Posted on 03/11/2017 11:33:23 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
Berkeley previously housed an online library consisting of more than 20,000 videos of lectures. These videos were free and accessible to the public. But they are free no longer: next week, administrators will withdraw access to anyone who isn't a Berkeley student or professor.
Two employees of Gallaudet University—a school for the deaf in Washington, D.C.—filed a complaint with DOJ alleging that Berkeley's online content was inaccessible to the hearing-disabled community. After looking into the matter, DOJ determined that Berkeley had indeed violated the Americans with Disabilities Act
Berkeley had two choices: spend a fortune adding closed captioning to the videos, or remove them from public view. Cost-conscious administrators chose the latter option.
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This is where egalitarianism goes awry, punishing anyone without a disability or not “disparaged”.
ML/NJ
I’m glad the epicenter of liberalism got it.
Wondering if the deaf are going to file a lawsuit against makers of audio tapes/cassettes/CD’s/podcasts on the ground that they are not accessible to the deaf.
Then orchestras, on the grounds that the deaf can’t hear them. Then anyone who speaks to a deaf person will be arrested for discrimination.
Special bathrooms for the deaf? Instead of flushing and other noises, each stall will have an LED caption: “tinkling noise, flush noise, .....”.
I lost sympathy for this bunch when they kicked out the head of a deaf school to replace him/her with a deaf person.
This is where egalitarianism goes awry, punishing anyone without a disability or not “disparaged”.
It is the essence of Socialism and Communism when you get right down to it - everyone except the elite is equally mired in poverty and lack of opportunity.
How nice for these academic liberal a-holes to get such a nice object lesson in this, I doubt they will grasp its meaning.
Berkeley should disallow SJW protests on the grounds that the gear cannot hear the chanting.
Most deaf students have voice recognition technology on their computers that would allow them to "hear" these lectures. I have it and I ain't even deaf.
This ruling is insane.
George Bush Sr gave us the ADA
Time was when you risked getting flamed on freerepublic if you dared to criticize a Bush. I think most freepers have finally wished up
So very demented.... presumably this nutty ruling will now be pushed into every sector of education, etc., so that vast amounts of online content can now be removed from public access. It’s not only Beserkly, because the precedent will now be pushed upon every institution that has any similar content. Wow, we live in a bizarro world of deranged liberalism.
They should just use the approach from a SNL skit : have someone shout everything that’s said
This is such a delicious result of Social Justice I just have to dwell on it for a few moments.
I have a D-I-L that inherited a gene for deafness that kicks in well after birth. One of my gradkids also inherited that gene and is deaf were it not for the cochlear implant surgery that fixed his deafness (and Mom’s as well).
So it seems there is a social justice warrior, maybe a social justice attorney, on the staff at Gaullidet U. that thinks that denying 99% of the populace is a good thing. Here is the best reason for permitting a change in Tort Law, making the plaintiff pay the cost of bringing a suit such as this. It is also prima facie evidence for trashing portions of the ADA which are foolish and costly elements of liberalism’s mental disorder.
Insanity.
I think we should sue Gallaudet University for refusing to admit hearing-enabled students to their School for the Deaf.
It is one way to prevent the liberal professors from having their rants made public
Just one more example of the irrationality of the Left taking something meant for good and totally misusing it to the detriment of all.
I thought the first people Socialists always murdered were the elderly and infirm and those with disabilities? I mean, ‘those people’ are basically useless feeders, contributing NOTHING to the nefarious plans and GLORY of Socialism!
I guess UC Berkeley IS acting in accordance with its values...no reason to educate ANYONE other than the fools that are actually PAYING for their indoctrination!
*SPIT*
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