[Hildy]

HA! That "one commentor was me" and, ironically enough, the response about the hero falling far was made by my cousin...you know her as VERONICA!!!!

[Michael Goldsberry]

There's something in Proverbs about not tooting your own horn, Hildy.

[Hildy]

CHECK THIS OUT!!!

[AppyPappy]

I argued with you about 'The Passion of the Christ' and his portrayal of Jews.

The truth is a terrible taskmaster. The "Jews" in the Passion were a perfect portrayal of Jews. The Jews were supporting Jesus and opposing Jesus. In short, they were just people.

[Sir Gawain]

Regardless of what Mel said, this is just barf inducing:

It is unfortunate that it took an excess of booze and an encounter with a traffic cop to reveal what was really in his heart and mind. We would hope that Hollywood now would realize the bigot in their midst and that they will distance themselves from this anti-Semite.

Like Hollywood is filled with anything but hypocrites. Hypocrites distancing themselves from hypocrites. How cute.

[ladyinred]

Alright for you Hildy!

[tiredoflaundry]

WTG!

[Popman]

You should ask the mods to fix your title before you lambasted.

Hey! FR an I were Quoted in VARIETY!!!

[GeronL]

There was nothing wrong with the movie.

[JennysCool]

Now you get to be harsh and unforgiving in Variety, too! :-)

[theFIRMbss]

>That "one commentor was me"

You're just angling for
a three a.m. phone call from
a certain actor

all sobbing, shaking
telling you it breaks his heart
he let you down and

begging you to please
let him take you to dinner
to explain in depth . . .

[Jean S]

Are you proud of this? You are an embarassment to Free Republic. This gloating disgusts me.

[Generalbob]

it takes a big man to admit he's wrong...

Others should practice.

[wtc911]

the response about the hero falling far was made by my cousin...you know her as VERONICA!!!!

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Why are we not surprised?

[HBAR223]

For once somebody got it right and called Free Republic a forum and not a blog.

[Dog Gone]

And there were signs that even Gibson's conservative Christian fans were not moved by the response.

I was under the impression that neither you nor Veronica are Christians. Maybe I derived the wrong impression over the years, but I think Variety shouldn't have used either of you as an example of a Christian fan.

[Generalbob]

S-M-U-G

[A CA Guy]

There was nothing about The Passion that was antisemitic but there was a lot about Mel drunk that was.

Your change of heart because of what Mel said years later while drunk does not reflect on his prior work.

I don't get your logic between the two things.

Maybe that's why they quoted you in Variety, you served them in what they wanted to write against The Passion.

[firebrand]

Let's hope their next headline is "Apocalypto Lays An Egg."

[veronica]

I'm a little disappointed that we didn't make Army Archerd's column...:)

[Peach]

Thank goodness you were quoted for this article and not one of his apologists making FR look like it's composed of a bunch of nutjobs.

BTW, on MSNBC, Tucker Carlson interviewed a couple of different reporters at 6:00 about this matter. Both reporters said there were other instances of Gibson being an anti-Semite but people brushed the reports off; they don't think it will be as easy this time. Oh, and he'd been pulled over for DWI a few other times too.