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Canadian public TV hires interpreter to play air guitar for deaf people during RUSH concert broadcast
notthebee.com ^ | Mar 30, 2026 | Holly Ash

Posted on 03/30/2026 9:10:14 AM PDT by V_TWIN

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Every once in a while, one has to remember the unfortunate fact that Canadians exist.

He's literally doing air guitar to let the deaf folks know ... the guitarist is playing guitar.

Who is this for, honestly? The woke HR ladies who run the CBC? Why isn't this in both French and American sign language? I'm sure they'll get letters for that!

Take a bow, Canada

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KEYWORDS: canada; music; rush
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To: V_TWIN

not even electric air guitar, just Acoustic Air Guitar! What is the World coming too with these Lib, won’t even spend the money for an electric air guitar........


21 posted on 03/30/2026 10:45:33 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: quantim

I hear ya!


22 posted on 03/30/2026 10:50:02 AM PDT by old school
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To: V_TWIN

So what does a deaf person see from an interpreter pretending to play the guitar vs an actual guitar player playing guitar?

And how many deaf people watch live music anyway?


23 posted on 03/30/2026 11:09:12 AM PDT by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the sho)
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To: dfwgator; algore; SaveFerris; gundog

24 posted on 03/30/2026 11:14:28 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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To: V_TWIN

Wait a minute - if the interpreter is fingering the wrong chord the deaf audience is going to think it sounds different.


25 posted on 03/30/2026 11:21:13 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

“Wait a minute - if the interpreter is fingering the wrong chord the deaf audience is going to think it sounds different.”

You forgot the /s.


26 posted on 03/30/2026 11:22:55 AM PDT by TexasGator (/.)
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To: TexasGator

FReepers are intelligent enough not to need that silly affectation. Well, most of them.


27 posted on 03/30/2026 11:24:39 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
How does the person “playing” the air guitar show a deaf person anything more than watching the person playing the actual guitar?

Question 2: Why would a deaf person go to a concert?

28 posted on 03/30/2026 11:26:04 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: V_TWIN

They call it job creation. Let the air guitarist earn his living! /ssssssssss


29 posted on 03/30/2026 11:32:47 AM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Larry Lucido

George isn’t Penske Material!

But he’s a great drummer!


30 posted on 03/30/2026 11:33:35 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: V_TWIN
In another clip Ryan Gerritsen noted:
This is taking place in a FreshCo grocery store in Brampton Ontario.
Never let anyone tell you it’s offensive to say Merry Christmas. Ever.
Last July there was this news article, “How U.S. Christian musician Sean Feucht put freedom of expression to the test in Canada: By revoking concert permits, it looks like governments engaged in censorship: experts.”

Ryan Gerritsen has even more proof about the miserable condition of Kanada, including a video about Kanada’s health care system.

And Ryan also posted this 34-second clip about the current Liberal Party government and the Canadian mainstream media having each other’s back (Just like the Demonicrat Party and the Enemedia in the U.S., huh?!)

Finally, the House of Commons in the Kommunist Kakistocracy of Kanada passed Bill C-9 which would criminalize with punishments including years in prison and loss of property for even quoting certain passages from the Bible, or public statements supporting such passages, which are defined as "hate speech". The Bill now goes to the Kanadian Senate. If this bill becomes law, the U.S. needs to close its northern borders.

31 posted on 03/30/2026 12:16:10 PM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again)
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To: Carl Vehse
Bill C-9
32 posted on 03/30/2026 12:17:45 PM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again)
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To: V_TWIN

Speaking of Rush, how is the cute chick drummer working out?


33 posted on 03/30/2026 12:47:10 PM PDT by montag813
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To: montag813

Wouldn’t know, never been much of a fan myself.....I’ve always been more of a Triumph and BTO guy.

And Loverboy was always better that their name suggests. 😁


34 posted on 03/30/2026 1:05:42 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: V_TWIN

How much did that pay? I might want to try out for the next opening for that?


35 posted on 03/30/2026 1:49:19 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: chajin

LOL!
Really well done!

Now, I will have that stupid song in
my head the rest of today.
;0(


36 posted on 03/30/2026 2:29:03 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history!)
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To: V_TWIN

LOL there is greatness in subtlety.


37 posted on 03/30/2026 3:01:47 PM PDT by exPBRrat
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