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Tourette Syndrome at the Bafta Awards

B

I just read this:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/23/backlash-bafta-n-word-controversy-jamie-foxx-wendell-pierce-tourette-activist-john-davidson?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-gb

I can't decide what I think about the responses.

If a person usually uses the 'N' word as a tic, then maybe them not being in the audience would have been best at it's a very unpleasant and offensive word.

But must they have been there with regard to the awards anyway, so there wasn't really a choice to make for the organisers?  Should they be excluded?

There is obviously no intention for offence and the tic is unable to be controlled.

What do you think?

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  • B said:
    I can't decide what I think about the responses.

    I’m thinking much the same way as you B.

    Exclusion? No, because it would be unfair to discriminate because of a disability and it would set a dangerous precedent.

    Should people be protected from hearing offensive/racial slurs, especially when they refer to certain groups of people based on skin colour/race/religion? Yes, but I can’t decide as to the extent and form this could take.

    profdanger said:
    If he has a history of using that word, I totally get excluding him from the live audience. But at the same time, would that be discrimination?

    I know that people with coprolalia can get very distressed about their use of offensive words.  I didn’t watch the BAFTAs but perhaps if this were to be repeated, the organisers and the person with Tourette’s could plan ahead to minimise likely eventualities.

    Most people with Tourette’s recognise trigger situations that can lead to tics so perhaps Davidson could have anticipated that this would happen, even though it was an involuntary action. I don’t know if there would have been a way for him to be present at the awards without people hearing his offensive words, 

    I can’t see how this matter can be resolved in a manner that would be satisfactory to all parties affected. AGhhh!

    https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk/storage/downloads/1752072351_Factsheet---Coprophenomena--v1.pdf

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  • B said:
    I can't decide what I think about the responses.

    I’m thinking much the same way as you B.

    Exclusion? No, because it would be unfair to discriminate because of a disability and it would set a dangerous precedent.

    Should people be protected from hearing offensive/racial slurs, especially when they refer to certain groups of people based on skin colour/race/religion? Yes, but I can’t decide as to the extent and form this could take.

    profdanger said:
    If he has a history of using that word, I totally get excluding him from the live audience. But at the same time, would that be discrimination?

    I know that people with coprolalia can get very distressed about their use of offensive words.  I didn’t watch the BAFTAs but perhaps if this were to be repeated, the organisers and the person with Tourette’s could plan ahead to minimise likely eventualities.

    Most people with Tourette’s recognise trigger situations that can lead to tics so perhaps Davidson could have anticipated that this would happen, even though it was an involuntary action. I don’t know if there would have been a way for him to be present at the awards without people hearing his offensive words, 

    I can’t see how this matter can be resolved in a manner that would be satisfactory to all parties affected. AGhhh!

    https://www.tourettes-action.org.uk/storage/downloads/1752072351_Factsheet---Coprophenomena--v1.pdf

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