Posted on 10/05/2018 12:47:59 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Yes. It still means mute. The deaf, however, resent being referred to as deaf and dumb. The sign for dumb in the sign language is the act of knocking on one’s forehead with one’s knuckles. (knucklehead) It means what it means. Progs are, as I have insisted, dumb.
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