Posted on 07/31/2006 12:29:38 PM PDT by veronica
Edited on 07/31/2006 1:43:28 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
I was just in the middle of writing a long and tedious essay, about how to tell a real anti-Semite from a person who too-loudly rejects the charge of anti-Semitism, when a near-perfect real-life example came to hand. That bad actor and worse director Mel Gibson, pulled over for the alleged offense of speeding and the further alleged offense of speeding under the influence, decided that he needed to demand of the arresting officer whether he was or was not Jewish and that he furthermore needed to impart the information that all the world's wars are begun by those of Semitic extraction.
Call me thin-skinned if you must, but I think that this qualifies. I also think that the difference between the blood-alcohol levels—and indeed the speed limits—that occasioned the booking are insufficient to explain the expletives (as Gibson has since claimed in a typically self-pitying and verbose statement put out by his publicist). One does not abruptly decide, between the first and second vodka, or the ticks of the indicator of velocity, that the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion are valid after all.
There's a lot to dislike about Gibson. He is given to furious tirades against homosexuals of the sort that make one wonder if he has some kind of subliminal or "unaddressed" problem. His vulgar and nasty movies, which also feature this prejudice, are additionally replete with the cheapest caricatures of the English.
the difference being?????
allegations? it is absolutely true that he is an anti-Semite (and a chip off the old block). I almost feel sorry for him.
Why on earth does William Donahue try to defend Mel Gibson????? Bill should know better than that, and as for Ted Turner, he is a nasty rotten bigot who continues to hate devout Christians and Jews. If Donahue wants to turn the other cheek to Turner, he can do it - I won't! And I recall a fracas with Michael Savage on his show in which Savage went off the deep end and made some offensive comments. Has Bill forgiven that?
"complex?" Yes, after 2,000 years one does develop a complex. Thanks for the psychobabble!
The Mods usually comply :)
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"whether dad was right?" Are you nuts? Gibson is a wacko - a chip off the old block.
Ransom was a lousy movie. Signs was a nutty movie.
He already has William Donahue apologizing for him. Bill should pick better fights than defending Gibson.
What is your point? "My father never lied to me" - meaning, my father never told me lies about history. Oh, yes he did!
I'm not going to re-explain the comment.
It's clear if you understand wtf quotation marks are used for that I was commenting on a thought Mel might have had.
I'm not a pulitzer writer, but you are the third kneejerk reaction who posted a stupid reply. Either re-read my comment and study for context or read the rest of my posts on the thread.
Best said in 'Dumb and Dumber'--- "Loud-mouth soup"
Since I don't know Hutton Gibson's mental state, I can't say you're wrong. But you could be.
I can't believe people are arguing over this stuff.
Exactly. That poison had to be in there in the first place in order to come out. If I got that drunk I'd no doubt spout all kinds of offensive nonsense but I am 100% it wouldn't be anti-semitic hate.
And Hitchens was sober when he did it, too!
I'm with you Clara Lou ... almost funny if not pathetic comment.
From what I've heard, there has been an allegation that an officer changed his report and left out Gibson's alleged anti-semetic remarks.
Has it been proven that Gibson really made the alleged remarks? If he made anti-semetic remarks, he cannot be legally punished for exercising free speech, even though it's offensive.
If it can't be proven that he made the anti-semetic remarks, why the condemnation? Until it is proven that Mel made anti-semetic remarks in his drunken state of arrest, these vicious attacks toward him from this very FR forum angers and astound me.
I don't know what was in their minds. I don't think they even knew fully as the alcoholic personality switch was thrown after a few sips. I was a child when I witnessed this sort of angry behavior repeatedly in alcoholic adults.
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