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Let's talk about the BAFTAs situation. 

Before I go into this anymore, I want to get this out of the way first: tics are not—whatsoever—what you are thinking, feeling, and they do not reveal anything about who you are as a person. 

I have so many people making negative judgments about me and my character, as well as my mutuals and friends, based off of what type of tics that we have. They are always saying, "Oh, you just wanna say these things and get away with it by saying you have tics as an excuse." That is not the case at all! 

I have struggled heavily to not isolate myself and I have also struggled heavily to stay here on this Earth, because my tics have caused so many problems for me. We cannot leave the house without preparing for the reality that we may be judged, misunderstood—or worse—confronted in a violent way or in an aggressive way about our tics. 

So, yes, it is a tragedy for both parties that John Davidson had that tic. I feel terrible that Michael [B.] Jordan and Delroy Lindo had such a disgusting word shouted at them during a moment that is supposed to be one of the happiest of someone's life. But I also feel terrible for John Davidson that he has to live with having that word as a tic. Having tics already makes it so that you will be misunderstood and judged your whole life, but having slurs as tics, as I would know, just adds on to that. We do not gain any type of enjoyment from this. In fact, it is so immensely terrifying and causes us so much discomfort.

Yes, you are allowed to be upset, but that does not give you the right to be ableist. I see people saying that we shouldn't be allowed outside, that we deserve to die, or that we need to have muzzles on. We deserve just as much love and compassion and opportunities as you do! And, no, he did not need to be separated from everybody else. People there were warned that there was a person in the audience with Tourette's Syndrome, and they were warned that some of his tics may be inappropriate. 

The movie was literally about him and his condition! He deserved to be there! He deserves to exist—and so do the rest of us!  

There is no sides to this situation. There's only layers of understanding that needs to be had. So, please, educate yourselves and have compassion for others. 

That is all I have to say on this situation.

Everyone knows SNL fucking suck and are constantly doing things in bad taste or being downright malicious, yet people will happily ignore that because their face actor was part of it.

The tourettic community is not talking about that when we talk about ableism.

THIS is what the tourettes community has been handling the last few days:

Widespread harassment of a disabled man, the disabled community he's a part of, and blatant falsehoods spread about said disability.

PT: I have Tourette syndrome, let’s talk about what happened at the BAFTA film awards. End PT

For anyone who doesn’t know, two black actors were presenting on stage at the BAFTA film awards, and someone from the crowd with Tourette syndrome shouted a racial slur.

Before I go any further, I want to acknowledge that am white, I have white privilege. I do not know what it feels like to be on the receiving end of racism, let alone be called a racial slur on television, and then have to compose myself and carry on.

Now, people are allowed to feel upset about what happened. They are allowed to feel offended, or sad, or angry or anything. Yet I saw so many reactions from fellow white people trying to minimize the emotions of people who were hurt by this word, and by extension, minimizing the impact that this situation had.

Of course, the person with Tourette’s didn’t mean any harm, as someone with the same condition, I know this well. But the reality is that he did cause harm. Involuntary or not, words have meaning, they have history, and the word that was said carries centuries of harm with it. As Tiffany L Hammond said in her post about this subject: “Disability can explain behaviour, but it would never erase the impact. And it should never require the person harmed to suppress their feelings.” That explains things better than I ever could ever.

Now, for the Tourette’s and disability side of things. Tourettes is a real, recognized condition that causes misfires in the basal ganglia, which results in involuntary movements and sounds. Coprolalia is a symptom that affects 10-15% of people with Tourette syndrome. This causes the person to say swears, slurs, or situationally inappropriate language. This can look like saying the f word, or shouting “bomb” at an airport. It can also look like saying context specific slurs.

"This is the pic of Donald Trump on Epstein's plane with a child.

This is the pic the DOJ deleted yesterday. Now they want to scrub this from the Internet.