Hate can wear a famous face
- I want to be furious at (Mel Gibson), but the only thing I feel is pity. If these accusations are true, he is a troubled and conflicted man. I hope he gets better soon.
- The Good News About Mel Gibson
Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald | FL
Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Ken Mitchell
He got in touch with his feminine side in the movie "What Women Want," directed by Nancy Meyers. But he hates women. He famously partnered with Danny Glover and lent his voice to a documentary celebrating African-American military history. But he hates black people.
Or so you must conclude if you believe last week's bombshell from Radar Online, a celebrity gossip Website. It reported on July 1 that Gibson's estranged girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, had taped him in the throes of a profanely and profoundly hateful rant. He reportedly called Grigorieva, with whom he has an infant daughter, a "whore," a "b——" and a particularly vulgar term for the female pudendum that begins with "c." Then there is this pungent quote: "You look like a f——— pig in heat and if you get raped by a pack of n——— it will be your fault."
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The Good News About Mel Gibson, Frank Rich, New York Times | NY
- It isn’t just Gibson who has been discredited. Even as he self-immolated, so did many of the moral paragons who had rallied around him as a culture-war martyr.
