People in the room were much better prepared to address the dynamics as they emerged. It was a huge error to have not edited the broadcast - as the organisers did to edit out "free Palestine" or Davidson's other tics - and so not create shitty internet outrage that hurts everyone.
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The shitty thing about Tourette syndrome is that it makes you blurt out words that you know are offensive & hurtful. It's not an issue of education or lack of control - it's not something that can be controlled. And they should fully be in society, incl accepting awards for their achievements.
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God knows I've been on the receiving end of racism, homophobia, transphobia. I know the words that are used to hurt me and I know their power - that caught-breath flinch and that split second decision of how to respond - aggression? defusion? ignore? - and all the ways that you cannot respond.
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