Tracy Morgan's Hate Speech

Like Chris Rock, at first I was prepared to defend his right to be an ass and use "blue" comedy... Unlike Chris, I researched & read what he said first.
Read the first-hand account here: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=215375481828437&id=435585215186

According to audience member Kevin Rogers (who WAS a fan, fully expecting gays to be ripped on), "Tracy then said he didn't f****** care if he pissed off some gays..."  Mr. Rogers also said, "The sad thing is that none of this rant was a joke.  His entire demeanor changed during that portion of the night."

The reason I included the above text is, he acted like he was leading a Klan rally and said he knew and didn't care, but now, he does.  SUUUUUUUUURE...  Are we to be that gullible as a society?

Many people do need thicker skin about name calling (I don't think Kevin is one of them, though).  Blue jokes, picking on people, even being outright offensive is alright.  Harsh language and profanity are not a big deal, and while not acceptable in polite society, a different matter than this.  Coddling the oversensitive regarding such things only promotes weakness (see my next post, http://billfleege.blogspot.com/2011/06/bullying-vs-coddling.html).
However, the things he said are too often reasons that people drag or lure gays out to be beaten to death, for families to turn their backs on their own over sexuality, and people to be bullied to the point of seeing no other option than suicide.  Refuting irrefutable facts that people are fighting so hard to get acknowledged, so that they can simply live, leaps across the line.

He does have the right to be an ass, but, everyone else has the right to call him out on it and not support his bigotry (I've never watched "30 Rock" but, now, will never give it a chance as long as they employ either of his faces).  Like in Charlie Sheen's case, his employers have the right to distance themselves from him.  He (Morgan) has earned at least the reaction Mel Gibson got over antisemitism.

I say, no amount of apology should matter at all, the gay community can only damage itself in calling for or accepting one.  I would either use the opportunity to tell him off or boycott even that, not pretend that a reversal makes any difference.

Let a jackass be a jackass, and let it be known that he is, so capitalism can show people's opinions.