It's embarrassing, Hollywood

When Mel Gibson ranted about Jews to the cops who arrested him for drunk driving, it seemed, um, unusual. When Michael Richards ranted about blacks during a comedy club appearance, it seemed, um, unusual -- and a little disturbing. Two Hollywood celebrities with racially challenged attitudes revealing their shortcomings in a very public way?
Now we have "Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington, who's under fire for using a gay slur about a co-star.
What's going on here?
Celebrities, like the rest of us, are human. But celebrities, unlike the rest of us, show their faults in public. And if they have them -- which, being human, they all do -- need to work harder to show the rest of us their faults aren't as stupid as these.
All of these incidents were just that -- downright stupid. Gibson ranting to cops while drunk? Richards getting ticked about latecomers to his comedy show? Washington just ticked? This is childish stuff. A four-year-old could have kept from doing this stuff. (Find me a four-year-old child.)
I'm not saying celebrities need to be examples for us. But this kind of stupidity shouldn't be tolerated in Hollywood. Or anywhere else.