• moss_icon [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    He has a form of Tourette’s that literally forces you to say the worst possible thing in that moment. He has called the Queen the C-word to her face and said that he has a bomb in a public crowd.

    Obviously the two people he said the word to (and every black person who saw the event because the BBC care too much about views to censor the incident apparently) have the right to be upset that he called them the word, I’m not disputing that at all. But this form of Tourette’s is essentially like the intrusive thoughts some people with OCD get which is in no way representative of them as a person.

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      (and every black people who saw the event because the BBC care too much about views to censor the incident apparently)

      I am convinced they did this intentionally to stir up controversy and distract from the censoring of pro-Palestine activism at the expense of both black and disabled people.

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      Yeah, but their inversion is representative of them as a person: intrusive thoughts are a reinforcement mechanism; your brain telling you what’s inappropriate. This form of Tourette’s makes you act on your (verbal) intrusive thoughts.

      This means the slurs indicate that he’s not a racist. A racist with this form of Tourette’s would not consider slurs the epitome of inappropriate behavior.