Blacklisting of Mel Gibson Should've Outraged Me

Rush Limbaugh ^ | February 27, 2004 | Rush Limbaugh

[gitmo]

There's no agenda. There's no call to action. There's no nothing here, folks. This is one of the most personal experiences a moviegoer will ever have, so personal it is going to be difficult for you to tell people what you felt. It's going to be difficult to tell people what you thought.

Well said.

[writer33]

"Well said."

I'd agree.

[King Black Robe]

You're right. Very well said. Good for Rush.

[Howie66]

One thing for certain is this: Mel Gibson doesn't need the Hollywood "elite" any longer. "They" need him more than ever, though.

[gitmo]

Nice tagline.

[Mike Darancette]

two big muckety-muck producers, studio heads or whatever, said that he doesn't have a chance of working in this town again.

I'm sure that the financial backers or shareholders of these two big muckety-muck producers, studio heads or whatever would be happy to hear that due to the anti-Christian bigotry and hatred held by these two big muckety-muck producers, studio heads or whatever is going to cost them money. No wonder they prefer they prefer the cowardly route of remaining nameless.

[writer33]

Thanks. Nice Dog.

[TexasCajun]

Just how many of Mel's fellow actors and directors will expresses outrage of his Blacklisting at the Academy Awards?

[Born Conservative]

[Maximilian]

I know that "Passion" coverage has already exceeded saturation point, but this is really excellent anaysis by Rush Limbaugh. And I especially want to note this point that he made:

"The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) retracted critical remarks made about the film last April by its ecumenical and interreligious committee, which suggested that the film might be anti-Semitic."

Now, this really steamed me. Who is this group? the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Now, we know they're a bunch of liberals. But still, take that away. They're Catholics. This is a movie about what these people profess to be experts in! This is a movie about what these people teach others to believe and learn -- and these are the experts! These are the fathers, if you will, and they are so scared. They are so scared of a movie they didn't even see that they had to run with the critics and say, "Anti-Semitisc! We don't want to be..." They didn't even have the guts to stand up for this, and it's about them!

It's about who they are, and they didn't have the guts to stand up -- and now they want to get back in. Now that the American people are going to see the movie in droves, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ah, forget it, forget it. We want to be back in. "In remarks released Wednesday on the Catholic news service, three staff members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops office fulfillment broadcasting is the film might be overly violent but it's not anti-Semitic now." What business did you people have saying it was anti-Semitic anyway? You know that there's no anti-Semitism in the story of the crucifixion. That's not what it's about. Why did you join the chorus of detractors of a movie made by a man of your faith about what you do?

Because you're gutless. These are gutless people. Now, if gutless people are standing up, how can gutless people stand up for Jesus Christ? They ran away from this, and now of course, "Can we come back in? Can we come back in? I guess there's no anti-Semitism now."

Rush isn't always one of my favorite people but in this case I have to say "Thank you" to Rush for expressing so well the essential nature of the current crisis, "These are gutless people." Virtually every member of the current hierarchy is a gutless time server looking to his own advancement.

[Jeff Chandler]

The USCCB is like Peter, denying Christ out of fear for personal safety.

I identified with Simon, who was very reluctant to get involved.

[VOA]

I realize, ladies and gentlemen, we're only into our second day of showings of
"The Passion of the Christ," but I want to know: Where are the roving bands of hateful
Christians throughout the streets of America wreaking havoc and violence on the
innocent and harmless people of this country?

As reported in today's Los Angeles Times...
the stoning/abuse of Jewish civilians is being done by folks leaving a mosque...
in Jerusalem.

Instead the press spends multiple hours on the "threat" from "The Passion".

Thank G-d these journalists and commentators usually never serve a day in the
US Military. They are total screw-ups when it comes to the vital topic of "enemy identification".

[Hildy]

And Gibson knew this too. The last thing he said to O'Reilly when asked his prediction was that there would be an awful lot of bible screenplays popping up in Hollywood now.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Don't be surprised if they do a 360. This movie will make quite a bit of money. Money is the only thing Hollywood worships.

[RobbyS]

The worst charge one can make against a man is that he is a coward, because he is not then evene a man. The horrific thing aboout the Catholic bishops is that among them there are so few real men.

[johnb838]

Boycott all Hollywood movies besides the Passion during Lent. Send them an even clearer message.

[johnb838]

I think these vultures identify WITH the enemy just fine.

[kidkosmic1]

Hollywood is watching "The Passion effect." Want to see more movies from Mel, and like The Passion? Buy a ticket for a friend!

This site is posting responses to The Passion (FYI):
http://www.mylifeafter.com

[Cboldt]

Don't be surprised if they do a 360.

I won't. And while they are "doing the 360," they will try to portray it as a 180.

[gitmo]

I identified with Simon, who was very reluctant to get involved.

I identified with a lot of characters in the movie. Simon, Peter, Pilate, Herod, John, Judas. Thank God He died for me.