What is the difference between Mel and Charlie?

Without a doubt Mel Gibson has been digging himself into a pretty deep hole with his racial comments and misogynistic comments. Women all over the country are outraged - vowing to never again watch a Mel Gibson movie. 
Meanwhile Charlie Sheen remains the highest paid actor on TV. The same Charlie Sheen who:
  • "Accidentally" shot his girlfriend Kelly Preston in the arm in 1990.
  • Knocked his girlfriend Brittany Ashland to the ground so hard she lost consciousness.
  • Was accused by his second wife of threatening to kill her with a knife. (Should we mention the affidavit signed by the nanny? Nah.)
  • Was arrested and taken to the slammer on Christmas Day in 2009 for assaulting his wife Brooke Mueller.
  • Who is not only a tad rough on the women in his life, but also is very big in the 9/11 Truth Movement, those folks who think the Bush administration was actually behind the attacks on 9/11.
Ladies - why aren't you tearing your hair out and threatening or boycotting Mr Sheen with the same amount of enthusiasm/vitriol that you do Mr Gibson?

Comments

Julie Fudge Smith said…
Good question Cliff, but I suppose part of it comes down to Mel being Catholic and Charlie being liberal. I have found that there is a group of women who will tolerate all sorts of misogynist behavior as long as the perpetrator believes in a woman's right to choose. That seems to excuse a plethera of abhorant actions.
July 31, 2010 at 8:08 PM
Unknown said…
I don't understand it either, especially because Sheen's Two and a Half Men (that shoe he's so well paid for) is one of the most insulting television shows I have ever seen. I'm not saying that it's insulting because its lewd. It's insulting because it's stupid and gimmicky and nothing really matters on it. Meanwhile Gibson's one of the few filmmakers in Hollywood who can still remember how to tell a story and he's the one people are boycotting.

I agree with the other person who commented to some degree. I don't think it's about liberal Sheen is though --- Alec Baldwin is incredibly liberal and I've heard more anti-Baldwin talk from yelling at his daughter than I have from Sheen beating up his girlfriends. I think it has something to do with the fact that Gibson is Catholic and America is a country founded on a Protestant ideal. Before any of this went down, there were already groups who wanted to find any excuse to rail against Mel. The same simply wasn't true for Charlie.
November 18, 2010 at 3:05 PM
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