Woops - be careful. Somebody may accuse you of being antisemitic!
Your contempt and bitterness is astounding, if not precictable, gopher. Where in this thread was anything said that would require that comment?
Besides gophers deep seeded resentment and self loathing, there was an interesting study I read a couple years ago, I wish I knew where to find it. It was about word assosiations and using them to hurt. It was actually based on a male/female exchange, but it could work in racial situations as well. It can also be applied to the commentary in these forums.
It was my understanding that, even though someone may use harsh or ignorant words to inflict hurt upon someone, it does not necessarily mean that what the person is saying is a true indication of how they feel or a true indication or their beliefs.
Arguements between spouses may contain words or statements such as, "pig", "bastard", "a$$hole", "bitch", "wh**e", "sl*t", "c**t", "I hate you", "I wish you were dead", etc. Does that actually mean that these words were used to describe the person, or what one would like to see happen to the one such statements are being directed at? In some cases, yes, but for the most part it was found that the words were used to hurt. When people feel particularily slighted or ingured, they will lash out in ways to inflict the most damage. Some will be physical, some use words.
A preconceived notion that the use of the word "ni**er", would likely result in a direct hit to ones psycy, is likely the most rational explanation for his out burst.
I would lean towards this theory more so then one that would claim he was a racist. Primarily because, he is in the public eye, he has been involved in charitable work to help the African American victims of Katrina, but more so because it makes more sence. At 50 some odd years of age, you would think that the under lying racist tendencies everyone asserts he has, would have shown up long ago, in some way shape or form. But yet we see the exact opposite, up until this point.