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Find the racists easy edition.
They were able to censor Free Palestine on live TV but not a fucking slur
He did it to a total of 3 different group of people.
Yes he has a tick he should still apologize. Speaking as a autistic person with my own issues its not a excuse.
There was just so many different ways this could of been handled and prepared for, but since its Black people all the white people are crawling over themselves to yell about how its not a big deal or its ableist for Black people to be offended for being god damn jumped like this. Those poor people went into full fight or flight mode. Why are we supposed to be understanding of a slur but not the Black people getting disrespected by EVERYBODY here? Cause let's be honest the way this is being handled and talked about says a lot.
I'm so tired of people using disability as a shield for critcism of racism. It makes life difficult for people with said disability btw and its not helping anyone to pretend things can't be done about it. Stop using us as a proxy to be racist and hurt Black people. Sick of this shit.
If you truly dont see the problem I demand you go follow bunch of Black people somewhere online and just listen. Don't interact, just sit there and listen.
I don't get the point of your post other than ableism? If John Davidson had to apologise for every tic he just wouldn't be able to function as a person. No one should have to apologise for existing.
Not to mention that he probably does apologize for a good majority of them. I know I do whenever my tics cause issues (although I am very lucky to have my condition not be anywhere near as severe as Davidson's)
Incidentally it also revealed this site isn't remotely safe for POC like at all, apparently there are hexbears who believe disability induced racism is a thing and it's acceptable and questioning it make you ableist
When you intentionally misunderstand and misrepresent Tourette's syndrome to such an absurd degree, obviously you're going to get called ableist. I would not even think to question a PoC voice about being justifiably upset over this incident or dismiss their thoughts and feelings. But no way am I listening to anyone who calls a condition that I and many other people suffer from a "fake racism disability" or whatever absurd strawman you've conjured.
Medically induced racism is not a thing, and you know that. By implying that this is what Tourette's syndrome (which you know is the real condition) is, you are insulting and demeaning people that have it (including me) by characterizing it thusly.
Of course racism is causing serious harm. Racism is one of the most serious and abhorrent societal ills, and there's not a single true leftist who would claim otherwise. This is not in dispute, nor is it anywhere close to my argument.
These are not the subject of discussion either, nor do I know anything about them.
I agree. Regarding the current controversy, there are many ways in which this could have been addressed or otherwise prevented.
I also agree, nor would I claim otherwise. As I have already said.
You clearly do not understand Tourette's syndrome even a little, which brings us back to my original point of contention. It is not a "racism disease." This form of it causes a neurological disconnect affecting the ability to hold back from verbalizing thoughts that the person knows are taboo. These are not the man's "true thoughts" because that's not how the brain works. People with this form of the syndrome may end up saying all sorts of held back verbalizations, which may or may not be racial slurs. This does not make those words okay. Ever. No one here is excusing racism or racial slurs. Black people have the right to be offended by slurs because it does them great harm, and you have every right to be angry at their use here. But you are mischaracterizing why this happened and how this happened, and in your ignorance, you are lashing out in a harmful, ableist fashion. As a leftist on a leftist forum, you should be ashamed that you are letting a legitimate issue anger and incense you towards a reactionary take towards people with a medical condition. No better than a fascist.
You sure you don't want to call me a slur for people with Tourette's instead?
John Davidson is not a racist for having a neurological condition that forces him to vocalize things.
If he's not screaming racial slurs at white people too, then yes in fact he is
Tho I'm graceful enough to allow that his racism is subconscious social conditioning compounded by his condition
Regardless, Black people or any POC are not obligated to stand there and take racial abuse on the chin, no matter how unintentional it is
The existence of a medical condition does give you a permission structure to harm other people
If he can't help but harm Black people when in their presence, then he should never have been in their presence in the first place, get a fuckin grip you blind ass cracker
Should I listen to Cuban voices too
Black people not wanting to be called slurs are gusanos, good take you got there
I don't subscribe to standpoint epistemology because I'm an adult.
Unless of course its someone shouting slurs, in which case you're a premium subscriber
Incoherent
Says the one calling Black people gusanos for practicing rudimentary self-care
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