DEI gone wrong: Can someone explain tourette's to me?

mtbrays · Feb 24, 2026 at 11:05 AM

All of the problems in the world today and this is how you choose to spend your time.

pgabriel · Feb 24, 2026 at 11:14 AM

dobro1229 said: ↑

50 years ago, people with Tourettes would have likely just been locked up in a psych ward because people didn't understand the neurological disorder, and didn't understand how to treat it.

Nowadays... other than this ignorant poster...there is much greater awareness in the public, and it's great that someone who has tourettes can go to the grocery store or something with family, and if they start ticking really bad, yelling obscenities, etc. most people understand how ticks work, and can clearly understand that its tourettes, and just smile.

Usually too the family or friends of that person will be with them to help signal to people that their friend has Tourettes, and the obscenities, or flicking off, etc. is not meant to be harmful, etc.

Also the ticks usually come with a flicking of the neck which is why many with this condition have to wear a neck brace often like a guy I knew from high school who had it.

So I think Michael B Jordan, and Delroy Lindo are totally fine. They are likely educated about it like most people are nowadays, and understand it was not someone intending to harm them. The moral question for me is really about the friends and family of the guy with Tourettes. Where do you draw the line on holding them out of the public when their ticks are heightened, and where do you draw the line.

Usually the ticks come at higher stress moments, and the more calm a situation, the more under control they are. So it's a caretaker's balance, and judgement. Because an award show is a situation that is so stressful, and abnormal for someone with tourettes that it's a recipe for a really bad episode. IMO, I think they will look back in hindsight, and would have called it a night earlier in the night for sure.
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I was trying to and finally remembered who had tourett's when a lot of people became aware of the illness. It was Chris Jackson, NBA guard who changed his name to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

tinman · Feb 24, 2026 at 11:25 AM

pgabriel said: ↑

I was trying to and finally remembered who had tourett's when a lot of people became aware of the illness. It was Chris Jackson, NBA guard who changed his name to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

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Here’s a better video when he still had nba talent

tinman · Feb 24, 2026 at 11:44 AM

strosb4bros said: ↑

Comedians write the wildest parodies - like the South Park macho man randy Savage men in sports skit.

And it gives the left inspiration to actually do those things.

That is mental illness in a nutshell.
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@LosPollosHermanos
@pgabriel
@Os Trigonum
@basso
@Salvy
I’m guessing this woke white chick has Tourette’s as well.
She’ll get away with it by blaming her white guilt and say something that she hates ICE or free Palestine
And nothing will happen

Rocket River · Feb 24, 2026 at 2:33 PM

So Exhausting
This train is never late

SMH

Rocket River

strosb4bros · Feb 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM

StupidMoniker said: ↑

Tourette's with coprolalia makes people yell out derogatory or obscene language. Obviously, that is context dependent. There is nothing inherently offensive about some combination of sounds formed into a word, whether something is derogatory or obscene is informed by culture, setting, circumstance, even the identity of the speaker (think rappers using the N-word vs. white cooking show hosts). Thus, people with Tourette's with coprolalia are going to blurt out things which are derogatory or obscene in the context of their current situation. They wouldn't shout curse words in a language they don't understand; they shout things that they know are inappropriate in the current situation, and they have no control over what it is they are shouting. Anyone that is offended by their involuntary vocalizations should grow a thicker skin and STFU.
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OK so he had that word in his vocabulary... and unconsciously blurted it out because consciously he knew it was the worst possible thing to say. I feel you're quick to write off something as illness instead of digging deeper.

Why do the uncontrollable ticks result in swear words and not random words like 'flower"? "mountain"? "ribeye"? "hummingbird"? If their entire purpose is to instigate, then why is the onus as us as society to accept it?

This reeks of pent up repression and social contagion that should be remedied by isolation (or w/ other tourette's patients) and holistic remedies, not freely accepting it in society. I have no problem hiring someone with a disability based on the job that needs to be done -- but as far as tourette's, I would not. Not everyone needs to be present in social settings.

strosb4bros · Feb 24, 2026 at 10:05 PM

dobro1229 said: ↑

50 years ago, people with Tourettes would have likely just been locked up in a psych ward because people didn't understand the neurological disorder, and didn't understand how to treat it.

Nowadays... other than this ignorant poster...there is much greater awareness in the public, and it's great that someone who has tourettes can go to the grocery store or something with family, and if they start ticking really bad, yelling obscenities, etc. most people understand how ticks work, and can clearly understand that its tourettes, and just smile.

Usually too the family or friends of that person will be with them to help signal to people that their friend has Tourettes, and the obscenities, or flicking off, etc. is not meant to be harmful, etc.

Also the ticks usually come with a flicking of the neck which is why many with this condition have to wear a neck brace often like a guy I knew from high school who had it.

So I think Michael B Jordan, and Delroy Lindo are totally fine. They are likely educated about it like most people are nowadays, and understand it was not someone intending to harm them. The moral question for me is really about the friends and family of the guy with Tourettes. Where do you draw the line on holding them out of the public when their ticks are heightened, and where do you draw the line.

Usually the ticks come at higher stress moments, and the more calm a situation, the more under control they are. So it's a caretaker's balance, and judgement. Because an award show is a situation that is so stressful, and abnormal for someone with tourettes that it's a recipe for a really bad episode. IMO, I think they will look back in hindsight, and would have called it a night earlier in the night for sure.
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There's nothing ignorant about drawing boundaries and not feeling the need to overcompensate to virtue signal to every disability in existence. We've seen celebrities virtue signal about everything related to illegals and ICE, but they'll never allow them into their homes. Obama didn't let them stay in Martha's vineyard. They want the lower classes to deal with it and draw their own boundaries despite having all the resources. Yet you never call them out on it.

An honest approach would be to let him know society doesn't exist to babysit you. Work harder on holistic approaches to keep your vocal tics, which for some reason are always offensive slurs and not random words like "flower", "hydrangea" or "ribeye", under control, or avoid large gatherings. It's a small trade off. There's also the question of digging deeper under the surface -- are we doing all we can to address the pent up repression that leads to these slurs being said? Do we write off something as a disability to save us the difficulty of delving into harsh realities about ourselves? That's the liberal approach to psychiatry that hasn't been working out well.

strosb4bros · Feb 24, 2026 at 10:10 PM

JuanValdez said: ↑

The show was broadcast on a 2 hour delay. In that delay, they were able to edit out Akinola Davies Jr saying, "To those watching at home, archive your loved ones, archive your stories yesterday, today and forever. For Nigeria, for London, Congo, Sudan, Free Palestine." But, they couldn't edit out racial slurs from the gallery?

BBC criticised for nixing ‘Free Palestine’ tribute from BAFTA coverage | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

I suppose that's the bit of wokism in this event that rubs me the wrong way. They decided that the genocide in Gaza was too political to allow anyone to express an opinion about on their platform. But, they are so committed to raising awareness for Tourette's that they would intentionally broadcast racial slurs so that the viewers at home can also exercise their understanding and compassion for people with this disease, nevermind all the hurtful baggage that comes with these particular slurs. So they picked their DEI hobby horse to promote and turn their backs on others.
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Had no idea about this. Curating what to air based on what's higher on the DEI ferris wheel of marginalized communities is absurd. We can't have the blacks winning too much , that means they're the new oppressors!

Then again, that's what the modern state of awards is. Giving out self congratulatory trophies based on the KIA DEI ladder leaderboard.

StupidMoniker · Feb 25, 2026 at 10:32 PM

strosb4bros said: ↑

OK so he had that word in his vocabulary... and unconsciously blurted it out because consciously he knew it was the worst possible thing to say. I feel you're quick to write off something as illness instead of digging deeper.
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Why would I need to dig deeper when this is already a well studied and known effect?

Why do the uncontrollable ticks result in swear words and not random words like 'flower"? "mountain"? "ribeye"? "hummingbird"? If their entire purpose is to instigate, then why is the onus as us as society to accept it?
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Their purpose is not to instigate, because they are not doing it on purpose. I couldn't tell your why random words don't come out instead of swear words. It may have something to do with what they are trying not to say, but I am not a neurologist. I do know that coprolalia translates to dung babble, and the reason it was called that is because the people say dirty/bad things that have no meaning when they are saying them. You are trying to understand it from a point where the person is being malicious, as though they want to say these things and the disease is some sort of excuse. If you instead understood it as a disability that cannot be controlled, no different than someone with chronic gas or anything else that they cannot control that is unpleasant to the people around them, it would make more sense for you.

This reeks of pent up repression and social contagion that should be remedied by isolation (or w/ other tourette's patients) and holistic remedies, not freely accepting it in society. I have no problem hiring someone with a disability based on the job that needs to be done -- but as far as tourette's, I would not. Not everyone needs to be present in social settings.
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We have, generally as a society, decided that people with disabilities do not deserve to be ostracized and that we should make accommodations for them. That's why we have things like wheelchair ramps and handicap parking spaces. I'm sorry you think your right to not be offended trumps their right to be allowed in normal society. Seems very special snowflake, safe spaces kind of thinking to me.

Buck Turgidson · Feb 26, 2026 at 12:05 AM

strosb4bros said: ↑

OK so he had that word in his vocabulary... and unconsciously blurted it out because consciously he knew it was the worst possible thing to say. I feel you're quick to write off something as illness instead of digging deeper.

Why do the uncontrollable ticks result in swear words and not random words like 'flower"? "mountain"? "ribeye"? "hummingbird"? If their entire purpose is to instigate, then why is the onus as us as society to accept it?

This reeks of pent up repression and social contagion that should be remedied by isolation (or w/ other tourette's patients) and holistic remedies, not freely accepting it in society. I have no problem hiring someone with a disability based on the job that needs to be done -- but as far as tourette's, I would not. Not everyone needs to be present in social settings.
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Why are you one of the 10 dumbest mother****ers on this bbs?

I expect your explanation post-haste.

Time is fleeting.

daywalker02 · Feb 26, 2026 at 12:16 AM

Essentially those guys can do what we dream of.....but it is a curse to them ....a curse to cuss....

@Jontro

Rocket River · Feb 26, 2026 at 8:31 AM

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