Among the volumes written about Charlie Sheen's meltdown, prominent are those comments which note that when someone has such a blow-up, you discover the real person underneath. In this case, that turns out to be unequivocally true -- but for a reason entirely different than has been mentioned.
I will explain.
There's so much ghastly in Charlie Sheen's troubled rant that it transcends even the possible anti-Semitism of repeatedly smearing writer/producer Chuck Lorre by his Jewish name. Indeed, that is only but one part of the scorched earth Charlie Sheen left behind him. Calling himself a "Vatican assassin warlord," for instance. But one point nonetheless must be singled out in his references toward his producer -- specifically because Charlie Sheen himself singles it out.
To defend himself against charges of anti-Semitism, Charlie Sheen told TMZ that "I was referring to Chuck by his real name, because I wanted to address the man and not the [expletive] persona."
And so, in fairness, we take Charlie Sheen at his word. Charlie Sheen wants to refer to others by their real name and address the man, not the [expletive] persona. It's reasonable then to presume that Charlie Sheen expects to live by the same standards he holds for others.
I note therefore that "Charlie Sheen" is not his own real name, but rather his [expletive] persona. His real name is Carlos Irwin Estevez.
No doubt "Charlie Sheen" wants to be addressed as a man himself and therefore be referred to by his real name. Otherwise, that would mean he wasn't telling anything close to the truth about ignoring one's [expletive] persona, and he was indeed revealing much about himself underneath, who he really is as a human being.
Presuming, of course, that underneath the [expletive] persona there actually is a human being.
Personally I think Charlie Sheen wanted out and like Olbermann, he didn’t give a rats behind. Friday night I listened to Lawrence O’Donnell MSNBC, Mark Levin, and Michael Savage and they all dumped on Charlie Sheen. Charlie Sheen is a multi millionaire. I don’t think he cares about his ex-boss or CBS, and more specifically that CBS told Charlie Sheen to sit down and shut up, and take it from his boss Chucky! Let’s hear it from the Zionist MSM. I think Charlie should take notes and hire attorneys to sue every single media entity for liable and slander.
Here's the ENTIRE quote from Mr. Sheen.
Now Charlie tells TMZ ... "I was referring to Chuck by his real name, because I wanted to address the man, not the bulls**t TV persona."
FYI -- Chuck's birth name is Charles Levine ... and his Hebrew name is Chaim.
Charlie added, "So you're telling me, anytime someone calls me Carlos Estevez, I can claim they are anti-Latino?"
You would guess wrong.
If anyone is unable (or unwilling) to differentiate between the hate-ridden, wide-ranging meltdown that included repeatedly addressing someone angrily by another name (a name he refers to as the "real name," which in fact isn't) -- and the low-key, fact-based post above where I note someone's name in order to suggest he play by the same rules he charges, that is their choice. But making a choice doesn't make it correct.
Perhaps Charlie Sheen intended to insult Chuck Lorre's racial/religious dysphoria, (assuming he suffers from that). I doubt it.
My guess is that Charlie Sheen was poking Chuck Lorre's all too common weakness.
To denounce it as anti-semitism and as his "Mel Gibson moment" is ludicrous.