Deaf Is Visual
Oralism is the greed and selfishness of parents and educators to communicate on their own terms, without regard for the child's language.
It preys on the fear of disconnect.
It capitalizes on a lie that you can make your deaf child speak.
It promotes a false hope, for financial gain.
Capitalism will sell a solution to parents who are brainwashed to see deafness as a deficiency in audio-based information exchange.
Rather than the seeing deaf as a visual-way, marketers of assistive devices harp on the lack of sound issue.
Let me pronounce herefore that Deaf is visual.
Period.
Forget the can't-hear factoid.
But as long as capitalists lie about deaf being a problem by pointing to the deficiency/pathological model, parents will buy the product/service to 'solve the problem'.
The Deaf do not deserve to be exploited upon by non-deaf trying to 'fix' us.
Even socialized medicine countries like Canada however actually have higher incidence of crime towards deaf babies by raping their heads with cochlear implant machines.
So I understand the economic model is secondary to the root which is education.
People need to know that, just like blacks, women, and gays, the Deaf are equal humans and deserve the right to BE! Diversity in alternative/bilingual communication systems/models must be allowed.
Multiculturalism must be promoted.
Colonialism and religion try to homogenize, yet the center cannot exist without the periphery.
Handicap is defined by the majority.
If majority was deaf and used sign language, then the minority, who could only stand there with limp arms and unexpressive faces, depending on mere spoken words, would be disabled! Deaf can do anything.
Blacks have their pride and rights.
Women have equality now.
Gays are almost equal under law with marriage.
Now it is time to accept Deaf for being Deaf.
Cops need to stop shooting people for 'not listening'.
Government needs Deaf representatives.
Every school needs at least one Deaf teacher.
Laws about deaf should not be made without Deaf consent, or furthermore, without Deaf participation and initiative, for that matter.
Stop this mask of benevolence and step off your superior notions that we need your help.
What you need is to learn sign language! And you need to stop making Deaf people try to be Hearing.
Do you make men try to be more womanly? Blacks whiter? Gays straighter? Deaf is not about can I hear or not- it is about I choose to communicate visually.
Everyone has the right to be Deaf.
White people can act black, women can act like men, gay people can act straight, and vica versa and all that- likewise everyone has the right to NOT listen, thank you! Just like you have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law.
I'm placing you under arrest Alexander Graham Bell and Dr.
Karl White.
Let the Deaf be Deaf and mind your own business.
Either learn sign language or leave us alone.
It preys on the fear of disconnect.
It capitalizes on a lie that you can make your deaf child speak.
It promotes a false hope, for financial gain.
Capitalism will sell a solution to parents who are brainwashed to see deafness as a deficiency in audio-based information exchange.
Rather than the seeing deaf as a visual-way, marketers of assistive devices harp on the lack of sound issue.
Let me pronounce herefore that Deaf is visual.
Period.
Forget the can't-hear factoid.
But as long as capitalists lie about deaf being a problem by pointing to the deficiency/pathological model, parents will buy the product/service to 'solve the problem'.
The Deaf do not deserve to be exploited upon by non-deaf trying to 'fix' us.
Even socialized medicine countries like Canada however actually have higher incidence of crime towards deaf babies by raping their heads with cochlear implant machines.
So I understand the economic model is secondary to the root which is education.
People need to know that, just like blacks, women, and gays, the Deaf are equal humans and deserve the right to BE! Diversity in alternative/bilingual communication systems/models must be allowed.
Multiculturalism must be promoted.
Colonialism and religion try to homogenize, yet the center cannot exist without the periphery.
Handicap is defined by the majority.
If majority was deaf and used sign language, then the minority, who could only stand there with limp arms and unexpressive faces, depending on mere spoken words, would be disabled! Deaf can do anything.
Blacks have their pride and rights.
Women have equality now.
Gays are almost equal under law with marriage.
Now it is time to accept Deaf for being Deaf.
Cops need to stop shooting people for 'not listening'.
Government needs Deaf representatives.
Every school needs at least one Deaf teacher.
Laws about deaf should not be made without Deaf consent, or furthermore, without Deaf participation and initiative, for that matter.
Stop this mask of benevolence and step off your superior notions that we need your help.
What you need is to learn sign language! And you need to stop making Deaf people try to be Hearing.
Do you make men try to be more womanly? Blacks whiter? Gays straighter? Deaf is not about can I hear or not- it is about I choose to communicate visually.
Everyone has the right to be Deaf.
White people can act black, women can act like men, gay people can act straight, and vica versa and all that- likewise everyone has the right to NOT listen, thank you! Just like you have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law.
I'm placing you under arrest Alexander Graham Bell and Dr.
Karl White.
Let the Deaf be Deaf and mind your own business.
Either learn sign language or leave us alone.
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