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Of course it matters whether he's famous.
In the Michael Richards incident, nobody is asking for the guy's neck. The information was spread widely because people needed to be able to view the incident, judge it for themselves, and decide whether it was cause enough for them to personally avoid supporting Richards in the future. In that case, debate over whether Michael Richards is a 'racist' ultimately served the purpose of helping to shape individual consumer choices. Again, this is directly connected to the fact that Richards is a quasi-public figure.
In this case, you've just given us a video of a random nutjob. He is a kook. There is no disagreement or significant controversy. You're upset because we're not all up-in-arms over it, but the whole world cannot be up in arms over every random nutjob in the world; it's a simple function of the limited amount of time in a given day.
In what way is this a "cop out", exactly?
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