Huge? you mean his supporters far outnumbered his detractors? Or do you mean some people were saying he was within his rights to say what he did, which he was, and society was within their rights to bitch slap him, which they were.
You can't make a coherent honest argument, so just make shit up. It entertains us. Dance little puppet, dance! wait, is that racist asking you to entertain us jester?
Racism will never die, you can't legislate it away. Where it is today though is no longer acceptable the way it was 60 years ago. Our best chance is through education, not legislation, but you'll never get that so I'll just mock your ignorance and fucked up world view instead.