Apparently the heckler called him a cracker and a white boy first. Cracker pretty much means redneck. He responded by calling the heckler a n____. How come black people can call white people anything, but white people can't respond. Seems like the only thing a comedian can say which is unacceptable is something "racist".
I've seen no evidence that they called him those things FIRST and they would not excuse his behavior for getting into the gutter with them but they DO use those terms in the video clip so they ARE racists too and the media is silent on this. There is no excuse for them to use such terms and I want to hear if it is the first time THEY have used the words in their speech.
If the press is going to go digging 20 years into the past to out politicians as racists (while ignoring CURRENT racists in Congress) then I want them to do the same digging here. There is a double standard at play all over the place here.
I denouce the actions of Michael Richards but there are SOME on this thread who only find fault in the actions of MR.