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Mel was smart to avoid the controversy.

However, Jesse's point of what would have happened if a white actor had done the slapping should be answered.

Just more different standards of justice between the liberal elite and the rest of us.

1 posted on 04/02/2022 5:32:01 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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I like Jesse, but he shouldn’t have done that. Good for Mel!


2 posted on 04/02/2022 5:33:38 AM PDT by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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“However, Jesse’s point of what would have happened if a white actor had done the slapping should be answered.”

Why speculate?


3 posted on 04/02/2022 5:35:00 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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60 Min invented the ambush interview.
Too bad Faux News decided to follow their lead.


7 posted on 04/02/2022 5:40:17 AM PDT by Zathras
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Also....if a white comedian had made the G.I. Jane joke......then what?


8 posted on 04/02/2022 5:40:58 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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Here’s an answer:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4050502/posts


9 posted on 04/02/2022 5:41:00 AM PDT by golux
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Hmmm... Most disappointing that Jesse would try to bait the guy like that, especially after having a boundary set...

Sounds like Mel offered the right response, which is to his credit and not Jesse's.

Besides, we all know the answer to the hypothetical question. There would have been a cut to a commercial break and the program wouldn't come back on until the offender had been hauled out by security, to be followed on daytime TV programming and in social media with guilt and angst for having hit a little guy who was just joking around.

Why try to gin up racial controversy by dragging Mel Gibson into it?

10 posted on 04/02/2022 5:41:54 AM PDT by OKSooner ("Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire)
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Mel is one of the greatest actors evah! Braveheart was a masterpiece.


12 posted on 04/02/2022 5:45:31 AM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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Mel Gibson being a regular guy airing his tires, met by Hispanic fan

FWIW, I just watched "Dragged Across Concrete" on HBO. It was nothing like the trailer. I enjoyed it but it was disturbing and one of those films that I kept thinking about after it ended.

14 posted on 04/02/2022 5:47:06 AM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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Me should have slapped Jesse.


15 posted on 04/02/2022 5:47:35 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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Ambush question!
I thought Jesse knew better!
Disappointing


16 posted on 04/02/2022 5:52:32 AM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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I didn’t see the video in the article

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr9U33JL0fc


17 posted on 04/02/2022 5:54:43 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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And now Fox is going to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes again by hiring a mentally ill man who pretends he’s a woman. What next.


18 posted on 04/02/2022 5:55:27 AM PDT by JudyinCanada (Maranatha)
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FWIW, Apocalypto is a great movie. Mel Gibson reminds me of Clint Eastwood. I’m glad we have both.


19 posted on 04/02/2022 5:57:24 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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The question shouldn’t have been asked at all.

How about - What if a liberal actor shot a worker on set?

Same thing - Nothing.


21 posted on 04/02/2022 6:00:56 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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Mel was there to promote his movie. Not get involved in that nonsense. Besides, Mel has said a lot of stupid things in the past so he was smart to not take the bait.


27 posted on 04/02/2022 6:10:53 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans ( )
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Why are alleged serious journalists bothering with slapgate?
Anyway, Gibson got 5 minutes of air time which is worth $millions$. And he got a slapgate ‘gotcha’ question for it. Boo hoo. Fact is by not answering he actually answered... and look it’s still being discussed. Win Win.


29 posted on 04/02/2022 6:13:32 AM PDT by ShawnShawntheLeprecaun
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“ what would have happened if a white actor had done the slapping should be answered.”

Since it didn’t happen that way there is no “answer” only speculation and speculation doesn’t do anyone any good in this case.
30 posted on 04/02/2022 6:14:00 AM PDT by The Louiswu (The times they are a changin. )
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I like the Pfizer/Alopecia/Sponsor rumor/scandal going around FB. $KACHING$
Google that.


32 posted on 04/02/2022 6:15:44 AM PDT by ShawnShawntheLeprecaun
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I’ve seen where Jesse has had his ass handed to him on a quite a few occasions.

He’s young,...still learning.

Rookie mistakes.


35 posted on 04/02/2022 6:17:21 AM PDT by Hammerhead
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Haha but the point was made!


38 posted on 04/02/2022 6:23:01 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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