it really shows that many people still think racism is just 'saying mean words'.

i am tired of being called ableist. im fucking disabled myself. you are being ableist by infantilising that guy and being all 'uwu, he doesnt have to apologise bcos smol bean'. no. if you cause someone harm, even involuntarily, you apologise for it. that's just basic fucking manners in society.

the fact that you ppl have been hounding Black ppl over this for 48 hours now is intolerable.

absolutely nobody is asking for him to apologise for his disability. you ppl are insufferable. Black ppl shouldn't have to absorb the harms of that word to spare him his embarrassment. he caused harm, everybody understands that it was involuntary, and he should apologise for that harm.

That is so heartbreaking, and why is it so hard for people to understand?? You cause harm—even if unintended—you apologize. In this particular case, with a ton of remorse

I was trying to think whether there was anything a person could scream at me that would hit me with that kind of weight, and I don't think so. Makes it easy for white folks to underestimate the damage.

There isn't even an equivalent slur against white people to make an example

he made a statement and didnt apologise for the harm he caused, which you would do even if you accidentally caused harm. im sure he does feel lile garbage for raciall harming people, and he's furthering that harm by not apologising to the peo0le he harmed.

if i swing my arm around and smack someone in the face, id still apologise. he hasnt

It’s madness not to apologize. Profusely. I have adhd and apologize whenever I catch myself interrupting someone.

That’s what I don’t understand even if it was Tourette’s and not intentional, why not apologize? Seems weird.

Everyone giving the guy with Tourette's a pass is wild. Same people are ignoring that BAFTA hasn't apologized, that the BBC had 2 full hours delay to bleep it and didn't. They seem more upset that anyone would be offended at THE racial slur being shouted than anything which is giving the game away

If you can't apologize for unintentional harm, you're probably a shitty person. Simple as that.

And the disproportionate number of whte people who are suddenly disability activists today will still center the whte guy's feelings. The same whte guy who yelled out "fuck the queen" in front of the queen, and then profusely, immediately, repeatedly apologised to her.

it’s so fucking frustrating. none of them gave a single rats ass about ableism or disabled people until they perked up at the idea we can be used to excuse racist slurs and refuse to listen when actual goddamn disabled people tell them that’s a giant steaming pile of bullshit

yup. white supremacy will use white disabled ppl to uphold the pillars of oppression against Black ppl & turn around & dispose of them once they've served their purpose. been blocking clowns left & right

i’m disabled + spent all day yesterday trying to convince the n-word defenders (none of whom are disabled themselves) that disabled people do, in fact, have agency + are accountable when we cause harm, intentional or not. they’re still arguing away in my mentions. they will cling to it to the end🫠🫠🫠

You need to reread his words, because that is not what he said. In fact his entire statement notably lacked an apology of any kind and centered himself and how he was viewef and did not even touch on the harms done to others.

even if you believe it's completely unintentional/uncontrollable, how could anyone think an apology isn't in order!??? if someone slips and knocks someone else over, they apologize - you don't need to do something on purpose or maliciously to apologize if you hurt someone else!

You're exactly right--it's infantilizing and removing agency from him by making excuses. Yes, a minority of people with Tourette's have this problem. HOWEVER. It is possible to redirect and manage the worst of it.

To treat an adult like they're not responsible for their own actions is infantilizing. I have enough neurodivergent quirks to hand out to everyone and still take some home with me, and I'd still feel really shitty if I hurt someone and people told me it wasn't my fault because of what I am

purposely trying to shift the conversation and make black people sound absurd

So... does anyone care about this? That Michael B. Jordan's parents flew to London to see their son and they left the BAFTAs in tears? That he was repulsed? Still don't think an apology was owed? Some of you people are wretched fools.

the dinner wanters

Trump won't recognize the Epstein victims in the crowd tonight. He hasn't seen them since they were 14

saw the actor that plays this posh bridgerton character say in an interview “I will kick the dick clean off you body,” and I just think that’s neat.

Taint of the Union

I'll steal cookies from a 9-year-old idgaf

Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,, Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO

There's our big dying prune. There he is. Hair looking shittier than ever somehow, walking all decrepit, looking like a big old human shit. There he is kissing his mutants. Okay let's hear what new slurs he's come up with.

he could do the greatest SOTU by dying at the end of it

Honestly if your penis is bigger than a sleeve of Thin Mints i don’t want it unless your penis is literally thin mints then yes, I do want it

the people who think they just hurt your feelings see how normal people react to being targeted like that & these people _feel_ they deserve to be able to act the same way when their feelings are hurt when the get called racist. they are irrational, as their understanding of things are just made up.

They aren't just negative words. They're violence.

This is exactly why they never understood that words can be violence.

those slurs are interpellation, they are invoking a social relationship of superhuman dominating subhuman. they are not interpersonal insult, they are a declaration that they should be entitled to abuse their target as livestock or vermin

The same with the R-word too & other ableist language. It’s around the corner from eugenics at the most generous interpretation.

Which means impacted receivers are sent into an instant survival state. They are terms that when people inflict them are meant to instantly communicate to the impacted that they can die or be harmed at any time for any reason. That’s also why cracker & incel just aren’t & never will be slurs.

I’ve come to realize people think slurs are just words that hurt our feelings. No. Slurs, particularly the N-word, F-word, antisemitic terms etc. aren’t taboo because of that. It’s because historically when these terms are said they precede or pair with pitchforks, torches, lynchings & gas chambers.

He's doing the weird breathing in thing. He's slurring like he's six margs deep. He's playing all the post-stroke hits.

growing up when my dad brought me outside to build snowpeople and get into snowball fights, i thought he was just a good father. little did i know he was trying to kill me

Democrats Wear White Flag Pins To SOTU To Indicate Surrender

i was wearing this shirt at a bar and a guy that looked exactly like me fifteen years ago came up to me and said “cool shirt.” good luck sister. see you soon

In a historic year for women at the Olympics, Trump specifically awarded male athletes with the presidential medal of freedom at the SOTU. They never cared about women’s sports. They never cared about women, period.

A not bad strategy is to just peter out during one of his rambles until the chamber is half empty. When you talk to the press just be like "I got really bored, he was always stupid but tonight he was super boring. Dementia maybe?" He'd be mad. Of course instead they're just kinda sittin' there.

excited to hear tech companies will now be allowed to build their own power plants for their data centers. i am sure the makers of "the app that tells kids to kill themselves" will responsibly operate coal plants

When I was in college I found out my middle school algebra teacher got outed as a pedophile and I saw a photo on the internet of him in court looking terrified because he knew he was going to prison and that's the exact face Sam Altman makes all the time.

Of course it's the people of color again having to say things... the white Democrats in that room are sitting on their hands.

stand up and salute our man at midnight