And the Pope's opposition to the death penalty is all about making us forget he called Islam evil
Once again, irresistible outrage meets unmovable ignorance in the form of Michael Medved. After hearing that Mel Gibson had called the Iraq war a barbaric form of "human sacrifice," Medved said, "If these antiwar comments are the beginning of an ill-considered, organized campaign to get back into the good graces of the Hollywood establishment that gave him the Oscar for Braveheart, so he can show he's not different from them and march arm-in-arm with Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon, there will be a great deal of disgust from the people who have enjoyed Mel's movies in the past."
Right, because drunken, antisemitic and sexist tirades are understandable, but opposing the war — that's disgusting! Is there a sadder comment on the bankruptcy of the religious right?
Besides, it was pretty shrewd of Mel to launch his "organized campaign" more than two years before his fall from grace. As Medved should know (doesn't he have a clipping service?), Gibson expressed "doubts" about the war back in March, 2004 and a year later asked, "what the hell are we doing in Iraq?"
Indeed, (sorry Joanne), conservatives dug all this up after Gibson's arrest to "prove" that he was really a liberal all along, because everyone knows "there is no such thing as a bad conservative."
Of course, Gibson doesn't oppose the war from the left, he opposes it from the Pat Buchanan-right: he thinks Israel is behind the whole thing.
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GREAT LINE!!!:
"Right, because drunken, antisemitic and sexist tirades are understandable, but opposing the war — that's disgusting! Is there a sadder comment on the bankruptcy of the religious right?"
(I am just an anti-caption buff so I never stoped to think about it before, but I now realized this site is run by someone with great insight. Very much appreciated!)
Posted by: al in la | September 27, 2006 12:42 PM