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The question were asking tonight is was the joke really out of line? "outfront" tonight, columbia university professor mark lamont hill, cnn contributor and columnist elzi anderson. gentlemen, welcome on this friday night. dean, im going to let you have first crack at this here because people have been jumping all over him online, on twitter as you can imagine. should he be canned over the comment? >> absolutely not. the joke was not -- look, were adults. we know the difference between somebody ...

Over him online, on twitter as you can imagine. should he be canned over the comment? >> absolutely not. the joke was not -- look, were adults. we know the difference between somebody demonizing and someone being playful. he is joking around with co-workers. it doesnt mean people wont be outraged. people go on twitter and type in all capital letters, im outraged and retweet. we live in a world of hyper sensitivity and instant outrage. he is a victim of that. > with the prosecutions main witnesse...

Over him online, on twitter as you can imagine. should he be canned over the comment? >> absolutely not. the joke was not -- look, were adults. we know the difference between somebody demonizing and someone being somebody demonizing and being playful. hes joking around with his colleagues. that doesnt mean people wont be outraged. people tweet in capital letters im outraged. we live in a world of hyper sensitivity. this man is just a victim of that. if he was truly being racist, i would be there...