Religious Discrimination...
From the Schoolhouse to the Passion of the Christ |
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Everything Rush Said on The Passion, Including His Private Screening from Director Mel Gibson and His Interview with Actor Jim Caviezel |
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March 2, 2004: Pro-Israel Passion...transcript 
March 1, 2004: They Still Don't Get "The Passion"...details
Feb. 27, 2004: "The Passion" Actor Interview on the EIB Network...transcript
Feb. 27, 2004: Blacklisting of Mel Should've Outraged Me...transcript
Feb. 27, 2004: Gibson Ripped; Depraved Artists Praised...transcript
Feb. 27, 2004: Your Outrage at CBS Heard, Not Reported...transcript
Feb. 26, 2004: "The Passion" Oscar Preview...details
Feb. 25, 2004: Libs Ignore Real Anti-Semites, Attack Gibson Falsely...transcript
Feb. 25, 2004: Celibate Spears Pilloried Like Passion...details
Feb. 24, 2004: Can't Get Into the Pop Culture W/O Bashing Christians transcript
Feb. 24, 2004: Mel's Movie Reminds Left Christian Right Still Exists...transcript
Feb. 20, 2004: Why It's Fashionable to Bash Christians...transcript
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BEGIN TRANSCRIPT - February 25, 2004
Listen to Rush...
(...praise "The Passion," and expose the left's fear disguised as criticism)
The website tonight, when we update the site to reflect the contents of today's program regardless of whether it comes up today or not -- and I don't know that it will; I assume it will, but regardless everything that I have said since last July when I first saw the Passion of Christ, of "the Christ," the Mel Gibson movie, will be reposted tonight. Everything that I've said about this movie on this program since last July will be posted.
 This is the day it opens, and those of you who are going to go today or soon and haven't yet seen it. It's already running this morning in various places, and it's just fascinating. It's just fascinating to watch these clowns, the mainstream media, go get their reviewers and critics who have yet to see the movie talk about it. The most famous one, I guess the most common one I'm seeing is, "Well, you shouldn't put a whole lot of stock in this. After all, it's just Mr. Gibson's interpretation."
Well, what the hell movie isn't the interpretation of some stupid director or producer? For crying out loud! Go read any book and then watch the movie some clown makes of it and tell me that Gibson's the first guy to add his interpretation of it. This is probably closer to the "book," quote, unquote, than most movies we get about any subject happening to be. No, that's not what bugs these people. These people are just bugged that it's so popular, just bugged that so many people want to go see it.
I just want to warn you, folks. You've heard a lot about this violence that's in this movie, and it is profound, but I -- you know, you're not going to -- when this is over, you're not going to feel angry at anybody. You're not going to feel enraged at anybody. In fact, you're probably not going to be able to speak for a while. You're going to sit there, and...you just wait. That's all. You're going to sit there and you're going to compare what you've heard to all these reviews about it.
It is a deeply moving and personal experience for everyone who sees this, and who goes in with as little bias about it as possible. I guess it's tough to do now with what all has been said about it. But even with that, nobody's words can prepare you to what you're going to see and what you're going to feel. And I guarantee you, most of you are going to sit there and feel like you've had the breath knocked out of you for quite a while.
We saw it. We saw it in our house, and we had probably 12, 13 people there. Nobody said a word for like five minutes. And the first words people said were not really profound. It just...it took a while. It took a while for everybody to gather themselves and get a handle on how they were feeling to be able to voice those feelings -- and then the questions for Mel Gibson started. And we had some pretty fascinating questions in our little screening group.
But nevertheless, just beware. Everybody is talking about all the "hate" that's in this movie. There's no... it's so far from what this experience is. You're not going to come out of there hating anybody. You're not going to come out of there enraged. You're not going to come out of there with an attitude, "Alright, I got to do something about it." Nothing like that at all, other than whatever you think you might have to do internally. But in terms of any anger, whatever anger you have if there is any, will be overshadowed by the profound impact and effect the movie has on you.
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