Posted on 08/04/2006 8:28:14 PM PDT by LdSentinal
Many people felt the movie depicted Jews in hateful stereotypes and would stir up anti-Semitism among Christians,
The American Jews are more upset about a two bit actor than heads of state wanting to destroy Israel(or is it the Media). CNN has more on Gibson than all the conflicts in the world combined.
Only one problem with this thesis--maybe he truly isn't anti-semitic. Have I ever said anything while I was drunk I truly didn't believe? Yep. So maybe Mel Gibson is telling the truth that he doesn't believe in his heart what he said. His actions up until now tells me he deserves a benefit of a doubt.
So, you speak to the American Jews a lot?
It is possible that Gibson is not a bigot or an anti-Semite. It is also possible that he is both.
However, alcohol does do strange things when associations come to mind. Some drunks just blurb them out all over God and everybody.
If you hear a line or an argument over and over and over, and then something triggers an association to that item, then you're likely to speak to it. In many cases, we don't say some things, because they're inappropriate, we're in control, and we hold back.
Gibson's dad reportedly is a self-avowed anti-Semite. I assume that Gibson has heard some of his dad's lines over and over and over all his life. "Did you know the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the history of humanity." or some such nonsense IS a line that Gibson might have heard. Others as well.
In his drunken encounter with a policeman, Gibson could have trigger the line (association) with the policeman's Jewish name and spouted it out under the influence of alcohol.
The real question is this: "If he had just THOUGHT the line and, because of self-control had not said it, would he be considered an anti-semite?"
hell of a lot
Nice generalization there. .....and a ridiculously inaccurate one at that.
Linda's right. As long as he stays drunk, Mel would feel right at home on the faculty of many of our liberal colleges today. Finally, he'd just have to renounce all that "Christianity stuff" (and stay buzzed) and he'll be indistinguishable from the rest of the professors.
Have you read the newspapers this week
1. It's not just American Jews who are upset by anti-semitic nonsense.
2. So far as I can tell, while the media loves this story, I don't sense that my Jewish friends are obsessed with it. Not at a time when Hezbollah is shooting off rockets and not just their mouths.
3. Now if you tell me that media = Jews, I will know exactly where you stand.
This Gibson story was worth one day of coverage. Of course the war should be in everyday.
Who you trying to kid. Every time you were drunk and told a woman she was beautiful you meant it. :-)
With all the anti-Christian bigoted movies, tv programing, and news articles written by liberal Jews, I don't even wan't to here a peeeeeeep from the Jewish Community about anti-semitism except in the case of the holocaust. They can't have it both ways. They have to take what they dish out, and SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!
I think where you are mistaken about the story is that Mel's outburst and drunken driving is a pretty big human interest story. This type of intemperate and hateful outburst is pretty unusual today. To me, that's progress, and it's a good thing. So in a way, it's because of that that this story gets some of the legs it has. And celebrities live by the press and in some cases they are harmed by it. They like the limelight when it shines on them in a positive way and they don't like it when it doesn't. It comes with the life they live; they know that. And it wasn't just Jews troubled by his remarks. I'll bet you most decent people were.
Talk about hitting the nail on the head.
At the time. It was the next morning I found out I was lying. Alchol really impairs your judgement at 2 a.m.
You probably meant you don't want to "hear" it. So all Jews are liberal? There is a huge stereotype. We've more than a few on Freerepublic. And not surprisingly, they didn't care for Mel's tirade.
Ah, those ten to two girls...
I agree with a lot of what you said -- I've had thoughts that would be considered anti-Semitic and I'm Jewish -- with one quibble: The officer who arrested him was Jewish, but his name is James Mee, which is not a particularly Jewish-sounding name.
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