Yes; this is why audism run rampant here in this AD community. Too many long term members seem to suffer the repercussions from sharing their own personal experiences from those who just join this board. Not long ago, this board was hijacked from a mini-community that was bent on corrupting to self-serve their own motto- C.I oralism with no ASL.
This AD community consists of CIers that signs too as well as those who are so genuine in learning ASL.
LL said it correctly, it is the general population. I would never single out anyone. You may feel like it now in this post, your comments are just omitting a lot of moral fibre; it reeks of flawed logic.
The audism policy would protect our community, the AD community that consists of Deaf, HoH, late deafened, parents with children that have CIs, the ADers who use CIs and those who enter AD with a curiosity about Deaf Culture, Deaf Studies, ASL and our preserved AD community.
This audism policy will preserve us rather than do damage as you perceive it to do so.
