> (But no, while I did have vocal tics I did not "have coprolalia". Only around 10% of Tourettes "sufferers" swear compulsively, not that you'd think so based o

> (But no, while I did have vocal tics I did not "have coprolalia". Only around 10% of Tourettes "sufferers" swear compulsively, not that you'd think so based on the way it's portrayed in the media.) I think this is largely streetlight effect (availability bias) rather than media bias. Of course other sorts of tics are less noticeable, and not readily thought of by laypeople as belonging in the same category. But yes, I broadly agree with what you're saying here. (I feel much the same about gender identity issues, too.)