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Originally Posted by DELTABRAT
Mel Gibson going off on Jews and dude going off on Black folks are two different things.
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I agree. Mel Gibson's comments may be viewed as slurs. It's open for interpretation. According to sources, he said that "Jews are responsible for the wars in the world" and asked the officer if s/he was a Jew. One may or may not take offense to those statements. Though I am NOT excusing what he said, it's open to interpretation as to whatever the comments were inflammatory.
However, in the case of "Kramer," he was sober, in what appeared to be his right state of mind, and decided to go on a tirade! He REPEATEDLY referred to these particular audience members as the n-word, made references to lynching, made statements that would imply that he KNEW what he was saying and that it was WRONG. He even continued with his tirade after he heard/saw the audience's reaction.
He can keep his raggedy apology. But, since he was only talking about black folks, I'm sure his fan base will go for the okey-doke and welcome him back with open arms. Isn't that how it always is?