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    Alan Cumming ringrazia il pubblico dei BAFTA per la loro “comprensione” dopo gli insulti razzisti

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    1. AngelasGingerGrowler on

      Being seen to be abeist or being seen to be racist.

      A Sophie’s Choice for the BAFTA luvvies.

    2. Zagreus_time on

      Is it just me or is this not really a problem?

      Yeah nobody wants to hear a racial slur but it wasn’t said with any intent behind it at all. The alternative is just not allowing anyone with tourettes to attend which is stupid. An apology was made and everyone moves on.

    3. techbear72 on

      Sounds like a complete nothingburger to me. Person who has Tourette’s syndrome shouts something offensive. Not exactly out of the ordinary for that condition.

    4. RecentTwo544 on

      Fairly simple in my book – was it *meant* as racist? Tourettes or not, it clearly wasn’t, so that’s the end of that.

      I seriously think context should be WAY more important in things like this. On the plus side, I think this pseudo-fascist obsession with words rather than their actual meaning or intent is a great sign of how far we’ve come as a society. The fact people are so overly worried and policing language, as opposed to all the dreadful shit humans did in the past, is a clear marker we’ve largely solved the “wanton violence against people just because they’re different to us” issue that plagued most of human history, and are having to find new targets, quite innocently and not realising it is also a problem.

    5. Captain-Mainwaring on

      They handled it in probably the best way they could. I can only imagine John feels fucking horrible especially so because of the context of why he’s there and the later win by Aramayo for his portrayal of John.

      Shining a very public light on the condition and making clear to the audience on a global scale that those that are affected by tourrettes have no control over what is said when they have a verbal tic.

    6. BigDaddyJongus on

      Humiliation ritual for society where everyone has to accept an obvious absurdity in which the interest of the public and particularly of black people who don’t want slurs screamed at that are disregarded

    8. ConnectPreference166 on

      At a minimum I hope he apologised backstage to them and the women he swore at too.

      EDIT – Got to hand it to people in the comments doing mental gymnastics over this. Black people have to just deal with racial abuse, wow.

    9. Business_Loquat1445 on

      A racist outburst at a racially hegemonic awards ceremony!? Oh the irony. The folks in the thread claiming this is “not a problem”, also have this particular form of Tourette’s, but only when they listen to Rap music.

    10. Vast_Description_201 on

      “Before he departed, Davidson also allegedly shouted “shut the fuck up” and “boring” when Bafta chair Sara Putt delivered a speech.” 

      I think we can all get behind that 

    11. floftie on

      You can’t exclude people with disabilities because it offends people’s sensibilities.

    12. Temporary_Sell3384 on

      I think people here are being a bit obtuse. Of course we can all acknowledge that the slurs weren’t meant to be racist but they are a reflection of racism at large. That’s why the individual says them with other slurs. Because it *is* a slur.

      This is a work event for these actors. If a colleague called you a slur involuntarily in front of everyone that was targeted at you it would bother you. People aren’t robots. Stiff upper lip attitudes are a silly response.

    13. NJrose20 on

      I don’t understand Tourettes but to me it seems like it’s “What’s the worst thing I could say right now” type thing and then it pops out. Absolute nightmare.

    14. loverofthings25 on

      Some of these comments are so dismissive yuck. Two things can be true, yes it’s a disability and he didn’t mean it but having a racial slur shouted at you by someone you don’t know can be hurtful.

    15. xhatsux on

      Mad how many people here are saying this is a non thing. You get up to give a presentation for your moment and then have a racial slur shouted at on National TV for everyone to see. It’s not ableist to still acknowledge this is fucked up even if you know the guy did because of his disability. The whole situation is not great for everyone involved.

    16. Affectionate-Use8700 on

      Just imagine how world-shatteringly embarrassed he probably feels right now for something that is the involuntarily equivalent of a sneeze to anyone else. My heart goes out to him. 

    17. RealPrinceJay on

      In the comments: humans completely incapable of understanding that several things can be true at the same time

      Did it suck for the actors on stage? Yeah, fucking obviously

      Is what happened understandable and we can move past it in order to ensure people with disabilities still have space and are allowed to partake in these events? Yeah, fucking obviously

      You can feel bad for the actors on stage and feel bad for the fellow with tourettes and want him to still be allowed to be in the room

      You don’t have to pick sides you dingos

    18. stubob1701 on

      Seems a pretty selective thing to say when two black men are on stage. Hardly a random word salad.

    19. beIIe-and-sebastian on

      If you wander into the more American black centric subs you can freely read how John needs to be beaten up or excluded from participating in society.

      How lovely.

    20. SuicideSkwad on

      Twitter is an absolute cesspool over this right now, it seems Americans have no idea what Tourette’s is

    21. electricmohair on

      This situation is a huge indicator that more education is needed about Tourette’s, which is ironically what John Davidson himself has been campaigning about for all these years.

      A lot of people are taking the stance of “I know he can’t help it, but surely he must be thinking racist things for that to be what he comes out with” which makes sense if you know nothing about the condition. But this particular symptom is called coprolalia and it means that somebody’s vocal tics are not random words, but are obscene or socially inappropriate. The person’s brain comes up with the worst possible thing that they could say in that situation and blurts it out. When John received his MBE he shouted “f- the queen” and told Buckingham Palace staff that he had a bomb.

      So no, it is not a coincidence that he shouted the n word at these guys. But it’s not because he is secretly a racist and his Tourette’s is revealing that.

    22. King_Eboue on

      Funny how this is a thread of white people all stating the two black recipients of a racial slur just need to suck it up and accept it.

      Reddit liberals are a funny breed

    23. Jaded_Taste6685 on

      Shouldn’t have to apologise, but it’s nice that he did. He’s a good egg.

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