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.

February 25, 2026 - 21:11 UTC

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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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But context matters. Being able to read the room matters. This interaction was stoked up and made to go viral - clipped from footage, stripped of context and engineered to cause outrage.

Two minoritised groups pit against each other and made to fight. That is what I find so incredibly disturbing.
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