I'm sure many of my readers have heard of "Tourette's Syndrome." It's where the neurons in your brain misfire and cause you to lose control of parts of your body, sometimes resulting in a twitch, a sound, or even words being said without your conscious input.
Sometimes those words are completely innocent. Sometimes the tic is totally benign.
There are often times, however, when it's not. Some people end up saying things or making gestures that are extremely rude, offensive, and crass. They cannot help it. Again, the steering wheel is ripped out of their hands by a disability they cannot control, and things just come out.
That's exactly what happened to John Davidson when, during the first presentation of the night at the BAFTA awards, his tic caused him to shout the "N-word" while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage.
A shocking moment to be sure, and it makes you wonder why Davidson was there in the first place, and in the front row to boot.
It's because the BAFTAs were celebrating the biopic that focused on Davidson's life, a man who had to overcome Tourette's from a young age and how the disability could have destroyed him, but he became something of an activist to raise awareness about it. The film about his life, called "I Swear," is being hailed by critics as one of the best movies of the year, and according to those who've seen it, it is actually deserving of the hype.
Hollywood, ever ahead of the curve on social consciousness, wanted to look like champions of the downtrodden... until the downtrodden had an unfortunate tic.
To their credit, the BAFTAs initially tried to shrug it off by explaining what happened on stage during a short impromptu message. Honestly, that should've done it, but naturally, the people who make virtue signaling their personal hobby had to step in and prove that humanity should never have nice things.
The internet was off to the races at that point, and not just your everyday keyboard warrior denizens, either.
Jamie Foxx took to Instagram to declare that Davidson's tic was "unacceptable" and that he "meant that s**t."
This made me laugh😂🤣
— Peter p (@peatapann1) February 24, 2026
Guy with Tourette's Syndrome shouts "n**ger" at the BAFTA's
Jamie Foxx "That's racist he meant that shit"
Michael B Jordan "Disgusting"
Reality: pic.twitter.com/jgGkn0znKB
And, of course, the AWFLs had to step in and declare that Davidson's actions were appalling.
You can go to X yourself and see the number of angry comments about it, but I think the one that could sum them all up best is Grace Randolph, an entertainment critic on YouTube, and, ironically, a woman who has very little grace for someone like Davidson.
According to her, Davidson owes Lindo and Jordan an apology, and regardless of his condition, he should have done everything in his power to stop himself from saying it, and he needs to get past his own tough life experiences to recognize the tough experiences of others, which, in this case, are those of black people.
Grace Randolph is the worst pic.twitter.com/s7Qpzl5PM9
— Steph Anie (@mynerdyhome) February 25, 2026
This is such a mind-numbingly stupid take that it really highlights how fast some people are ready to virtue signal and take offense for others before actually thinking about what they're "offended" about. Both Foxx and Randolph are, essentially, getting mad at a disabled person for being disabled and demanding they apologize for it.
Imagine becoming enraged at a person who has muscular dystrophy for not moving down the sidewalk as quickly as you'd like, as you're trying to get somewhere, and it inconveniences you, and your reaction is to place yourself in front of them and make them apologize to everyone around them for slowing people down. That's effectively what just happened with Foxx and Randolph.
But what makes this worse is the abject hypocrisy being shown by everyone who is pearl-clutching over Davidson's tic, forcing the word out of his mouth.
Randolph has made it clear that she thinks the word should never be used under any circumstance, yet as one user pointed out, Randolph actually loves movies that use the word, including one she raved about from Quentin Tarantino called "Django Unchained," where the word is used quite a bit.
Grace Randolph is the worst pic.twitter.com/s7Qpzl5PM9
— Steph Anie (@mynerdyhome) February 25, 2026
And here's the funny part.
Jamie Foxx starred in that movie.
Apparently, a white guy writing the word into the mouths of many people in a film and getting paid for the effort is when the usage of the word is okay. However, a guy with a disability saying it against his will is worth hanging a man over.
Funny how virtue seems to stop if the right people are doing it, black or not.
Hollywood likes to pretend it's much wiser and more advanced when it comes to social issues than everyone else, but the moment they have a chance to actually be truly understanding and spread awareness over something they're pretending to care about, they nuke it from orbit because the only thing more valuable than seeming to be caring and empathetic is gaining those sweet, sweet victimhood points.
Or, in the case of Randolph, being seen handing those points to people... but don't, for one second, think she's not getting in on this victimhood either.
When she was called out for her disgusting ignorance and virtue signaling, she took to the internet to declare she, herself, is being victimized for simply caring.
John Davidson owes Grace Randolph an apology for the hate she received due to her ignorance pic.twitter.com/9CYLRQuQXo
— Steph Anie (@mynerdyhome) February 24, 2026
Yup. That's an AWFL in 2026, making the cause du jour about herself. Bet you've never seen that before.
As you can see, these people don't actually care about causes. They care about being seen as having the most moral currency.
And they're a plague on society.
