Reviewing Mel Gibson Coverage by A-Listers

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Alternatively amusing and appalling, the opinions expressed by A-Listers on Mel Gibson's now infamous DUI arrest and anti-Semitic tirade give an insight into the personalities that make up the A-List.

Andrew Sullivan, who has had 19 posts since July 29th tied Gibson to Jack Abramoff and uses the opportunity to lambast Hugh Hewitt, among others.

BL Ochman reserves her opinion, but points to YouTube mashups.

Italian blogger Beppe Grillo refers to Mel as "Adolf Gibson".

Blogcritics only had 5 Gibson mentions, one of which isn't about the scandal. Surprisingly, for a blog with numerous contributors, reactions were neutral, mainly questioning whether drunken utterances should be taken seriously and attempting to define the difference between anti-Semitism and Anti-Israel sentiments.

Boing Boing focuses tongue-in-cheek on a part of the tirade ignored by pundits: his calling a female officer "sugar tits".

Captain's Quarters has two posts, one of which defends Gibson's right to free speech.

Defamer has 27 posts, all pretty snarky as you'd suspect.

Instapundit (5 posts) wonders is Gibson is Manic Depressive.

Huffington Post has 30 (!) posts (it's only been a week, folks), ranging from concerned understanding to posts that could have been written by drooling, torch-wielding villagers.

I know everyone jumps on this sort of thing, but I think the best response is no response at all. Which, if I blogged on my own blog would be a response, so instead I comment here (plus I always read your blog Diane, so why not, right? And it's your job to tell us what the A-listers are doing!)

Was I insulted by Mel's comments? Sure. I'm Jewish after all. Do I care? Not really.

He's human like everyone else. Is Mel the only person that's anti-semetic? Of course not.

Yes, his voice may carry some weight as a celebrity, but not that much anymore, and anyone that he's really talking to probably agrees with him anyway.

Mel's a putz. A drunk putz. A drunk, Jew-hating putz. Woohoo. *yawn*

Posted by: Ben Yoskovitz | August 4, 2006 1:58 PM | Permalink to Comment

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