Mel Gibson: "I'm Eating Crow for Thanksgiving!"

Before reading this, know that I am not spouting anti-Semitism, hatred of any kind, or intolerance of any kind. So please...don't take it like that. It's just something I don't understand and if anybody would like to chime in, I'd be glad to hear it.

A few months ago, Mel Gibson was figuratively crucified for being drunk and spouting off a bunch of anti-Semitic remarks. They were pretty abhorrent and close-minded too, if you ask me. I don't feel that any one group can take the blame or credit for starting and causing all of the wars in the world. Granted, the majority of the wars may have been fought because of the Jewish people...but they were not the cause of the wars. It was typically people who wanted an excuse, a scapegoat, or a reason to kill. Hitler's main motivation for killing the Jews was based on ignorance and prejudice.

But Mel Gibson said a lot of stuff he shouldn't have said. Fine...he can think those things if he wants to. That's his prerogative. And he was drunk, of course. He apologized...whether it was because of public demand or whether it was out of concern for his financial situation. But everybody in America demanded an apology for what he SAID.

Here's what I don't understand. Mel Gibson's greatest atrocity was just saying some bad things while he was drunk and probably thinking the same things while he was sober. The media, the people, and America wanted to hang him upside down by his toenails for the mere fact that these feelings are no more than the way he feels. But there's a contradiction in the media's and the public's Mel Gibson-bashing.

There is a dominating religion in the world today that not only says these same feelings, but they act on these feelings. They teach hatred against the Jews from a young age. They've killed literally millions of Jews in the name of their god. They want to utterly destroy the Jewish population and those who defend and side with the Jewish population. But the only things I hear in the media and from the majority of the American public are excuses for the people of this religion. The media bends over backwards to find ways that this religion is justified for feeling the way that it feels. "Oh, look how they've been treated...they deserve to be a little angry," is the prevailing message used to justify the slaughtering of innocent people. I have never once heard a call for an apology from the people who commit these atrocities. I haven't even heard so much as one of the "peace loving" officials of the religion condemning the actions. If anything, many of them encourage it and rejoice in its success.

I'm not justifying either one - Mel Gibson nor this religion. But isn't it a contradiction? That's just how I see it...I could be wrong.