The American Spectator

br> — Pete Chagnon /p> p> Sounded like Martin Riggs on speed to me. Not attractive, but let’s keep our eye on the ball here. Gibson is an artist and artists spend a lot of time in pain. Who knew that he thought it was the Jews? He has acknowledged it was socially unacceptable. If he is really burning that much inside about the Jews, that will be its own punishment. This is exactly why we have organized our society the way we have — so that a very rich, successful person is just another schmoe. Although I like Mel as an actor, the joy of the U-S-of-A is who really gives a damn what he thinks? br> — Greg Richards /p> p> I really think you ought to inform Mr. Taylor that Christopher Hitchens is not a man of the left any longer. Taylor seems to be not only confused about the anti-Semite Gibson, but about the ideology of Mr. Hitchens. It seems Mr. Taylor is uninformed and quite myopic. Mr. Taylor’s Christianity seems to get in his way of making clear and succinct judgments that are so very apparent. You really ought to find another person to write about Gibson’s anti-Semite family and beliefs. br> — E. A. Hoffman , Ph.D. /p>

I couldn’t agree more with Clinton Taylor. After all, if saying something anti-Semitic brands you an anti-Semite, then Hillary Clinton is an anti-Semite for calling Paul Fray a “F****** Jew B******.” She’s also a racist for her sick Gandhi joke, and don’t forget her plantation crack at the NAACP dinner this past January. And she wasn’t even drunk!

I’m not defending Gibson, but I find people’s intolerance of Mel hypocritical. His sin wasn’t his drunken tirade but his sobering movie The Passion of the Christ.

p>We all wished Patrick Kennedy well last May (he received kid glove treatment). I wish the same for Gibson and, especially, his family. They must be suffering as well.