Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Mel Gibson's pseudo anti-semitism a diversion

July 28th, the day Mel Gibson revealed his anti-semitism?

The above mentioned day, Actor and director Mel Gibson was pulled over by cops for drunk driving, and launched into a allegedly anti-semitic tirade, saying "Fucking Jews. The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world"{no doubt related to the new war between Israel and Lebanon, where Israel claiming to defend itself due to two of it's soldiers beeing kidnapped by the militant Islamic group hezbollah, has killed hundreds of Labaneze civilians with rockets; which may seem Paranoid, but to be honest I can understand that paranoia, since they are surrounded by Islamic nut run states that want to obliterate them}anyways, I digress...

...Due to this, Gibson has been accused of anti-semitism, which is not new for him, since when he made the movie "The passion of the christ" he was accused of unfairly and anti-semitically demonizing Jews as a whole{a load of crap, but whatever. I mean we may as well call ALL evangelical christians anti-semitic, do we? No.}.

Is Mel an Anti-Semite?

Well, lets look at the definition of "Semite"

Dictionary.com defines "Semite" thusly;
1}A member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Near East and northern Africa, including the Arabs, Arameans, Babylonians, Carthaginians, Ethiopians, Hebrews, and Phoenicians.
2}A Jew.
3}Bible. A descendant of Shem.

Also refer to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semite

As we can see, Jews are NOT the only "Semites". Yet, in our discourse we ALWAYS use the term ONLY in referance to Jews, and anti-semite ONLY in referance to Anti-Jews.
When was the last time you heard anyone use this term "anti-semite" when a Muslim/Islamic/ARAB person or a Near the mid-east African type have recieved unfair prejudice? NEVER! You NEVER hear it! The term is used ONLY to give special preferance to the Jewish peoples, and anti-semitism is treated as if it is somehow so much more deplorable than any other kind of prejudice/discrimination/persecution/or racism, due to the horrible atrocity that That fuckhead Hitler and his ignorant Nazi herd inflicted on 6 million Jews{and many, many OTHER people as well}.
As horrible as the Holocaust was, and anyone whom denies the holocaust is a bloody idiot, and anyone whom has no compassion or sympathy for those that suffered{including and especially the Jews} is a bloody fuckhead; this does NOT make Jewish people{race or Israel the country, and especially not the RELIGIOUS Jews} or anyone else whom pulls the "anti-semite" word out ONLY in referance to Jews and jumps on the bandwagon of beeing anti-Jewish beeing the worst kind of racism or prejudice, correct in their dooing so..

Given the origins and meaning of "Semite", there are many Anti-Islamic and prejudiced against or anti-Arab Jews out there whom should also be labelled "Anti-Semitic"{same goes towards those prejudiced agains Northern Africans, so on and so forth}. Really, this term "Anti-Semitism" has no more meaning anymore. When someone is racist against Arabs or Islamics they should be labelled "Anti-Arab" or "Anti-Islamic", same for the African semites,etc.

As for when someone is prejudiced or racist against "Jews", it should be first defined as to whether they are against the politics/etc of the state of Isreal to one degree or another{and how much}, whether they are opposed to the Judaic religion{which, when referring to the faith/religion, this term "Judaic" should ALWAYS be used to distinguish from "Jews" the race/ethnicity, this way there will be less misunderstanding and we will find some whom we thought were anti-semitic or even anti-Jewish are really JUST anti-Judaic/religion}, or lastly-whether they are opposed to the race/ethnicity of the Jews. THEN, use the appropriate allegation against them; if they be against some or all of Israels policies -call 'em "anti-Israel" or at least "opposed to certain politics in Israel", if they are opposed to the faith/religion of the RELIGIOUS Jews{and the non Jewish followers of Judaism} call them "Anti-Judaic"{I would fit this label, but then again I oppose all the Abrahamic/monotheistic/theistic/absolutist faiths in general}, and finally for the Racists idiots-call em "Anti-Jewish", how hard can it be?

Now, in regards Mel Gibson. It is well known that he is a dedicated member of an Ultra-orthodox sect of Catholicism, a religion which alongside most of Orthodox/Fundamentalist/Evangelical Christianity which has been behind a disproportionate number of oppressions, genocides,persecutions, and wars in the last 1700 years of History{or at least western history}. Mel was raised in it by his Father, whom has been known to have denied the holocaust{or at least denies that the number of Jews killed were 6 million}-he probably fits into the "Anti-Jewish" label to some degree{ but beeing that I am unaware of the fullnes of his ignorance and prejudices; he could simply be opposed to the idea that 6 millsion were killed, but not neccaserily hate the Jewish race, I'm unsure myself, if any of my readers whom know more about Mels dad could clarify this for me, It'd be appreciated}. Gibson,however, given the definition of "Semitic" I've elaborated on, simply is NOT "Anti-Semitic" in general.
I also do not believe that he is Anti-Jew in general, he even has Jewish friends, one of whom came to his defense after his drunken tirade.

His tirade came after Israel bombed the hell out of Lebanon. I have the inkling that Gibson does have some deep-seated anger towards the state of Israel{or at least the elite leaders thereof and some or many of their policies,etc} and perhaps even some dislike of "JUDAISM" the religion{or certain versions of it}, just that when he was wasted on alchohol and unable to properly explain it using the proper vocabulary
{and whom can fault him for this, the vast majority of us, even most liberal intellectuals don't have the right vocabulary to make such distinctions, that or they lack the patience to more explicitly spell things out to make them clearer; we live in a dumbed down culture in general} due to his drunkeness. And perhaps the taboo of speaking against anything related to Jewish people, even if JUST is the religion{there are non Judaic Jews ya know} or the Policies of Israel or what have you, has caused Mel to be afraid to speak his mind on those particular topics, and the dumbed down,non-explanatory vocabulary our culture pushed onto us[this oddly enough due to the political corrections of the liberal left-of which I am a part=or at least I'm left leaning}, and so it exploded in this drunken, not well thought out rant.

Is Mel a little off his nut? Perhaps. Most people are, especially most faith-based people of absolutist faiths. Is he racist,anti-semitic, or anti-Jewish{in general}=I highly doubt it!

I think that this current media, political and social attack of Mel{whom asked for it to some degree by getting drunk and then shouting off his mouth using the wrong wording} is just more pop culture sensationalism and focusing on celebrities, a carefuly crafted way{like so many other media diversions} to get our minds off of the really important topics at hand, in this case it may be perhaps a way to get people to stop questioning Israels overdooing it of bombing the civilian population of Lebanon{but then again, this is largelythe fault of those cowards Hezbollah hiding amongst the civilians and then taunting,threataning and attacking Israel; personally I'm unsure of where I stand on this, but I understand both sides of the argument for and against Israels bombing campaigns}.
Should Mel be scrutinized, sure, to a small degree. But for christs sakes, cut the religious nut a break. After all, he's no worse than 90% of the other faith based nuts out there and sympathizers of such that are trying to make him into a racist monster.

In Reason:
Irrev.Bill

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6 Comments:

At 1:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Personally i am glad i don't
have cable, or any tv channel
right now.
I don't even get the local
bullshit channels.
I am so bored over this war
and all the bullshit that is happening
over there, i could barely even
get through your blog.
Sorry Bill, wasn't meant as a
attack on you, but you must get
my meaning when i say this.

I could care less what is happening
over there anymore, and also
don't give 2 shits about
what a celebrity has to say on
the subject, and all their
beautifully ignorant opinions
on the subject.

I am sick and tired of being
sick and tired of this war
and the millions of fucking
years they have been fighting
over there.
They will be fighting over there
long after you and i are dead,
so why the fuck to the americans
care, and why do we?

It's a loosing battle, and if
Dubya would pull his head out
of his ass, he would know that.
Then again, he probly doesn't
give 2 shits either!

War is profitable for americans.

It's all religious bullshit that
they are fighting over there, it's
not even for profit!
No side will ever really win this
holy war, or whatever the hell
people choose to call it.
Fuck, they are fighting it
over religion for fuck sakes!
The stupidest reason to ever
go to war!

At least we all know that americans
are over there for oil, even
though they don't admit it.
In my opinion a more just reason
to go to war than some invisible
asshole in the sky who tells you
to kill your fellow man all in
the name of him.
Who do those gods think they are
anyways? LOL

My tired rant.

C.

 
At 7:42 AM, Blogger  said...

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Mad Max Got Pulled Over By A Hebrew

it's LOL funny.

Google the title.

Stay on Groovin' Safari,
TOR Hershman

 
At 8:16 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Er okay, so its quite obvious you have something against Christians or maybe religion. I agree that people shouldn't force religion as everyone has the right to free will.

But whats starkly contradiciting is that in your profile, you mention you don't want to harm anyone and like do injustice or something but are you aware that by slamming a religion in such a manner you are basically doing an injustice which is saying that someone else's beliefs are bullshit and wrong.

Its basically the same for people who force-feed religion to others when other people start saying that a certain religion is wrong.

Lets look at it objectively. There are two parties. One, judges their beliefs as correct and true and tries to force-feed everyone else, while the other party judges their beliefs as wrong, publicising their own views.

And if there is freedom of speech, and if you are so concerned about all the politics going on in American, Cananda or whevever, then you should at least respect the religions.

But all I can say is, boy, do you have a lot of time on your hands. Your length rants are...well, lengthy.
You do have some points and I agree with you, but fighting with people who form their own judgements about how people shouldn't try to influence people to support their beliefs, you're one to talk. If this is not influencing people over the mass media by slamming religions in your earlier post by the internet,then I don't know what it is.

 
At 6:07 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Recently, the term anti-semite has been redefined as; 'One who is hated by the jews.' Anti-semitism is now a weapon to be used against those who disagree with the zionist world view.
As a group that amounts to 0.25% of the earth's population, jews have managed to monopolize many aspects of our lives. Some 14 million people died during WW2 but all we talk about is the suffering of the jews. It is a rare day where there is no 'news' about jewish suffering or some conflict affecting jews.
Personally, I wold like nothing more than to stop hearing about these things and yet, here I am talking about it myself! Go figure.

 
At 3:23 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

uh sure being and anit whatever is wrong because its not all one kinda persons fault for the worlds ossues

 
At 10:42 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

everyone's wrong, how's that?

 

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