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I’m not one to talk about celebrity news, but I couldn’t resist blogging about this one because it really cracked me up. Mel Gibson got detained for drunk driving on Friday morning. Yep, the same Mel Gibson who was in Braveheart and who directed Passion of the Christ. I loved him in Braveheart, I really did. He was pretty awesome in The Patriot too. I just wish he didn’t have to do the whole Purpose Driven Life thing and end up making a religious movie that even Christian fundamentalists hated. Mel Gibson, you have disappointed me so.

As if getting caught driving drunk wasn’t bad enough, Mr. Gibson just lost it and started spewing cuss words and anti-Semitic remarks at the cops.

Gibson then launched into a barrage of anti-Semitic statements: “F*****g Jews… The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.” Gibson then asked the deputy, “Are you a Jew?” (Source here)

Shame on you for drunk driving Mr. Gibson, but I must applaud you for finally being honest about your anti-Semitism. See, this is why repression is a bad thing. If you don’t admit to yourself (and maybe to the world) that you hate someone, you’re going to end up making one of those drunken public tirades that could ultimately cost you your career–or a cute anecdote you can brag about in Cosmopolitan’s Confessions.

I don’t see why people are making a big deal out of what Mel Gibson said. He was drunk, give him some slack. And if he really did mean those anti-Semitic comments, so what? It’s not wrong to hate people, damnit. It’s normal to hate people. Hating people only wrong when your life purpose is composed of stripping them of their human rights and killing them off systematically. Mel Gibson may now be far from the William Wallace character I adore, but I highly doubt that he will rise into power as the next Hitler. So calm down. Get over it.