Is Deafness a disabilty thread (from another messageboard)PFH, PLEASE READ!

[deafdyke]

The Straight Dope strikes again! You may remmy a few years ago that I posted a thread about a member (over there) who was ranting and raving about some extreme Deafies attitude towards his CI kid. The SUPER cool part of that thread is that I found an ex of our very own Posts From Hell there!
Persuade me that deafness & hearing impairment are not best thought of as disabilities. - Straight Dope Message Board

 

[DeafCaroline]

I'm actually stunned by the attitude of some of the posters on that thread. For people who have no idea what it's like to be deaf, they certainly have a lot of opinions and very badly informed ones at that.

 

[jillio]

It would appear that those at the straight dope message board are doing a bunch of dope. Put down that crack pipe!

 

[deafskeptic]

I'm actually stunned by the attitude of some of the posters on that thread. For people who have no idea what it's like to be deaf, they certainly have a lot of opinions and very badly informed ones at that.

This board reminds me of a link that Shel linked to a couple of years ago. When I saw the tread it was so full of vitriol that it made me feel exhausted and reluctant to post there. I think it was a thread on deaf ed on a forum that had nothing to do with deafness.

 

[Banjo]

At least they didn't debate whether if the deaf should be allowed to drive or not.

 

[posts from hell]

huh, im in it? 200 posts long ffs, gime a few.

 

[deafdyke]

PFH, your ex is at the very end. ....and yes the people there seem really kind of clueless, as to the diffy between Disabilty rights disabilty vs. " Tiny Tim, sick people trying to get well, I'm a helpless cwipple disablity"
There is ALSO a sibling of a guy who went to one of the oral schools, and he's so misinformed abt Deaf Ed in general, it made me want to scream.