[LWalk18]

And the "hecklers" telling him he isn't funny, insulting his act, and calling him a "MF" was meant to do the same thing.

I don't see calling someone not funny equivalent to using a racial slur. One only applies to that particular person, one is an insult to everyone in that particular race. One is criticism of his choice of jokes, the latter an attack over something that no one has any control over.

[TN4Liberty]

Both comments (all comments, actually) were hurled merely to hurt and publicly humiliate the other person. In that sense, they are the same.

Someone publicly telling me I am incompetent at my job is more hurtful than someone disparaging the fact that I have brown hair (or am of some national origin or live in the south or whatever). No, they wanted to hurt him and he in turn wanted to hurt them back. It seems that both were successful. If they had sat back and waited for the show to end, this episode would not have happened.

[aligncare]

"And the "hecklers" telling him he isn't funny, insulting his act, and calling him a "MF" was meant to do the same thing."

I don't see calling someone not funny equivalent to using a racial slur. One only applies to that particular person, one is an insult to everyone in that particular race. One is criticism of his choice of jokes, the latter an attack over something that no one has any control over.

But, come on...people can call me anything they choose...I'm just not gonna care! People are so sensitive about the most ridiculous things. An insult reflects more on the individual hurling it, than the recipient. Another way of say it is this: It doesn't matter what someone calls you, it matters only what you respond to.