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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to live in a country where some families did send their children with disabilities away as it was seen as embarrassing and a poor reflection on the family to have a child who didn't conform to social norms.  So I am not surprised that many would do the same here or expect others with disabilities to remove themselves from society to ensure their own comfort and to avoid any disruptions. Here though people would be caught between the embarrassment of having a child who doesn't conform to social norms and the embarrassment of people judging them for sending away their child as that isn't a social norm here for parents. I think there are many people who are still very uncomfortable with people with disabiliites and their tolerance is very low, mostly due to ignorance.

Thankfully for John's sake, the movie has already had its premier and press tour - and he attended and was met with kindness and acceptance and understanding by the UK press and audiences. The movie received very positive reviews. I think this reaction by American public probably caught him off guard. Especially as most who have gone after him didn't even watch the BAFTAs but just saw a headline or two online.

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You really didn’t have to watch the entire BAFTAs to know what happened here.  A 30 second clip is enough to see two men get a racial slur yelled at them in front of a silent room full of people.  And the reason we can watch it is that the BAFTAs had no problem showing that incredibly embarrassing interaction to millions of people.[/quote]

Incredibly embarrassing? Bizarre word choice. Most people saw it as shocking and horrifying. Not embarrassing. And Davidson was mortified. It's weird that so many people had never heard of Tourettes until this moment. [/quote]

Mortified is a synonym for embarrassed.  Your semantics add nothing to the conversation.[/quote]

Oh really? You're outraged over an embarrassing moment? An embarrassing moment is a fart let loose, not this. Words matter.[/quote],

Words matter.  You mean like the n-word?  I think most of us would agree that words do indeed matter. That’s why we’re having this discussion. [/quote]

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