Emilio_B

One phone call and a 10p text

[Albie @albieamankona]

I’m dealing with a family emergency, so I won’t be doing broadcast interviews on the John Davidson Tourette’s tic at the BAFTAs story.

Hearing the N word shouted at two of the most successful black actors in the world, on stage at the BAFTAs and broadcast on the BBC, was horrible. It made people uncomfortable. It should have. But it was an involuntary tic from someone who lives with Tourette’s syndrome. It was not chosen. It was not intentional. It was not an expression of belief.

What’s astonishing is watching people who constantly lecture the public about inclusion suddenly abandon it the moment it becomes complicated. The same voices that demand respect for lived experience are now acting as if a neurodivergent man consciously decided to shout a slur for sport.

Tourette’s is a neurological condition. It is not a political statement. It is not a moral failing. You cannot preach DEI and then punish someone for symptoms of their neurodivergence.

Even the Royal Household has previously understood Davidson’s condition. Not even the late Queen was immune to his tics he said “F*ck the Queen” TO HER FACE. If that reality can be accepted there, it should not be beyond the rest of us.

Two things can be true at once. The word is abhorrent. The tic was involuntary. If your commitment to inclusion collapses when it involves neurodivergence, then it was never inclusion in the first place.

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@KillaKreww Irony is that Charlamagne is actually racist

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@footballontnt Now do goals per 90

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@8647rightnow @JumaaneWilliams A film literally about his life was up for an award. Probably thought there would be some nuance and understanding in the room?

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@Krayzietunes @LateefSaka I don’t think there are many on the planet who don’t know what the word means, anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of the civil rights struggle would. Again, it’s an involuntary tick. Usually the worst, most taboo thing anyone can say in a situation is what will come out

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@M4AGoGreen @rouluyt @PopTingz And you’re an idiot. It’s an involuntary response, usually the most taboo things that come to mind; he is literally incapable of filtering

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@staffy_tv Anyone who goes to games would’ve saw what he did against us at Lyon and want him at United

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@TurkTalksFC You 5 days ago:

Manchester United have produced ONE convincing win all season.

ONE. After finishing 15th.

Fans calling for change aren’t being reactionary to one bad result, but over a year of very little proof this project is worth getting behind.

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@BillyMeredithMU The eyes don’t lie - system stinks

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@DougieCritchley ‘Playing with a smile’. Respectfully find this so jarring. He wasn’t held captive. Had plenty of chances and behaved poorly. To see him playing well there and not for us is rightfully infuriating

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@lLAIXMORIBA Obsessed

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@Brownplaydo1984 @lauriewhitwell Absolutely agree on performances and tactics. But 4 minutes for a clear penalty/goal scoring op and not sending the player off is still also awful no question

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@ImpressionistAL Last straw? Last week you weren’t happy with people “shopping for a new manager”.

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@Brownplaydo1984 @lauriewhitwell Both can be true. Objectively awful reffing - 4 minutes to still get it wrong.

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@Brownplaydo1984 @lauriewhitwell So we can complain if VAR is awful

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@InsideTrack1958 @TurkTalksFC But he won’t play Mainoo

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@Cryptoseige @UtdXclusive Unfounded nonsense - he just came out speaking about enjoying playing for him literally before the city game. There is no source for any of this.

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@utdHarryy Could be a copy and paste every summer for 10 years

[Emilio_B @EmileBevan]

@KarlKruse13 @Manutd_addicts Thought as much