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Student Union Wants to Ban Clapping and Cheering Because it Excludes Deaf People
HeatStreet ^ | April 28, 2017 | Lukas Mikelionis

Posted on 04/29/2017 6:41:06 AM PDT by Zakeet

Britain's largest national student union has told attendees of its annual conference they would face "consequences" for cheering and clapping because these forms of expression exclude deaf people.

The National Union of Students (NUS), which includes most university student unions, held a two-day conference on Tuesday.

During the conference, audience members were repeatedly warned that they must stop whooping and expressing support for a speaker because it has "serious impact" on the accessibility of the conference, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Instead of clapping, the students were advised to use "jazz hands" - a gesture when people wave their hands in the air - as it's believed to be more inclusive to people with hearing problems.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: deaf; education; jazzhands; liberalism
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To: Zakeet

Let’s ban talking.


41 posted on 04/29/2017 7:54:57 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: beethovenfan
Ban TV because it excludes blind people.

I know your being facetious, but doesn't the jazz hand crap exclude blind people?

42 posted on 04/29/2017 8:06:36 AM PDT by sharkhawk (Chelsea Dagger)
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To: Zakeet

Ban intelligence...it excludes the left.


43 posted on 04/29/2017 8:07:50 AM PDT by gogeo (When your life is based on a false premise...you are indeed insane.)
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To: Zakeet

1st thought...Ridiculous! Banning the clap may not be a bad idea?


44 posted on 04/29/2017 8:14:48 AM PDT by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialists is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: Zakeet

Remember, you heard it first on FR!


45 posted on 04/29/2017 8:16:53 AM PDT by jimbug
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To: Zakeet

Ban colleges because everyone doesn’t get a degree.


46 posted on 04/29/2017 8:25:50 AM PDT by GOPJ (Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out... - - Horowitz)
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To: Zakeet

I’ve been half-deaf for over 30 years, and my eyes can still tell when someone is cheering me or jeering me.

My advice for this student union ... F.O.!!
(or is that B.O., being English.)


47 posted on 04/29/2017 8:43:39 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Zakeet

The only point of this is to keep changing the rules and scaring the sheep. Like ever-changing terminology.

Deaf people can see hands clapping.

Are the organizers going to ban deaf people from signing unless there is a speaking interpreter? Can’t exclude anyone from anything.


48 posted on 04/29/2017 9:13:34 AM PDT by heartwood (If you're looking for a </sarc tag>, you just saw it.)
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To: Zakeet
This will go well in church:

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; Psalm 98:4

Now the 'inclusive' version:

Jazz hands to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant jazz hands with no music;

49 posted on 04/29/2017 9:15:41 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: Zakeet

The insanity just keeps on growing.


50 posted on 04/29/2017 9:20:54 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: Zakeet

How do they know, they’re deaf. Oh, they can see you clapping and they can’t see jazz hands? Hmmm.........


51 posted on 04/29/2017 9:50:40 AM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.56)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

A site that I looked at before I got to the Gaulludet site was truly laughable. It was trying to inflate the numbers so that those suffering tinnitus were included.


52 posted on 04/29/2017 9:59:27 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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To: Zakeet

I grew up with some deaf friends. They do, indeed, use jazz hands for applause at deaf schools. That was over 30 years ago.


53 posted on 04/29/2017 10:01:20 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: Organic Panic

Ban students because these snarky entitled losers offend and exclude non-students.


54 posted on 04/29/2017 10:07:59 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

It isn’t a hoax..


55 posted on 04/29/2017 10:11:28 AM PDT by Mears (t)
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To: Zakeet

IF I were a deaf person I’d be tremendously insulted.

Really. How annoying to be condescended to.

I fight condescension on a daily basis...an old lady, in the world’s eyes at least, I am approached by idiots who want to HELP ME...i.e., when I first moved to this town, I went to a meeting at a local charity where they presented opportunities to volunteer. The meeting was on the second floor. After the meeting I headed for the stairway when a young employee stopped me and started guiding me to the elevator.

I glared at her. “I drove by myself from Miami to Spokane last week!” I said. “What did you do?” She got the message.

In my 8th decade, I’m doing interval training at the gym, just hired a trainer to teach me free weights, take no meds, move like a teenager, everything works and nothing hurts. SO LEAVE ME THE **** ALONE.

I really love bashing do-gooders :)


56 posted on 04/29/2017 10:20:20 AM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Zakeet

Deaf people can’t clap? Who knew?


57 posted on 04/29/2017 11:12:18 AM PDT by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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To: exDemMom

That’s it!!! No more laughing


58 posted on 04/29/2017 11:26:57 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Zakeet

Sensory appropriation.


59 posted on 04/29/2017 3:49:15 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Zakeet

Sensory appropriation.


60 posted on 04/29/2017 3:49:31 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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