You totally missed the point. The author wasn't calling anyone a "fagtard". The author was making fun of the kinds of people who call other people "fagtards" while playing mindless online shooters. There's a lot of people like that.
I believe anyone who has played FPSs online would agree it doesn't take long to find an individual that fits this profile.
I think you're just word policing and hall monitoring someone. I understand decorum and that there's a time and a place for different types/styles of language but I don't think the context of this article violates that at all in this forum.
I think the vast majority of black people are not criminals. You’d probably have to look harder than you think to find blacks people that are criminals if you surveyed society in general.
What is wrong with using a word in this context?