Over the years I have blogged over a variety of deaf-related issues, subjects, and concerns (e.g. annual campus raping at Gallaudet University). I would address them specifically yet for some culturally deaf people would misconstrue my blog pieces as attacking the culturally deaf community or for their "cultural values." In short, grasping at straws.
Here's one example at grasping at straws was when one deaf person claimed the Pepsi parody video I did, "Uncle Bob's House" was an attack on the culturally deaf community simply because I chose Coca Cola at the end of the movie. Seriously, yeah. Note, there's a reason why I called my video a "parody."
And I did say at the end that the whole Pepsi commercial was pretty cool but prefer Coca Cola instead in the end. Which means what? I like Coke better than Pepsi as a soda drink. What else?
Discussing the problems of on-campus rapes (here and here and here) at Gallaudet University isn't an attack on the culturally deaf community which would be a weird charge since my blogs are about increasing awareness of the continuing raping problem each year and giving the victims a voice. What's astonishing is when some culturally deaf people would rather attack me for blogging about it and would prefer to sweep the whole rape issue under the rug. It is sad to see people who think I'm attacking the culturally deaf community in my blogs which isn't even close at all.
Another sad example on the constant misconstruing the things I've written in my blogs and saying that I think the deaf community is dumb can be seen in Deaf Jeff's "I wanna be like Mike" video. Or even the fact that I prefer to speak and listen with the help of my hearing aid do some portray that as an act of the "owdism word" thinking that I look down on deaf people who cannot speak or prefer sign language. Funny lot considering how ironic when you have people like Deaf Jeff and Tim Riker who have exclusively used their voice (for hearing people only) but never once got a backlash from the deaf community for using their voice instead of signing.
Why is that?
Oh, call it "selective mock outrage."
That has been an on-going theme ever since I began blogging and opining on deaf-related issues. Some culturally deaf people will insist that I blog solely to attack the culturally deaf community or put them down. Hardly the case if one even take the time to read my past blog posts. I have repeatedly challenged people to provide me an example in my blogs that I have done such a thing in all those years. Nobody has ever stepped forward.
Funny, eh?
Here's one example at grasping at straws was when one deaf person claimed the Pepsi parody video I did, "Uncle Bob's House" was an attack on the culturally deaf community simply because I chose Coca Cola at the end of the movie. Seriously, yeah. Note, there's a reason why I called my video a "parody."
And I did say at the end that the whole Pepsi commercial was pretty cool but prefer Coca Cola instead in the end. Which means what? I like Coke better than Pepsi as a soda drink. What else?
Discussing the problems of on-campus rapes (here and here and here) at Gallaudet University isn't an attack on the culturally deaf community which would be a weird charge since my blogs are about increasing awareness of the continuing raping problem each year and giving the victims a voice. What's astonishing is when some culturally deaf people would rather attack me for blogging about it and would prefer to sweep the whole rape issue under the rug. It is sad to see people who think I'm attacking the culturally deaf community in my blogs which isn't even close at all.
Another sad example on the constant misconstruing the things I've written in my blogs and saying that I think the deaf community is dumb can be seen in Deaf Jeff's "I wanna be like Mike" video. Or even the fact that I prefer to speak and listen with the help of my hearing aid do some portray that as an act of the "owdism word" thinking that I look down on deaf people who cannot speak or prefer sign language. Funny lot considering how ironic when you have people like Deaf Jeff and Tim Riker who have exclusively used their voice (for hearing people only) but never once got a backlash from the deaf community for using their voice instead of signing.
Why is that?
Oh, call it "selective mock outrage."
That has been an on-going theme ever since I began blogging and opining on deaf-related issues. Some culturally deaf people will insist that I blog solely to attack the culturally deaf community or put them down. Hardly the case if one even take the time to read my past blog posts. I have repeatedly challenged people to provide me an example in my blogs that I have done such a thing in all those years. Nobody has ever stepped forward.
Funny, eh?