Brett Cooper

And if they just diagnose themselves with Tourette's, then they can be celebrated.

That line that the Armie Hammer actor said was probably the most honest part of that skit.

The obvious disdain they were feeling over John Davidson and people with Tourette's being celebrated and accepted.

Somebody with Tourette's commented under SNL's post and said, No, of course not.

And the thing is, I am, and I think most people online, we're not saying that you can't joke about this, that you can't find it funny, I actually think that humor is one of the best medicines and brings people together, but you can find that humor without punching down.

In fact, literally 20 years ago, before the world became insane, back in season 11, South Park did an entire Tourette's episode that the Tourette's Association of America even came out and said was really well done and researched and was actually funny, like this right here is how you can be funny, do an entire episode on this disorder and still be funny, point at absurdity and things that are objectively hilarious while still being understanding.

Here's a clip.

That's right, Cal.

That is objectively funny.

It is humorous, it is just life, and it is enjoyable, but there is also a deeper meaning there.

That entire scene is meaningful, it is full of empathy and understanding, but you can't help but laugh because it's so ridiculous, like the entire situation is, like so many things in life that are serious, that do carry weight, are funny.

And if you're not laughing, you're crying, but you can laugh with good intentions and not be malicious, which is what most of these people online have been doing.

Now one man in Paste Magazine revisited that episode from South Park a few years ago, and he said, South Park effing got it.

Unlike other shows that portrayed Tourette's from the outside looking in, Le Petit Tourette actually took the time to ask, what is it like to live your life with a disease that most people just don't understand or care to?

And after all of that, La Petite Tourette is still South Park.

It is unafraid to find the shock humor in two young boys derailing a TV broadcast by catfishing a stream of pedophiles, all of whom off themselves in front of the studio audience when they see Chris Hansen waiting for them, or a grown man periodically interrupting his monologue about tolerance to shout, piss out my ass.

Even when the jokes take a crack at people like me, however, I don't mind.

Sometimes a good punchline is the best way to make people look.

but the best punchlines in this situation are not laid in with accusations of racism.

So no, to go back to what that host was saying at the NAACP awards, I don't think that it was John that needed to read the room that night.