Mel Gibson: Misogynist, Racist, Anti-Semite - and Great Actor

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
July 21, 2010

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/826/mel-gibson-misogynist-racist-anti-semite

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And so, actor Mel Gibson has been exposed as a foul-mouthed, raging misogynist. No surprise here. His anti-Semitic rants ("F—ing Jews, the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world") were a clue to his woman-hatred ("You look like a f–ing pig in heat and if you get raped by a pack of niggers it will be your fault…you gold-digging whore"). Don't ask me why such a connection exists but it usually does.

On the other hand, I know feminists who are also anti-Semites. Yes, I am talking about true, old-fashioned anti-Semitism, not just about fashionably "new" (anti-Israel) anti-Semitism. Over the years, I have experienced both kinds, up close and personal from true-blue feminists, as have others.

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