JamesM, While I empathize with your struggle with the deaf people from your youth, but haven’t it ever occurred to you that it might be because of your lack of understanding of their culture, way of life, even their language. How could you even begin to criticize them if you cannot even sign their language at all? What is the root of their attitude towards people like you? I have took deaf studies, deaf history courses and much more. Much of their attitude towards you are because of the hostility that was presented to them by people similar to you in the past.
Please make an attempt to quit being ignorant. Why would deaf people want to stay being deaf? Haven’t it occurred to you that there might be awesome reasons they want to stay deaf? It’s an insult to their intelligence and to yourself if you decide what’s best for them. Don’t be an audist.
It’s the same thing in every city you have been to? Are you actually saying the four million deaf people in America’s exactly like that? It’s as ignorant as saying every black people went to prison at least once. I have visited twenty-two residential schools for the deaf in America, how many have you visited? Have you ever been to Gallaudet? Ever take a class there? Have you even seen any deaf documentaries? Read books by deaf people? Works by Bahan, Padden, Humphries, Swiller, Ladd, Lane, Kelly, Laird, and more? Have you ever gone to any deaf events? Deaf Expo? NAD Conference? Did you even try to understand the intent and purpose of the recent protests at Gallaudet? Do you even understand anything I am talking about? Please tell me you can at least spell the alphabet in ASL.
I think I know why you were rejected in your youth. It’s not the deaf people’s fault, it’s just you.
While I empathize with your struggle with the deaf people from your youth, but haven’t it ever occurred to you that it might be because of your lack of understanding of their culture, way of life, even their language. How could you even begin to criticize them if you cannot even sign their language at all? What is the root of their attitude towards people like you? I have took deaf studies, deaf history courses and much more. Much of their attitude towards you are because of the hostility that was presented to them by people similar to you in the past.
Please make an attempt to quit being ignorant. Why would deaf people want to stay being deaf? Haven’t it occurred to you that there might be awesome reasons they want to stay deaf? It’s an insult to their intelligence and to yourself if you decide what’s best for them. Don’t be an audist.
It’s the same thing in every city you have been to? Are you actually saying the four million deaf people in America’s exactly like that? It’s as ignorant as saying every black people went to prison at least once. I have visited twenty-two residential schools for the deaf in America, how many have you visited? Have you ever been to Gallaudet? Ever take a class there? Have you even seen any deaf documentaries? Read books by deaf people? Works by Bahan, Padden, Humphries, Swiller, Ladd, Lane, Kelly, Laird, and more? Have you ever gone to any deaf events? Deaf Expo? NAD Conference? Did you even try to understand the intent and purpose of the recent protests at Gallaudet? Do you even understand anything I am talking about? Please tell me you can at least spell the alphabet in ASL.
I think I know why you were rejected in your youth. It’s not the deaf people’s fault, it’s just you.
Moron.