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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ What’s really happening right now is not about Tourette’s. This ain’t about a neurological tic. It’s about protecting whiteness. It’s about what jumps into formation the second whiteness feels exposed. What we’re witnessing is the full machinery revving up. The sympathy. The soft language. The “let’s be fair.” The calls for compassion. The think pieces. The tone policing. The accusations of ableism. All to make sure the spotlight moves off the rot and back onto our reaction.

Because the real crisis, in their eyes, isn’t that the word came out of that white man’s mouth three times in the same night. It’s that we’re refusing to pretend like it didn’t mean anything. That’s what they’re protecting. Not a diagnosis. A narrative. The narrative that racism is rare. That it is located elsewhere in something more extreme. That it is accidental. A glitch. Not a feature and not part of who they are.”

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Thank you!
There's no reason he can't issue a formal apology.
Having a disability the particular one he has doesn't make you incapable of empathy.
Further language is learned we are not preprogrammed knowing offensive language so perhaps it isn't his fault he acquired that specific language as a child but he most certainly knows how offensive it is now.  He also should know that intentions doesn't  relate to if an apology is needed.
We all do things we don't mean to do yet we recognize the harm it's caused and apologize.
Further apologizing here would actually make him more empathetic people more likely to take his condition seriously.
But instead he chooses the poor me I can't help it eff everyone else .

I'm curious if his excuses would say they same if his remarks were offensive to another group.
I'm actually curious if his offensive language extends to any other groups.[/quote]

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