I guess I wonder where we draw the line between the 'slip' and the unacceptable. One such word in a broadcast? Five? Fifty? How do we prevent broadcasts from increasingly becoming cursefests if it isn't immediately and strongly responded to? What current social ills in America may have been treated early on with such a response? AFA considers such things.
How much dog doo would be acceptable in your coffee? A spec? A pinch? A teaspoon?
Principle is at work in this issue.
And there's a difference between taking a child to such an event and the TV race coverage.