[Louis Foxwell]

Imagine the very worst of the shrill, intolerant Left boiled down into a very few nasty, vindicative people who make it their life's work to make life miserable for those they disagree-with. Add a chip on their shoulder the size of Gibraltar, and you've got the Deaf Community.

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Beautifully done.
I was threatened with death, accused of all manner of criminal activity, scorned and hated by nearly everyone in a position of authority over me, lambasted in the Baltimore Sun, investigated by the State Attorney, and much much more.
Why? Because I sought to elevate the poorest and most devastated deaf to lives of independence. The Gallaudet crown was livid. Their contempt is based in a rigid classism that denies the very existence of the most isolated deaf, those with little or no education, skills or opportunity, the so-called "low deaf."
It will take another 50 years to begin to penetrate the sheer lunacy of this bunch.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Beautifully done. I was threatened with death, accused of all manner of criminal activity, scorned and hated by nearly everyone in a position of authority over me, lambasted in the Baltimore Sun, investigated by the State Attorney, and much much more. Why? Because I sought to elevate the poorest and most devastated deaf to lives of independence. The Gallaudet crown was livid. Their contempt is based in a rigid classism that denies the very existence of the most isolated deaf, those with little or no education, skills or opportunity, the so-called "low deaf." It will take another 50 years to begin to penetrate the sheer lunacy of this bunch."

So sorry, and thanks for the kind words. And I thought I had it bad for having to change my email address! Please feel free to freepmail me if you want to vent privately. I'm really sorry the Deaf Community impacted your life so severely, and I believe every word you wrote.

And yes, Sisku, I am not kidding, and neither is Amos. These are some of the craziest and nastiest people I've ever dealt with. My experience is a little stale, though, having occurred close to fifteen years ago. In recent years I'm told they've moderated and mellowed, but Amos' experience and this new Gallaudet story argue otherwise. Beware, beware the capital-D Deaf. Cross them--or worse, help a deaf child hear--and they will make it their mission to make your life a living hell.

Their non-Deaf mouthpiece, Harlan Lane, is also a shrill, vindicative and thoroughly nasty piece of work, too.