# Dear Mel Gibson........ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246 "2010-07-01T22:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/1 "2010-07-01T22:28:37Z")
…you really shouldn’t tell the mother of your child that she looks like a whore and that she is just asking to get raped by a “pack of wild niggers” as some might find these statements at odds with your self-professed Christian enlightenment. Thank you, MPB PS—Shoogar-tits is still cool though… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/2 "2010-07-01T22:30:05Z")
Remember when Mel Gibson was cool? _The Road Warrior_, _Braveheart_… Heck, he was even OK in _Air America_. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/3 "2010-07-01T22:44:13Z")
Well, he’s a Three Stooges fan, so he can’t be all bad. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/4 "2010-07-01T22:44:23Z")
[Link](http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/07/01/2010-07-01_mel_gibson_racist_profane_rant_at_ex_oksana_grigorieva_caught_on_tape_report.html) for those who are wondering what the OP is talking about. Gibson is nuts. I sort of defended him after the drunken Jew rant, having believed that his apology was sincere and believing that people shouldn’t be judged by what kinds of stupid things they say when they’re drunk, but this whole thing is kind of beyond the pale. Even aside from the racist remark, the tirade is filled with “bitch,” “cunt” and “whore,” and a threat to burn her house down. This guy has an anger problem. She says that he has also been physically abusive and this tape doesn’t exactly make him look incapable of that. In spite of everything, I still like the guy’s movies, and his willingness to go way off the reservation for concepts, but it just doesn’t appear that he’s a very nice person. I know he had an insane, abusive, asshole of a father, but there comes a time when you can’t use that as an excuse anymore. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/5 "2010-07-01T22:45:57Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > …you really shouldn’t tell the mother of your child that she looks like a whore and that she is just asking to get raped by a “pack of wild niggers” as some might find these statements at odds with your self-professed Christian enlightenment. > > Thank you, MPB > > PS—Shoogar-tits is still cool though… I think even us PotC fan-boys & girls see Mel’s Christian credibility as having left the dock & sailed into Iceberg Alley a while ago. Hope he gets his crap together & gets serious with God & His wives & children. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/6 "2010-07-01T22:47:54Z")
“Drunken Jew Rant” and “Mel’s Christian Credibility” are both acceptable band names. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/7 "2010-07-01T22:54:23Z")
Seeing in the link that this is not the wife of many years that he divorced a while back, I was going to point out that this is not the mother of his kids, but then, also from the link, I saw that he and the new woman also had a child. Then I saw that **MPB in Salt Lake** did use “child” singular rather than “children”. So, anyway. I’ve learned more about Mel Gibson’s personal life and I feel richer for it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/8 "2010-07-01T22:55:49Z")
“You look like a fucking pig in heat … .” Clever. I have to remember that one. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/9 "2010-07-01T23:00:48Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > “Drunken Jew Rant” and “Mel’s Christian Credibility” are both acceptable band names. Maybe they could all split a triple bill show, both warming up for headlining band Shoogar Tits… ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/10 "2010-07-01T23:01:14Z")
The guy is an utter jackass (but he’s still a hell of a director). ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/11 "2010-07-01T23:09:47Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I sort of defended him after the drunken Jew rant, having believed that his apology was sincere and believing that people shouldn’t be judged by what kinds of stupid things they say when they’re drunk, but this whole thing is kind of beyond the pale. Well, see, I think people should be judged by what kinds of stupid things they say when they’re drunk. Drinking can’t turn you into a sexist, anti-semitic, bully, it just lowers your inhibitions so your inner sexist, anti-semitic bully can come out. I’ve been drunk enough to nearly asphyxiate on my own vomit (yay, me), and I’m 100 percent certain I’ve never blamed the Jews for “all the wars in the world.” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/12 "2010-07-01T23:13:03Z")
Yeah, I agree. Alcohol is just truth serum for Mel. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/13 "2010-07-01T23:25:03Z")
What a scumbag. But boy _Apocalypto_ was terrific! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/14 "2010-07-01T23:32:46Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > \ > In spite of everything, I still like the guy’s movies, and his willingness to go way off the reservation for concepts\. What concepts has he left the reservation for? That’s not snark; I’ve not followed his career. The only Gibson movies I’ve ever watched in their entirety are \*Maverick \*and the second \*Lethal Weapon. \* ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/15 "2010-07-01T23:35:54Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > Well, see, I think people should be judged by what kinds of stupid things they say when they’re drunk. Drinking can’t turn you into a sexist, anti-semitic, bully, it just lowers your inhibitions so your inner sexist, anti-semitic bully can come out. I’ve been drunk enough to nearly asphyxiate on my own vomit (yay, me), and I’m 100 percent certain I’ve never blamed the Jews for “all the wars in the world.” To be fair, that one he actually made an apology for. And not a faux-apology, either. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/16 "2010-07-01T23:36:22Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > What concepts has he left the reservation for? > > That’s not snark; I’ve not followed his career. The only Gibson movies I’ve ever watched in their entirety are \*Maverick \*and the second \*Lethal Weapon. > \* See my last post. :3 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/17 "2010-07-01T23:54:21Z")
The things he chose to say to this woman and the mother of his female child are horrible, horrible and deserve total condemnation. Additionally, it sounds like he made an actionable threat and hope that is followed up on by law enforcement. I’m also stunned that, in excoriating his wife by saying she a slut, a cunt and a bitch, and saying she looks like a slut, he actually had within such easy reach the concept that it would be specifically niggers that might rape her. That image/expression doesn’t just come out of nowhere, and, in addition to the previous comments about jews, etc., he deserves to be shunned in the same was Isaiah Washington for his faggot comments. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/18 "2010-07-02T00:39:12Z")
Kinda makes me wish his exwife would write a tell all book. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/19 "2010-07-02T01:16:16Z")
What a total asshole. And an idiot. And what a disgusting situation in general. I feel so, so, sad for that baby. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246/20 "2010-07-02T01:36:13Z")
This is irrecoverable. Goodbye Mel. What a sack of shit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-mel-gibson/545246.md?page=2)