[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

(Please correct me, wirestripper, if I'm mistaken.)

He didn't call you a bigot. He called Mel Gibson's father a bigot, and suggested that many in that generation harbor similar sentiments. He then said eventually that bigotry will die out.

(Chips on shoulders may be larger than they appear.)

[sfRummygirl]

I love your sense of humor!


(Chips on shoulders may be larger than they appear.)

[Cold Heat]

I took nothing personal from what the poster said.

I questioned his logic and his idea that Gibson's motives for making the film were different from what he stated.

I questioned his determined assault on a film he has not seen, and I questioned his apparent unexplained fear of Christians. He finds them a threat and finds them irritating? But respects them?.

No person, secure in his beliefs would have these feelings and I only attempted to cause the poster to see this through introspection.

As for me, I am not at all emotionally concerned, only intellectually.

I mentioned the fact that my father was a bigot, only to illustrate that I understand how Gibson sees his father, and why he did not publicly insult him by trashing him.

My father died a bigoted fool. But I never willfully insulted him and was at his bedside when he passed. My duty as eldest son fulfilled.

[Cold Heat]

OOPS! After some looking, I have discovered that the "he" is a "she".

My apologies for not getting that right, but it happens all too often due to a lack of info on the personal page.