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Is it wrong to laugh at tourettes?
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Not the disability, but some of the outbursts. They always seem to speak their mind.
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There was a guy that was always in my local supermarket who had it and I think it would be wrong to have laughed at him as he didn't know me but I'm sure you can enjoy the outburst if you're a friend.
I think it would just be a shout.
It's not just swearing - it would be random movements and noises instead I would imagine.
People who have Tourette's don't just swear.
'Chopper's got ginger pubes!'
if the person with tourettes laughs about what theyve said, you could join in if you wanted
It was then I wondered if it was a just convienient excuse to be racist in public.
As a couple of previous posts have mentioned Tourette's doesn't just cause outbursts of swearing.
There is nothing worse than judgements based on ignorance. :mad:
But to answer the OP, it's fine to laugh at Tourette's, as long as you accept that it's OK to laugh at everyone who's too bloody stupid to understand what it is before they laugh.
You are not watching BBC1 now. Educate yourself. :rolleyes:
Well it's not wrong, but it's not particularly funny either.
Educate yourself OP.
I am aware of that, I was referring to the minority that do have outbursts of obscenities.
No I'm watching Britain's Got Talent for the opposite reason
Posts of "what about people that verbally abuse me in the street" (at 2am).
What, cos it makes you swear and shout?
So why ask the question then?
What aren't people with Tourettes "able" to do then? Other than conform to social etiquette? On that basis, being a Chav is a disability too.
@ off"
Because 'I've always wondered what words someone with tourettes would come out with if they had never been exposed to swear words or were deaf.'