On Mel Gibson, Judaism, Hollywood

I like Mel Gibson as an actor and director. He entertains me. It is impossible to defend his inexcusable actions and words, though, and it is clear that he has a lot of personal demons that he needs to exercise. That said, I am bemused to watch people line up to rhetorically stone him for his anti-Semitic rant. A number of the people lining up with their stone are also outspoken in their loathing of Israel. It would seem that it is perfectly okay to treat Israel in the same manner Gibson treated all Jews as long as you carefully couch what you say in more acceptable words. If you generalize to the point Gibson did and tar perfectly good liberal Jews along with those undesirable conservative and Israeli Jews, then it is a step too far.