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[–]RonPaulaAbdulJubbar 201 points202 points203 points  (20 children)
was a born jew who does some ghost writing for youtube sites and I wrote a screenplay I'm pitching in the fall.
I forgive Mel Gibson. Who here is not without sin? if we had a recording device on our person 24/7 in the last 5 years.... and the worst 5 minutes of the shit we said was broadcast for the whole world to see/hear, we'd be pretty fucked.
Mel Gibson is an artist, he's pure talent and he's a human being with flaws like most of us. I don't see him as racist or hateful. Maybe just an angry person who suffers from some sort of depression or anger issues.
we should extend love and patience towards mel, not scorn him for being a drunking mess a few years ago.
I think if he's made good on bettering himself and not having these outburts and shows genuine remorse over hurting many people, especially his fans, I think its our duty to promote and hold this artist up as a beacon of hope.
people can change. I love telling this story:
I think a year or two ago a christian conservative man was joining this protest against a mosque here in the US, expecting a large turn out, I think less than 5 people turned up. The man was chanting "islam bad, muslims bad, all muslims terrorists blah blah blah". The nominal muslims that attended that mosque came out, not to protest, but to invite the man in to have a friendly conversation and to get to know each other. He came out of that mosque a new person. He regretted his bigoted words, he felt horrible, he apologized and changed his mind.
People act like Mel Gibson killed their fucking dog. He's not a lunch bunch, he's allowed to fuck up.
get familiar
[–]wildmetacirclejerk[🍰] 50 points51 points52 points  (2 children)
I always link this article every time there's some stuff about Mel.
Its by a female jewish hollywood reporter that spent some time with Mel went from kind to hating him to liking him and saw the extent to which he privately made up for his prior actions and then some. Examples like Him went to synagogues, he spoke with rabbis and jewish leaders, he learned more about judaism
Thing is he doesn't publicise his way of making amends [which is gallant in itself] so he doesn't ever really get off the hook in the eyes of the greater media. He was an alcoholic, he had some bad views about judaism, he fucked up and made amends.
Deserves another chance
[–]TubbyCustard 10 points11 points12 points  (0 children)
I scrolled all the way down the page trying to find some mention of this article, which I read a while back. Completely changed my opinion of Mel Gibson. I'm glad he's resurfaced
[–]jazzyb 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
I always link to this when there's stuff about Mel Gibson.
[–]therealguyyouknow 2 points3 points4 points  (0 children)
I not only enjoyed reading what you wrote, but the ending "get familiar". I'll be using in my daily vocab. Thanks.
[–]lightix 2 points3 points4 points  (0 children)
Here's an old Playboy interview where Mel talks about his dad teaching him about various conspiracy theories about the new world order and Federal Reserve-
He was taught a conspiratorial world view so his (erroneous) statements about Israel are clearly influenced by that.
[–]AlexanderTheGreatly 4 points5 points6 points  (1 child)
That's honestly refreshing to hear. I'm sure we all do things we regret, and I'm sure deep down we all have deep seated emotions about certain walks of people. Unfortunately Mel was just in a very bad place, and therefore let those emotions get the better of him. Not that what he did was okay, but we should learn to forgive.
[–]RonPaulaAbdulJubbar 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
. Unfortunately Mel was just in a very bad place, and therefore let those emotions get the better of him. Not that wh
he had relationship problems and the dude was just in a really bad place... I love mel gibson though :'l
[–]openforum2011 3 points4 points5 points  (1 child)
ALso, remember that Mel's father kinda indoctrinated him with antisemitism as a child. Plenty of adult people today are affected by indoctrinations when they were children. You can't put all the blame on them. Plus, he was on a drunk rant. We all have those.
[–]RonPaulaAbdulJubbar 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
All the more reason to forgive him
[–]striqe3 2 points3 points4 points  (0 children)
As a black dude, I always find it hard to defend his actions. As an aspiring filmmaker, he's in my top three. As a flawed individual, his very existence makes me believe we all deserve a second chance and the very nature of that is messy and never really clean-cut.
[–]djhab 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
That's because they had the muslamic ray gun in the mosquee.
[–]Filkriss -1 points0 points1 point  (6 children)
Mel Gibson not only said bigoted things Jews but also about homosexuals, blacks people, women... He is also accused of domestic abuse IIRC. Talented actor and director, but a very shitty person.
[–]RonPaulaAbdulJubbar 0 points1 point2 points  (2 children)
so what dude, I bet you've said similar things. You're not perfect
[–]Filkriss 0 points1 point2 points  (1 child)
I don't remember ever saying something like "get raped by a pack of niggers" but this is irrelevant. The point I want to make is that we can see a pattern of racist behaviors with Mel Gibson. This is why he is a shitty person. Everybody can make a mistake, not everybody can be racist again, and again, and again.
[–]SirN4n0 5 points6 points7 points  (0 children)
I don't remember ever saying something like "get raped by a pack of niggers"
Well you said it right there
[–]Andoo -2 points-1 points0 points  (2 children)
Do we even know what jews he was referencing? I was always under the impression he was talking about the rich Hollywood Jews, but I don't even remember anymore.
[–]Filkriss 9 points10 points11 points  (1 child)
How is "Fuking Jews. The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world" about rich Hollywood Jews? This is a classical antisemitic rant.
[–]Andoo 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
I just didn't remember everything he said.
[–]tripletstate 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
For better context, the Jews were mad at him about the Jesus movie he made. So he was in return mad at them, and was ranting about them because they were harassing him.
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