[what's up]

If Mel had used the word "Christian" where he used the word "Jews," one wonders if so many here would still be willing to give the guy a pass.

I was just thinking about that...if say Stephen Speilberg or someone high-profile had said these awful things about Christians.

Honestly, I believe that is he came out the next day with the heartfelt apology Gibson seems to have given about how awful his behavior had been, he would be forgiven by many.

[olderwiser]

I think a lot of the left's anti-American "crusader" rhetoric has an anti-christian undertone.

And the left is flush with self-hating jews who see Israel as a Zionist (essentially fascist) plague.

Gibson has made truly ignorant comments about Jews. Then again, he's apparently finishing up a movie that skewers Christian fundamentalist crusader Bush by way of historical analogy.