[snarks_when_bored]

Michael Richards was performing poorly—he's an actor, not a stand-up comedian. He knew it. His audience knew it. When a couple of black guys heckled him a bit, he began to lose his temper. The more he shouted, the madder he got. Once his anger was in full control, his aim became to hurl verbal bombs at the objects of his rage. Everybody knows what it's like to get angry and start to say things to people with the aim of hurting them. The very fact that Richards called black guys the N-word is evidence that he was trying to hurt them and that he knew that using that word would hurt them.

I suspect that Richards is less a racist than a strong candidate for serious anger management therapy. And maybe he should consider telling funnier jokes...

[snowman_returns]

Everybody knows what it's like to get angry and start to say things to people with the aim of hurting them. The very fact that Richards called black guys the N-word is evidence that he was trying to hurt them and that he knew that using that word would hurt them.

I couldn't agree more, far too often incidents like this are seized upon by people on the political margins of the left to score points and drum up support from what they consider to be oppressed people.

Everyday people lash out with verbal abuse at something or another, normally they regret it and apologise later which is what Richards has done. It should be left at that and then forgotten.

Why can't this incident just be seen for what it really is and buried??

[TN4Liberty]

Everybody knows what it's like to get angry and start to say things to people with the aim of hurting them.

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

There are no innocent parties in this altercation, and neither's actions were justified. But only one has been called out for publich humiliation, and that is the double standard that has become so tiresome.