Do you know what the NAACP is and who attends? or how bout the DNC? we can name acronyms until the cows come home, and every one corresponds with a well-known, well-attended group from all over the political spectrum, and guess what, almost all of them have applauded something offensive. People applaud, call it groupthink, call it sheepish, when someone is in front of a microphone, people applaud. People even applauded Michael Richards' rant at first, its just human nature. Its no real commentary, other than, they were making the "entertainment" (coulter) feel welcome. And your belittling "do you even know" tone really is not needed. A large part of my law school credentials is the fact that I have worked for prominant Republicans, and never has anyone from the Governor, down to the guy who gets the coffee for the mailroom worker EVER expressed any hateful biggotry condoning the use of the word "faggot" or otherwise. You are looking for a wave of bigoted sentinment in the Republican party that simply is not there.