The amazing thing in our contemporary news media is that they're quicker to jump on people who say something disrespectful about People in Power - something I always thought was a long and honorable American tradition - while they continue to give a pass to those who verbally assault members of marginalized groups.
Consider the disparate treatment of comedians who (horror!) make fun of Bush (shock!) and even occasionally use bad language (just like the vice president!) with an entertainer who is going to be singing at the RNC who, as John Aravaosis says, "thinks homosexuality is a "curse," that it's caused by men raping small children, that being gay is a choice, that it can be cured, and most explosively, that gays are trying to "kill our children."
