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We all knew deep down that Mel Gibson was a homophobic anti-Semite with a psychotic view of Jesus and a "passion" for booze. But even his critics never knew he was even worse than they had suspected.
On Friday, the dark-hearted drunkard was arrested for slushing behind the wheel by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies in Malibu. On his way to the hoose gow, he spewed the most disgusting and bigoted remarks imaginable against Jews. Very much like his Holocaust denying father, Mel spit out stereotypes and hate speech, possibly ending his infamous career.
"It's a nuclear disaster for him," said publicist Michael Levine, who has represented Michael Jackson and Charlton Heston, among others. "I don't see how he can restore himself."
According to the report, in addition to threatening the arresting deputy and trying to escape, Gibson said, "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," and asked the officer, James Mee, "Are you a Jew?" The report has not been made public, but the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday that it had independently verified its authenticity.
Even more disturbing was that so many Americans saw the Passion of the Christ and actually found it spiritually redeeming. It was a religious Rocky movie with nauseating amounts of violence and a clearly Anti-Semitic subplot. The Jews in the movie all had noses the size of bananas and looked sinister. And the amount of blood that spilled was more suitable for a "Friday the 13" movie - yet people brought their children. The fact that so many people found such a horrible and sadistic depiction of religion to be uplifting, says a lot about the state of conservatism in America. If Mel Gibson is your religious icon, I can only feel deep pity for you.
17 Comments:
With all the money Mel Gibson makes, Why was he driving shitfaced drunk in the firt place, does'nt he have Limos and personal drivers?
posted by Anonymous, at
7/31/2006 10:12 AM
The lame spin they're putting on it is that he was drunk and didnt mean what he said. Baloney! Alcohol loosens the inhibitions, he said exactly what he really thinks. Being an anti-semite in Hollywood is like being a racist in the rap music business. His ass is grass--he should just quietly retire (and shut up!) I wonder if Melly realizes his Lord and Saviour was a Jew.
posted by Anonymous, at
7/31/2006 10:55 AM
Lethal Drinking or The Passion of the Drunk
1. If the conservatives play the "Chappaquidick Card", then we will counter it with the "Mel Gibson Drunkass Church Nazi Card".
2. I thought that if Mel Gibson gets so fucking drunk that he will be speaking Aramaic (that or in tongues).
3. I think he drank too much "blood of Christ".
Blood From Machines San Diego, CA
posted by Anonymous, at
7/31/2006 12:49 PM
Tsk, tsk, tsk. I'm waiting for the public to get a hold of the arresting officer's report. Who was the arresting officer???
posted by Anonymous, at
7/31/2006 1:31 PM
It’s interesting how money amplifies the worst as well as the best in people.
Mel is directing a TV movie on the holocaust for ABC/Disney? http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/07/entertainment/main1102867.shtml
Aravosis has some interesting comments: http://americablog.blogspot.com/
How did Mel get where he is? How many fine actors are waiting on tables in Hollywood? How many handsome faces are there in Hollywood? But we have this “star system” where the winner takes all. America fixates on its stars to the exclusion of how much other talent?
I can’t wait for his next blockbuster which will earn him more money: Apocalypto. The teaser trailer says it all: Great civilizations are never conquered from without until they destroy themselves from within. Mel wants to tell us we’re at risk. I can’t wait.
posted by Anonymous, at
7/31/2006 2:39 PM
To anonymous 1:31--the arresting officer's name is James Mee and gibson's remarks were taken from his handwritten report at the time of the arrest.
posted by Anonymous, at
7/31/2006 2:42 PM
I'm no admirer of Andrew Sullivan, but he's done a good job of birddogging Mel Gibson for the past few days, even including a facsimile of the arrest report which records Mel making a smell. Sulllivan links to a old column by--of all people--Charles Krauthammer nailing Gibson when "The Passion of the Christ" was first released.
Krauthammer noted that the movie was stuffed with all kinds of anti-Jewish scenes that appear nowhere in the Gospels. (Such as Satan working the Jewish crowd when Pontius Pilate asks them which prisoner to release.)
I'd like to think that Mel is ruined, but I wouldn't count on it.
As we have seen with George W. Bush, Americans are infinitely credulous in wanting to believe that their heroes can do no wrong. Even when the facts indisputably show them to be morons and/or bigots.
posted by Anonymous, at
7/31/2006 2:53 PM
In Vino Veritas.the truth comes out. Mel is just like his father a denyer of The Holocaust. His apology is not acceptable.
posted by Anonymous, at
7/31/2006 3:15 PM
Mel Gibson is a human being like everyone else, the whole "I am a saint and my dad is too" thing was part of the publicity of the movie, just like the campaing from Dan Brown to the Da Vinci code.
Whoever has studied scripture knows that nothing in the Bible is literal! The scholars know it and historians know it... so Mel is having now to answer to his claims of virginal behavior!
posted by Anonymous, at
7/31/2006 4:07 PM
So.....? A bigoted jerk is a bigoted jerk!
posted by Anonymous, at
7/31/2006 4:31 PM
Wow! Mel Gibson is revealed to be an arrogant, condescending, anti-Semitic, misogynistic jerk!
In other shocking news, fire is hot and Lance Bass is gay.
His father being a holocaust denier, it doesn't surprise me. Bigots raise bigots.
posted by jekelhyde, at
7/31/2006 8:24 PM
I find it interesting that when Mel bashed the gay community, no one batted an eyelash. Now that he is bashing the Jewish community, it's a public outrage. I know, one is as bad as the other, but to the general public it seems fine to be a gay basher.
posted by jekelhyde, at
8/03/2006 10:12 PM
The Mel Gibson Controversy by Len Bourret (Copyright 2006)
As a Jewish person, who happens to be gay, I can only respond by saying that Mel Gibson has always been kind to me, to the Jewish community, and to the gay/Jewish community. He has not appeared to be anti-semetic, and has always been respectful to those around him--regarding of their ethic, racial, or sexual orientation. I believe that the alcoholic personality was talking, and not Mel Gibson.
As a human being, Jewish or Non-Jewish, I do not take offense to an otherwise gentle-and-kind Mel Gibson.
Christian Evangelicals Hate Mel Gibson's Sin, but Love His Passion... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/13/AR2006081300871.html
Fox Poll: Mel Gibson Still 'OK' for Many Americans... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208025,00.html
Mel Gibson Conducts Gay and Lesbian Seminar... http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_n728/ai_19392855
About Mel Gibson... http://www.answers.com/topic/mel-gibson, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Gibson
Mel Gibson News You Didn't See On TV... http://www.spectacle.org/497/warren.html
Does Mel Gibson Have a Jewish Problem? http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=14640
'Pros' and 'Cons' of the Mel Gibson Controversy... http://www.sdcitybeat.com/article.php?id=4699
"Mel has apologized profusely for the incident and there the matter should rest. Mel has also indicated his willingness to seek help to overcome his alcoholism and has asked the Jewish community for forgiveness. What more can he do?" -- James Dobson
But, there are others who disagree. Here's what the San Diego CityBEAT has to say about the Mel Gibson controversy: "First, the matter should not rest. The matter is a matter because it matters. Public discussion of Gibson’s drunken conniption has people talking about important issues: anti-Semitism, drunken driving, sexism, alcoholism and favoritism in police treatment of the rich and famous. Even if Dobson forgives Gibson, he shouldn’t call for the matter to be laid to rest—because the matter is not just a matter of pity for poor, drunken-driving, Jew-hating, arrest-resisting, power-mongering Mel.
True, Dobson is accurate in reporting that Gibson has reached out to the Jewish community for forgiveness. Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, has even graciously offered to help Mel after he gets finished with rehab. But by not owning up to his anti-Semitism, doesn’t Gibson’s reaching out look a little bit like a desperate effort at damage control? And if Gibson is really about to begin this transformation into a decent person, the matter is the opposite of ready for a rest—it’s just starting to matter.
Second, Dobson asks, “What more can he do?” Lots, Jim. Let me share with you some of the suggestions from my fellow Jews, as reported by Jocelyn Noveck of the Associated Press, and then I’ll respond to each suggestion and offer one of my own before I get in the car and drive (sober) to L.A. for a good bagel from Brooklyn Bagel..."
