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I did read it. You should have just accepted what she said. She was saying that her deafness does define her as being a big part of who she is. You had to jump and correct, or try to clarify, or whatever it was you were trying to do when you should not have even responded to the post to begin with. She made a statement about her identity and her deafness. She, nor anyone here, needs you to correct it. Or to clarify. Just accept it. Period.


The fact that you even feel the need to comment on what Deaf posters say about the way they define themselves, instead of supporting and accepting it is a sign of the paternalism you treat deaf people with on a daily basis. As long as you continue to argue with deaf people about their culture and their experience and their culture you will be an outsider.


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