I don't like the "N" word, either. However, my point was that never in the history of languages (that I'm aware of) has there ever been a particular word that only certain select people are permitted to use. What if a person is only 1/8th black and appears to be completely white? Can he use it? How about 1/4th black? The issue is freedom of speech; there are lots of distasteful words that are used almost exclusively to hurt someone's feelings. None of them are being branded as "illegal," as the "N" word has, for all intents and purposes, been branded insofar as non-black people are concerned.
As far as Elizabeth Hasselbeck, I stand by my assessment of her as a "bimbo." I don't think she's particularly bright at all, and she was obviously hired to be on "Survivor" because of her looks (and probably had an "in" for the tryouts because of the fact she happened to be dating an NFL player at that time, as I'm sure very few would-be contestants were). Her tears would have only made sense if she was crying at Whoopi's stupidity, and the fact her race is bing told there is a word it cannot legally use, while another ethnic group is perfectly free to do so.
She plays the role of "conservative" on that odious show, but like all "conservatives" now, she will never mention the racial aspects of crime, poverty, poor school performance, IQ, etc. I don't know why anyone here would be supporting the "conservative" point of view, anyhow. What is there about our sorry present day society that is worth conserving?