Celebrity Bigots. ‘So John Rocker played at Shea, and the fans booed him. By baiting the “hate hurler” (as Rocker was

dubbed by one tab), they got to feel superior, basking in their sympathy for the huddled masses on

the No. 7 line. But the morning after Rocker’s drubbing, many of these same defenders of diversity

tuned in to Don Imus, who never met an immigrant he didn’t mock. Another hate hurler? Nah, it’s just

the I-Man funning.’ Imus, Dr. Laura, Eminem…celebrity hate rules, and audiences by and large are soft on it. The Village Voice