John Galliano, Racism and Offence

Last week fashion designer John Galliano was taped making some very anti-Semitic remarks, which stirred up a debate about anti-Semitism and racism in general. I don't agree with racism of any kind, but I don't understand why people get so worked up about it. Let me clarify my point; racist words and comments, not racist violence or acts. The latter are in-excusable and should be reacted to harshly. I have been racially abused on several occasions, and since there was little threat of violence, I laughed at it. What do I care what these pratts think. I don't know them, and if they are stupid enough to believe what they are saying, then I definitely do not want to know them. What I did not do want react negatively. That seems to be what they always want, so why reward them. They just move on when they realise the futility of it. To me you can only be offended if you let yourself become offended. You are letting a negative emotion get to you and thus you are losing something, not them. It is like the old saying "I am rubber, you are glue" which people seem to forget as they get older. By reacting, you are suffering unnecessarily.
Being an aspie, I generally don't care what other people think of me (I follow rules and morals and try to be a good person, I am not a total arsehole). I think this is one of the reasons why I was immune to social pressure, and it's one of the blessings of my condition. You don't have to be on the autistic spectrum to be immune to offence. David Brazier in "Zen Therapy: A Buddhist approach to psychotherapy" puts this view into words better than I can. He stated that "if someone insults me..., the ire which may arise in me is not caused by the insult. The insult is simply the trigger which has brought my pre-existing susceptibility to the surface" (page 161 for anyone interested). Bender from Futurama's quote "when will people learn that all humans are equally inferior to robots" to me seems to be one of the cleverest on any animated show. Me? Well I may be close to being a misanthrope, but I believe in the superiority of one race: the Human race. Who cares about anyone else.