I have contacted the Chief of Capitol Police and offered to meet with police representatives at their earliest convenience as I intend to cooperate fully with any investigation they choose to undertake."
I thought the Patriot was awful. And Braveheart was a long torture film. Gibson hs a "crucifixion" complex and sees himself as the guy on the cross. Same thing in Lethal Weapon - the long torture scene.
It’s solid evidence that you had an issue with communist in 1983. Can you think of an instance where an angry drunk insulted someone with a disparaging label that he later felt was a benevolent or neutral term when sober?
It's solid evidence ONLY that I said stupid crap that I didn't mean while I was drunk.
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