Fired or commended?

Actor Fired After Confronting Anti-Gay Heckler During CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Performance; Says 'I'd Do It Again' (from Broadwayworld.com)

Instead of heckling, I would have walked out.  If I was bothered by what I was seeing so much, why take it out on the actors, who are doing their job, and the rest of the audience, who probably have no problem with the show they were attending to see?  Heckling is as bad as not putting one's phone on silent or off during a show.  Where the hell were his manners?  Instead of firing the actor, he should have been commended, as he reacted the way some actors have reacted when a cell phone goes off in the middle of their scene.  Distractions are inappropriate in any type of theatre or performance.