More Mel

From (surprise, surprise) Fox News, Father Jonathan Morris says:

Abraham Foxman, president of the Anti-Defamation League, was keen to push the envelope in these suppositions.

“His tirade finally reveals his true self and shows that his protestations during the debate over his film 'The Passion of the Christ,' that he is such a tolerant, loving person, were a sham. This confirms what all of us knew before, Mel Gibson is an anti-Semite and a bigot.”

Big words.

Big words? Ok, but you wanna hear some other big words? "Fucking Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world... Are you a Jew?"

Anyway, I'll let Father Jonathan continue.

For over a year, I worked with Mel and his team during the filming, post-production, and marketing of "The Passion of the Christ." .....

I knew then, as I know now, Mel is not an anti-Semite.

Please. I know there are probably better ways to respond to Mel than the way I did on Monday. But I cannot accept an approach that doesn't acknowledge that Mel is an anti-semite.

I think anti-semites, like racists, homophobes, sexists, etc. can change. I think Mel can change, and all I can do is take his word that he's commited to changing. But at the moment, he's still a damn anti-semite, ok?

We all have our prejudices. Every one of us. The best thing any of us can do is learn to recognize our prejudices, acknowledge them, and use our self-awareness to treat people in a way that overcomes these prejudices. The worst thing any of us can do is deny our prejudices.