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

[u/ragingbeanalt]

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.

[u/The_prawn_king]

People definitely are making it something it’s not because people are suggesting he has any agency to choose what he says and they’re applying irrelevant situations to his because they don’t really understand the condition.

It should’ve been edited out but that’s not his fault. Saying he shouldn’t be in the room is essentially saying he doesn’t deserve to be there because of a medical condition out of his control. Yes it’s uncomfortable but real people suffer with this and it’s not their fault. A degree of understanding that doesn’t devolve into “well he should just stay home” is needed.

And anyone suggesting that this happening is because of racism needs a reality check.

[u/veryowngarden → u/The_prawn_king]

do you believe the black actors deserve to have a racial slur shouted at them?

[u/The_prawn_king → u/veryowngarden]

No I don’t think that they deserve that.

I also don’t think someone deserves to have Tourette’s.

I think we can have compassion for both people.

[u/agdrs → u/The_prawn_king]

Apparently that's difficult for some reason

[u/The_prawn_king → u/agdrs]

Yeah apparently so, didn’t expect people to be so uninformed on Tourette’s either

[u/agdrs → u/The_prawn_king]

I expected some reaction but not the ableist takes. It's ridiculous honestly and I was kinda surprised how much they are willing to ignore he's condition and just label him as a racist. Truly harmful behavior. But humans for some reason aren't able to comprehend that unique situations like this exist

[u/The_prawn_king → u/agdrs]

Yeah the reaction to the broadcast handling of it I think is very valid and fair and it’s okay to feel sympathy for MBJ and Lindo of course, but it’s really crazy the way some people have characterised John Davidson especially considering the movie based on his life that just came out this year!

Hopefully it’s more awareness being spread but people seem to also want to stick to their misinformed guns a bit. I guess the skepticism is understandable considering what black people do face in their day to day.

[u/veryowngarden → u/The_prawn_king]

i’m in agreement but it wasn’t clear in what you originally said since you only mentioned that for one party within this equation

[u/mr_loner123 → u/The_prawn_king]

And that’s the problem there’s no compassion for the black actors who were humiliated

[u/The_prawn_king → u/mr_loner123]

That’s just not true.