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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Did he blame the Jews again?

[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

No, but I'm shocked he didn't, he'd probably get a standing ovation from the right and be among the elite right aside the my pillow guy and Elon.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Well now I definitely don't feel bad about torrenting Braveheart

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)
[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 50 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You mean the same guy who said he hopes his (then) partner gets “raped by a pack of n****rs” isn’t voting for Kamala? I’m shocked I tell you.

He’s been unhinged for years, we should have cancelled him decades ago and let Mel succumb to his own alcoholism.

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 5 points 1 hour ago (2 children)
[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago (1 children)

Ok Im watching it over and over again and I can't make out when Key says "yes. He is the most racist [blank] in the world"?

[–] griefreeze@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

"...most racist man in the world," I believe he says.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 56 minutes ago
[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

time to take another long hiatus from work, mel.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Nonsense, he will get steady work alongside Kevin Sorbo!

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 115 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yes Mel Gibson is still bonkers.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 33 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Until producers stop giving him money and actors refuse to work with him he'll continue spreading hate, the guy has been an obvious bigot and moron his entire life

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 18 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

“I separate people and their art” people are the fuckin’ worst and huge part of the problem, too, since they don’t do a damn thing to incentivise those losers to stop what they’re doing, either.

When I learned that “Sweet Home Alabama” was in bitter response to Neil Young’s “Southern Man” I just stopped listening to it. There is so much music in the world, I’ve been fine without Lynyrd Skynyrd. I also don’t think I’ve ever seen a Mel Gibson movie and I seem to be ok.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Eh, Mad Max, Road Warrior, and Beyond Thunderdome are classics. Lethal Weapon was good.

He was even decent in the John Wick flashback "The Continental".

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I would say that "Sweet Home Alabama" is very different. It was not written bitterly and it was written by a bunch of Neil Young fans (and Neil himself loved the song). The point of "Sweet Home Alabama" was to show that there were people who grew up in the South who weren't racist, who acknowledged and decried the racist history of the South, but who also felt resentment at being lumped in with the racists, past and present. Being both proud of being from the South and ashamed of being from the South at the same time even has its own term, coined AFAIK by the band The Drive-By Truckers: "the duality of the Southern Thing."

There are plenty of artists and musicians that should just be written off, but I don't think Skynyrd is among them. They were actually relatively progressive for their background and were trying to paint a fairly sophisticated and balanced story; it's not their fault that their fanbase evolved into a bunch of racist assholes who preempted the song for their own causes, especially since the heart and soul of the band died in a plane crash in 1977. But that's just my two cents as a huge music fan who grew up listening to Skynyrd in the 90's.

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Who the fuck is "Mel Gibson?"

"Say what you want about the man, but the sunuvabitch knows story structure!"

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 51 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

So many out of work actors raging their boy is getting destroyed by a woman.

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Not defending the guy, but he has not at all been out of work. He just hasn’t been in movie theaters nationwide. He’s been in plenty of stuff recently. John Oliver even mentioned how crazy it’s been that he’s been so busy despite all the racist and antisemitic rants he’s had.

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

So many immigrants complaining about immigration too.

[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

TBF, Australia has a really big problem with racism. Against immigrants in particular.

As an American that traveled there 2 years ago on vacation, it was typical for them to ice break with "so how about them immigrants" after they found out we were American (and assumed all Americans are Texans I guess, by the stereotype they were expecting)

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Why is anyone still listening to this man enough for this to make it to a headline?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

A high enough percentage of people without ad-block were likely enough to click.

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 24 points 6 hours ago

The Passion of the Anti-Christ

[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 20 points 6 hours ago

I tried finding a gif of Mel in a straight jacket from Lethal Weapon, but I'll settle for this one:

mel

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Wtf is that website? It freezes preventing me from scrolling.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Welcome to the future 😑

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 hours ago

why is anyone still giving airtime to this washed up has-been?

[–] Jagothaciv@kbin.earth 8 points 6 hours ago

Dude is just another relative nobody can invite over for Easter.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 8 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

You mean a guy that hasn't had a real job since he was 19 has a bonkers view of the world?

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 16 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

What's a real job?

Acting is work. Acting is not easy. Especially if you want to be believable on screen.

Don't dismiss an entire field of workers just because of one stupid asshole.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee -4 points 2 hours ago

Found the theater kid

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 22 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Plenty of better, more popular actors aren't racist or insane.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Mel Gibson blasted after

For a faint moment, I thought this was going to end with "he checked his pager"