Liberal Hollywood sharpened its knives for him when he brought out “The Patriot,” a total departure from their values. Since then it’s been a series of brutal muggings of his work in the MSM. Over my life I’ve met a hundred Irish barflies who didn’t talk or act any differently than Mel, God bless them and their songs and stories. The righteous might quake in terror of this spectre haunting the nation’s bar rooms and taverns and corrupting the youth, but it’s true.