Mel Gibson takes aim at Hispanics in fresh rant

I haven’t been following all of the details of this story regarding Mel Gibson and his Russian-born girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, but my guess is that there’s more to it than the obvious; there generally is. This is especially true when one of the individuals is someone with the notoriety of Mel Gibson.

First of all, for the record, I want to state that there is absolutely no excuse for a man hitting a woman; regardless of the circumstances. This type of behavior is totally unacceptable and should not go unpunished. I believe it goes without saying that over the last several years Mel Gibson has demonstrated that he’s got “issues.” Having said that and in my humble opinion, it appears that his girlfriend set him up for this from day one; how else does one explain the multiple recordings?

As far as the racial slurs go; who cares? Personally, I couldn’t care less. I realize that people (stupid and hypocritical people) get all bent out of shape with talk about bigotry and racism. We live in this politically-correct society where we’re all supposed to behave as if we’re one people, with equality and zero-bigotry. This is all BS, we all have our biases. All of you have heard these terms before no doubt: the “N-word,” anti-Semitic slurs, words such as “wetback,” “spic,” “fag,” “lezbo,” “redneck,” “slope,” “slant,” “brownie,” “camel jockey,” “towel head,” “chink,” “dago,” “frog,” “gringo,” “honky,” etc. The list goes on and on… The truth of the matter is that EVERYONE has prejudices – EVERYONE. And anyone who says he or she doesn’t is either a hypocrite, too stubborn to admit it or too stupid to realize it. While these labels are derogatory, they are nevertheless used by the most bigoted among us. But regardless, even those of us who don’t use these words have biases, even if only so slight that they are basically insignificant.

Consider this, would a fundamentalist Christian ever marry an atheist? Would a practicing Catholic woman ever marry a Freemason? Would a Muslim fundamentalist ever marry an orthodox Jew? Speaking of Jews, would a “typical” Jew ever marry outside Judaism without trying to convert his or her spouse to the faith of the “chosen people”? Would a Mormon ever marry a Mennonite?

Moving away from religion (probably the most divisive of all biases) does an affluent white family consider their gardener to be “on par” with them? Would a Jewish lawyer living in a Manhattan penthouse ever introduce the cocktail waitress working at the local pub who is rooming with him to his mother – would he even frequent the local pub, and if so, would he ever room with a cocktail waitress who works there? Would parents of a Harvard, Yale, MIT, Princeton (you get the point) student ever want their kid to fall in love with a stripper or 7-Eleven clerk? Is a good ‘ol boy from Tennessee going to shack-up with a ‘mamasita’ from Guadalajara? Well, actually, maybe he would.

No doubt I have stacked the deck with the comparisons in the preceding paragraph to prove a point. Nevertheless, one can certainly get the gist of what I’m saying. I realize there are exceptions to every rule, and while no doubt there are people who belong to the various groups described above who will marry, be-friend or co-mingle with members of opposing groups, there is nonetheless among all individuals a sense that “their group” is somehow (in one way or another) more noteworthy, intellectual, enterprising, attractive and/or just plain superior to other groups. This is just human nature.

Furthermore, and just another angle to consider, why is it that seemingly all of the media is ganging up on Mel Gibson, as if he was a serial killer on the run or a spy for the Taliban or al-Qaida? Could it be that he’s pissed-off the wrong ethnic group; the one that controls most of Hollywood? It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if there was something to this. After all, those who are highly critical of others usually have an agenda.

Anyway, the long and the short of it is that while at face value it appears as if Mel Gibson is a total scum-bag, no one really knows what went on behind the scenes, and whether or not his girlfriend set him up from the very beginning. It isn’t the first time nor will it be the last time that a man pursues a woman knowing he’s making a mistake, but goes through with it nonetheless – no doubt “thinking” with the wrong head. Although not nearly as publicized or controversial, Paul McCartney and his ex-spouse Heather Mills comes to mind.  She “busted” him to the tune of over $24,000,000 (no pun intended) plus properties, plus expenses; her original “request” was in the neighborhood of $125,000,000. TGO

Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press

Tue Jul 13, 11:29 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Mel Gibson’s terrible week just got worse as in a fresh recording posted online, the Oscar-winning “Braveheart” director allegedly uses racial language to disparage a Hispanic cleaning lady.

The recording, apparently made in a screaming phone argument with his Russian-born ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, follows the release of earlier rants in which Gibson makes racial slurs against black people, calls Grigorieva a “whore” and a “bitch in heat,” and apparently acknowledges beating her.

In one tape “Lethal Weapon” star Gibson even reportedly threatened to kill Grigorieva and also stated: “You need a bat to the side of the head.”

The recordings were leaked to the celebrity site Radaronline.com, with no indication of where they came from. While they have not been authenticated, Gibson has not issued any denial since they began surfacing on Friday.

The tapes conclude the ugly breakup between Grigorieva, 40, and Gibson, 54, following a January 6 beating she allegedly took from him. Gibson is accused of knocking out some of Grigorieva’s teeth in the fracas.

Gibson and Grigorieva fathered a girl, Lucia, in October, months after the “Mad Max” star divorced Robyn, his wife of nearly 30 years and mother of his first seven children.

In the Tuesday recording, Gibson and Grigorieva argue over a woman that cleans their home. Gibson insists the woman can only work for him, but Grigorieva says she needs her more because she is caring for their child.

“I will fire (the cleaning lady) if she’s at your house. I will make it known and fire her. I’ll report her to the ******* people that take ******* money from the wetbacks, OK?” Gibson says.

The term “wetback” is a slur referring to immigrants who swim across the Rio Grande river, which forms part of the border between Mexico and the United States, and enter the United States illegally.

It was unclear if Gibson was threatening to call immigration authorities to denounce the cleaner, or call people that blackmail illegal immigrants.

In the rant Gibson also gave indications that he is facing money problems. “I?m paying my tax money instead of the credit card (bill). Don?t you get it?!” he screams.

On Monday’s edition of the TV show “The View,” African-American comedian Whoopi Goldberg defended Gibson.

“I don’t like what he did here but I know Mel, and I know that he’s not a racist,” she said. “You can say he’s being a bone head, but I can’t sit and say that he’s a racist having spent time with him in my house with my kids.”

According to the celebrity website TMZ.com, Grigorieva made the recordings after the January fight.

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s spokesman said Monday that police would also be investigating the tapes of Gibson’s alleged tirades, once they are voluntarily turned over.

Police in Malibu said Thursday they were investigating a domestic violence case at the couple’s home, but gave few details.

Gibson’s lawyers claim that Grigorieva, a singer who has a child from a prior relationship, is trying to extort more money in their separation settlement. Grigorieva denies the charges.

Unmarried, the couple announced their friendly separation in April, but according to local media Grigorieva decided to take Lucia’s custody battle to court in light of Gibson’s abusive behavior.

One consequence of the rants was that Gibson’s agency, William Morris Endeavor, dumped the actor on Friday.

Gibson, who was born in New York and raised as a child in Australia, returned to acting after an eight-year absence, starring in January’s action thriller “Edge of Darkness.”

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5 Responses to Mel Gibson takes aim at Hispanics in fresh rant

  1. Martin Hill, L.A. County Libertarian Examiner, (examiner.con) says:

    TGO, gotta say that your intro was infinitely better than the AP article, lol! Great stuff. You are a great writer. keep up the good work. And speaking of the bias you mentioned, see my latest article about the judge in L.A. who seized Mel Gibson’s guns.

  2. michellefrommadison says:

    Maybe she started the fight.

    • TGO says:

      Thanks for your commentary. You bring up a great point which I had never thought of; the fact that Muslims always identify themselves as Muslims first.

      Your statements were very informative.

  3. michellefrommadison says:

    What is he doing? Doesn’t he realize where tacos were developed? He should stay on target with pointing out what a slut his girl is.

    • TGO says:

      As I stated in the post, I really know very little about the case. I’m usually not interested in all the Hollywood gossip. For all I know Mel Gibson’s girlfriend is a genuinely decent woman. Either way, she should never have been physically abused.

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