Such an asshole. Big phony, too. Claims to be ultra-liberal, yet he's been caught using the N-Word with Black photographers, and Tweeting negative things about gays. Yeah, some liberal. But I guess he gives lots and lots of money to Left Wing political causes, so all is forgiven

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News media is very selective over how certain stories are covered.
Most people keep a running list of people in limelight who were caught using slurs...Alec is on the list along with Madonna, Eminem, Charlie Sheen,etc. You have to dig to find reports of these comments but that's more about powerful agents/studios protecting their interests.
It's an easier sell for the media to paint a white Southerner as a racist for using the same words,
but people who are awake know that there is no difference. F all of them.