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I think the bottom line to all of this is that he simply should not have EVER gotten into stand-up.
1) If he is a racist, he should have not gotten into standup because at some point, in the heat of the moment, he could have let it slip out during his act. It's hard to be a public speaker and have your audience behind you and not get caught up in what you're saying and begin to elaborate or get lost in that moment.
2) If you can't handle a heckler or two - no matter how horrible they may be - you don't deserve to be in a situation where you are speaking and putting yourself in the center of their attention. When you do so, you are asking for someone to criticize what you are doing, and in a scenario like this (or Motivational speaker, pastor, school teacher), if you can not take the criticism or be able to defend what you are truly saying without apologizing, then you should not be standing up speaking in front of people.
3) He should not even have n*gger in his vocabulary. It is one of the ugliest words in the English language. What it represents, what it stands for, and how it demeans another human being. Now, some things can be taken out of context, some things can be twisted into saying that they are racist, and personally I feel we are becoming so paranoid about being politically correct as a white male we sometimes feel we can't say anything without being labelled a racist. However, that word, as deplorable as it is, should NEVER EVER be spoken, and especially within the context and the surrounding levels of hate in a man's voice as we witness in Michael Richards in that video. It should have NEVER been in his vocabulary to begin with.
4) If I haven't made my point enough, I will make this one the last. The point of being a stand-up comedian is not to offend people or to put people down. The point of doing stand-up, or any type of comedy for that matter, is to make people laugh. Whether it be to make people laugh about incidents in your personal life or within their own, things going on within our nation, or simply things we find humorous as we walk to work every day, the point is to make sure that when people leave after your act, they walk out with a smile on their face, feeling good about what they just heard. I see that video, and I feel sad, depressed a little, and honestly amazed at how much hatred could be within a person's soul. Yes, I say hatred, because you feel it when you watch it. The anger from that man just makes you feel dirty when you watch it. Who cares if he was heckled too much or whether or not he had a right to call them out? What was said was incredibly wrong, and it certainly was not funny or enjoyable to watch. At least not to me.
He should definately see a counselor about this whole issue. I hope and pray he gets his head right. However, more than anything, I hope he never gets on another stage and tries to do another act. We don't need that in our country. We need people who are going to make us laugh and feel a little bit better when they're time on the microphone is over.