printAbout Mel Gibson’s latest performance involving dem Jews: Larry Auster of View from the Right claims that Gibson’s “anti-Semitic ravings while in a state of extreme intoxicationâ€? are not a fair indication of his real feelings about Jewsâ€?—no more than “his ravings and threats against the arresting officers indicate his ‘real’ feelings about police.â€?
Oh yes they are. But let us deconstruct this mistake.
Mel was drunk. Drink lowers inhibitions. In his uninhibited state, Mel didn’t rave against an authoritarian archetype (Cop), but against the genus Jew.
He didn’t mention Rodney King and yell out, “You’re all pigs out to violate our liberties.â€? Instead he conjured a third entity, Jews, spoke of events unrelated to the arrest, and projected his diffuse anger onto this third entity, which he held responsible for the events he ranted about. At one stage Gibson even wondered if the arresting officer was not part of the cabal that menaced Mel’s World.
I like Gibson’s work and will continue to enjoy it. (Bar “The Passion of the Christ,â€? which I didn’t see. Sitting through hours on end of bloody torture, with no happy ending in sight, is not my idea of entertainment.)
So long as Gibson doesn’t lead a pogrom against Jews, his anti-Semitism is his business. There is more credibility in defending his right to be a jerk than demanding phony apologies, making him grovel, or pretending he isn’t what he most certainly IS.