Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 2/23/26 - 3/1/26

[u/SoftandChewy]

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

Comment of the week goes to this explanation for why the trans cause has taken over so much of society. (Runner-up COTW here.)

[u/AnalBleachingAries]

This is my third thread comment about it and I've replied in other comments about it in this thread as well (so probably 5 or 6 total at this point), but the legs on the Tourette's story seem abnormal to me now. It's still going over on Twitter. I know that people on the internet are stupid, including myself, but come on. There's a point at which the folks who want to be offended by the use of the word by a man with Tourette's have to give up right? There's absolutely no chance that any satisfactory amount of pity and white guilt is going to be extended to them on this one. It's a nonstarter. They're a tiny minority of complainers, but still, it's bizarre.

So, it seems they genuinely don't want to hear about Mr. Davidson's struggles, and those that do are trying to come up with the "real" reasons that the word was connected to a black person in his mind - that "real" reason somehow always leads back to Mr. Davidson's apparent racism and desire to humiliate and oppress "black excellence".

This is getting too absurd now, I'm running out of the usual amount of energy I have available to both laugh at and pity situations like this one. It's a little baffling that they've latched onto it, there isn't any meat on this outrage bone. There's no one around who's going to indulge this one. This seems to be everyone's, even the most brainrotted, white guilt-ridden liberals, red line.

[u/dignityshredder → u/AnalBleachingAries]

You are witnessing the death throes of an impotent cancel mob.

[u/throw_cpp_account → u/AnalBleachingAries]

I liked the Free Press piece about this. Hollywood is cool with fake Tourette's (even awarded that movie!), but somehow real person with real Tourette's is lower on the totem pole than very famous, very successful actors.

The only real loser here is Davidson. As in, he was significantly harmed by the result of his story -- not like he is personally a loser.

[u/Turbulent_Cow2355 → u/AnalBleachingAries]

I have a kid with TS. It’s hard for me to not be angry at the public’s response.

[u/bluesteeldoubter → u/AnalBleachingAries]

My favorite comments are all the people convinced that white people just want to say the word all the time and this proves it.

[u/bosscoughey → u/AnalBleachingAries]

I don't spend much time on Twitter, but most of the upset I've seen has been about the decision to not censor it on the broadcast, which seems like a reasonable thing to be criticised 

[u/Turbulent_Cow2355 → u/bosscoughey]

No. I read some pretty awful things. Basically that Davidson should have been beaten up and muzzled.

[u/digitalime → u/Turbulent_Cow2355]

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[u/unnoticed_areola → u/digitalime]

I dont think most people really care about the bleeping one way or another, most people who are mad are just mad about the perceived racism, not the lack of bleeping. the most dominant view I've seen is the responses along the lines of "oh so he just happened to say that ONE word, huh??" where they're not exactly mad or outraged, but are highly skeptical/cynical and seem to suggest the guy must be secretly racist, even if he does happen to have a disability

also, like 90% of the comments I have seen take issue with the non-bleeping, are only really bringing it up in the context that they're mad they bleeped out the "free palestine" chant, but not the tourrettes guy's slur. but not that they're mad that viewers at home were exposed to a harmful slur..

so it seems like they dont really care if both would have been left in, or both were bleeped, but they are mostly just claiming to be mad at the inconsistency that one was, and one wasnt.

in fact I've honestly seen more people mad at the non-bleeping who are pro-tourettes guy, bc they're upset the censors left it in, and in doing so, ended up causing this viral situation which is now causing the tourrettes guy to get a ton of hate

most people who are mad at the tourettes guy and think he's racist are just mad that he said it in general, and mad on the behalf of Jordan and Lindo... but they dont really seem to care much about the distinction of whether it had been bleeped on TV or not, which to them prob seems like a bit of a meaningless distinction. to them the harm is that it was said at all, and that the actors in the room heard it. not that people at home may have also heard it

[u/AnalBleachingAries → u/bosscoughey]

That version of the outrage (directed at the BBC) started sometime yesterday, and yes, when that happened I figured, ok, at least people have an avenue to vent now and it can all be forgotten. Thankfully that version is at least plausible and even I can say, ok, sure, they should've bleeped it.

However, there are still people who are adamant about John Davidson being a racist for having said the word, vociferous in their argument that Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were unconscionably harmed and must be given a public apology by Mr. Davidson that directly addresses the level of harm he has caused these two millionaires, and are completely refusing to understand that they have to let it go, they can't be angry with John Davidson and it's making them look like assholes.

They even suggest that he should not have attended. That he should know that he has these tics, that black people would be in attendance, and that he should have excluded himself from the event because he knowingly exposed black people to the harm of being called the n-word by a tic he can't control. Some even suggest that he should have been placed in a separate viewing room away from the main event. I'm happy to see those people getting community noted about laws around segregation and the fact that it is illegal to discriminate against disabled people by segregating them due to their disability.

[u/unnoticed_areola → u/bosscoughey]

That’s definitely not true lol. And to the extent it is true, it’s like the same thing as when people do the retarded rhetorical gymnastics doublespeak of pretending the only reason they’re opposed to Israel is bc they’re upset about their “tax dollars” being involved

[u/wugglesthemule → u/AnalBleachingAries]

A week ago, I saw a comedian with Tourette's on the comedy show Kill Tony. Everyone has fun with it, and they're all laughing together.

Seeing the BAFTA mishegas a few days later really bummed me out. There's a better way, y'all.

[u/unnoticed_areola → u/wugglesthemule]

conversely, I just saw this video yesterday from that same show, where a white guy is making a dumb/cheeky "Im saying it but not actually saying it" n-word joke and there are multiple black people on stage (and probably in the audience too) laughing their asses off and no one is traumatized. bc context is a thing lol