It’s not erasing the harm, nor even minimising it. But it is putting a sane limit on the issue. Some people see that as a threat to their fundraising / lecture tour / book deal.
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CombatWombat@feddit.online 3 hours ago
It’s not a coincidence, as far as I understand. The tics are involuntary, but they are specifically due to intrusive thoughts about what the most inappropriate thing to say right now would be. The blame here mostly lies with institutional racism for making that slur so awful; were it not available, I assume his tic would have focused on another terrible word, say “fuck”.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 hours ago
Devial@discuss.online 3 hours ago
Yeah OP is basically insinuating he said the N word because he’s a racist, instead of doing like 5 seconds of googling how tics work
CombatWombat@feddit.online 3 hours ago
My understanding is that it’s quite the opposite — a racist would be less likely to shout a slur because they don’t feel the social stigma as keenly.