They did not trash Gibson, although I think they were disturbed by his statements.
Dennis is extremely fair minded and thoughtful.
Shouldn't we all be disturbed by his statements? Don't forget that when it was reported that Broom Hillary had used anti-semitic language when she was sober, most of us here at FR correctly concluded that she was and is an anti-semite. Gibson's statements were pretty vile. In my experience, people tend to say what they really think while intoxicated. Apparently, Gibson blew a .12 and so while he was legally intoxicated, he certainly wasn't blitzed. He was drunk enough to tell us how he really feels, but not so drunk to claim he didn't know what he was saying.