Of course it’s important, for MANY reasons, the least of which are:
Don Imus was fired for saying “nappy headed hoes”
TV Reporter Fired After Telling Live Audience “I Can’t Hear [crap]” :http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1970306/posts?page=1
Try saying the “N-word” in the workplace and see what happens.
It might be important to you, but she’s given aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war, and that kind of trumps everything else about her as far as I’m concerned.