Once again, ladies and gentlemen: Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitism

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It’s hard to know what to make of Gibson and his true intentions. The ” title=”from my colleague Danielle Berrin” target=”_blank”>from my colleague Danielle Berrin:

In further excerpts published by The Wrap, Eszterhas refers to Gibson as “wild,” “crazed,” and “explosive” and said he “continually called Jews ‘Hebes’ and ‘oven-dodgers’ and ‘Jewboys.’

“It seemed that most times when we discussed someone, you asked ‘He’s a Hebe, isn’t he?’ You said most ‘gatekeepers’ of American companies were ‘Hebes’ who ‘controlled their bosses.’”

According to the letter, Gibson referred to the Holocaust as “a lot of horseshit” and wrongly claims the Torah makes reference to the sacrifice of Christian babies. Oh, and that Gibson’s intention with the movie was to “convert Jews to Christianity.”

Meanwhile, actor Joshua Malina spoofed the issue on his Facebook page this way:  “Warner Bros. reportedly puts Mel Gibson’s Maccabee movie on hold,” he wrote.  “No biggie,” asserts Gibson, “I kind of hate Jews anyway.”

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