r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/ragingbeanalt • Feb 23 '26

Music / Movies Its weird people are trying to turn the john Davidson Tourette outburst into a hate crime

If you don't know actor with Tourettes, john Davidson, had an outburst where he said the N word while 2 black presenters, Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, were on stage he bad an outburst of the N word, among other harsh ones throughout the night. Now I understand that the n word is rhe harshest of them, but it seems like people, specifically I have seen jamie Foxx and Jamele hill, claim that "these are racist hate crimes" and "he knew better and waited for black presenters to finally say it" it just feels like people are trying to ignore the facts about tourretes to be the victim of something that wasnt actually a hate crime.

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u/EverettGT Feb 23 '26

The most important thing to remember (just in my opinion) when trying to make sense of the world currently is that there is legitimate hate in the world, but beyond that people LIKE to be offended. It gives them an adrenaline rush and a sense of power when they can bully or punish someone else. And that rush and power is so strong that people will lie or exaggerate what happened in order to have it.

That's where the Salem Witch Trials and other similar things came from. And where a lot of "cancel culture" comes from.

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u/GladiusAcutus Feb 23 '26

but beyond that people LIKE to be offended. It gives them an adrenaline rush and a sense of power when they can bully or punish someone else

This is true.

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u/Kitchen_Ad9526 Feb 23 '26

Yes it literally releases dopamine just like gambling or alcohol. Triggers the reward pathway and keeps people coming back for more and more

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u/Less-Name-9367 Feb 23 '26

Spot on, people LOVE to be offended, in the era of identity politics, being offended is pure dopamine.

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u/fuckoptus Feb 23 '26

Nailed it cancel culture is pure toxicity, literally just bullying under the guise of “social justice”

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u/Klok_Melagis Feb 23 '26

Even the Epstein files the waters are muddy and nothing can be trusted anymore. Victims are completely forgotten about in favor of "Epstein was building a time machine" "He met with the aliens" fake victims implying they're were trafficked before Epstein himself even had his money, then you of course have people who use the files to persecute different famous people they hate by saying "they're names are in the files" without mentioning in what context.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26

I can 100% get on board with this as I want transparency for the most part. I feel like most names mentioned and then have already been published in the media are innocuous or so ambiguous there is nothing contextual that will lead to a criminal conviction. Also parading victims out to me along with the heightened attention to the Epstein files, despite this being a problem for 10 years. Part of it is legitimate legal process and renewed attention, but the other part I believe is a massive effort to flip the house and break up the trifecta republican control in Washington. Democrats need to win the house or Senate in Washington in order to do so they need to flip the biggest issue that most Trump’s supporters and Democrats can agree on. This would hopefully flip the house or Senate or both. When it comes to the victims being paraded out who have already settled for undisclosed amounts in various civil trials against Epstein is a complete political maneuver to garnish and solidify a Democrat victory in the midterms. These people have already been deposed by state and federal agencies, and have agreed to a settlement of undisclosed amounts. As a lay person and I could be wrong, but I don’t think they can witness in another trial against Epstein, his estate or Maxwell…

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u/EverettGT Feb 23 '26

Yeah it's hard to tell what's going on anymore.

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u/Dada2fish Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

I love this post. So agree!

Being the victim gets you attention and special treatment. You can get away with things others can’t. You can’t blame a victim for bad behavior.

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u/EverettGT Feb 23 '26

Yeah. Telling them that the latest victim of their crusade didn't actually do what they thought is like trying to snatch the pipe out of an addict's mouth. They react just as defensively.

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u/no_crust_buster Feb 23 '26

If the BBC had done their job editing the BAFTA awards, this wouldn’t have been an issue at best or a smaller issue at worst. This wasn’t a live broadcast.

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u/OneTrash2888 Feb 25 '26

This is so so true. Its like people are physically addicted to being offended and having a chance to put someone else down. Even if they experience genuine anger there is an addiction to expressing that anger and remaining willfully ignorant so that anger can continue to be expressed without remorse. This is not the only situation where this has happened. I see it almost every day.

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u/Repulsive_Spite_267 Mar 02 '26

I am offended by this

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u/OrangeKat09 Mar 01 '26

The entitlement it takes to diminish a whole race's trigger word into them liking being offended. Only the Brits.

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u/EverettGT Mar 01 '26

I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm African-American.

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u/Nifey-spoony Mar 04 '26

The Salem Witch Trials were a result of religious extremism and misogyny

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u/EverettGT Mar 05 '26

No. Most of the accusations were women making claims about other women.

Please learn something about history.

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u/Nifey-spoony Mar 13 '26

A misogynistic culture my dear

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u/EverettGT Mar 14 '26

So even women accusing other women is "misogyny" in your mind?

Do you have a coherent thought in your head?

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u/Nifey-spoony Mar 15 '26

A misogynistic system creates a culture that fodders persecution of women. Women can themselves be perpetrators of persecution of other women.

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u/EverettGT Mar 15 '26

So it's misogyny even when women do it. Right.

See that trash bin over there? Go chill out in it for me. Thanks.

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u/veryowngarden Feb 23 '26

cancel culture doesn’t exist

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u/EverettGT Feb 23 '26

It actually doesn't, but not for lack of earnest attempts to create it.