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Tourette Syndrome at the Bafta Awards

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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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  • I watched an episode of the Daily Show about this.

    Turns out the Bafta Awards themselves are mostly to blame due to them seating the poor guy near a microphone, and not doing anything to censor the slur/tick despite censoring other content. Essentially, while it is an unfortunate accident, the Bafta Awards themselves did NOT do anything to help the situation!

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  • I watched an episode of the Daily Show about this.

    Turns out the Bafta Awards themselves are mostly to blame due to them seating the poor guy near a microphone, and not doing anything to censor the slur/tick despite censoring other content. Essentially, while it is an unfortunate accident, the Bafta Awards themselves did NOT do anything to help the situation!

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