Alright, I'm more than fed up with this. It's long past time to get this straight:
Tourette's Syndrome has nothing to do with swearing
Really.
Hollywood is wrong (gee, how could that be?!), and your friends are wrong. Tourette's is not swearing. Involuntary swearing is an entirely different thing known (by those few people who actually have a slight clue what they're talking about) as Coprolalia.
Even the most basic Internet research would have made that blatantly clear:
- http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/tc/tourettes-disorder-topic-overview
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourettes
And yes, while it does say that a small percentage of people with Tourette's also have Coprolalia, it also makes it clear that Coprolalia isn't even limited to Tourette's patients at all. Tourette's is not swearing.
If you don't trust WebMD or Wikipedia, then go check a formal medical book. Really. Do it. Now. Prove me wrong.
So can we as a society finally grow up and move on now?
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