Alex fires back:

This bizarre hatred of The Passion is getting out of control. Is it really that hard to believe that someone would want to make a movie about the Christ that didn't try to bring him down in some way? Most Christians that I talk to say the movie was extraordinary and powerful. Non-Christians hate it. Imagine that. First they attacked it as anti-Semitic, (a ridiculous claim that has since been dropped). Then they said it was bad because Mel's dad is a fundamentalist (and yes, probably a nut). Then they tried to make Mel look like a fundamentalist idiot. Then they attacked the movie for being too violent. Since when did the media start worrying about stuff being too violent? This is the same group of quasi-intellectuals that enjoy the Vagina Monologues and thought it ludicrous that anyone would be offended by Janet's nipple. All of a sudden they change their tune and say that this movie is too violent? Since when did they step up in favor of censorship or moral standards? I wonder if that Jesus guy has anything to do with it? Now, with the link that Gilbie posts calls it anti-gay, or "sadomasochistic male narcissism" and then infers (as far as I can tell) that Mel and the crew are all repressed homosexuals. Is this truly the level of debate that is going to rage around this movie?

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