Seems like there are two faces of FSSA. One that tell protesters not to get violent and make sure that this is a peaceful protest. The second face is when students are in a bind, they won't help them to remedy their problems such as this one incident:
One student packed up her bags and tried to go home for the summer. Because she couldn’t get off campus, she missed her flight and had to pay an unreasonable amount of money to go home. When a faculty member and a student leader with the FSSA were appealed to, they smiled, shrugged, and said “Oh, well.”
Unity you say?
And then the Kaftans commented on this popular blogger who called Adam Stone a "Borg" because he wears a Cochlear Implant. That "Borg" remark was a retalitory response to Stone's blog piece favoring Dr. Jane K. Fernandes. Even though Adam also wrote a very supportive piece on Ron Stern.
Unity you say?
The Kaftans continue show sides the unspoken side of faculty, students, staff and alumni protesters such as the Jacobowitz's incident:
The forum with Celia Baldwin and Tom Humphries available to answer questions from the community ended up not being a true question-and-answer session. From videos of the forum we’ve been able to watch, the highlight of the event was Dr. Lynn Jacobowitz’s now-famous “We don’t trust you” retort, to which Baldwin and Humphries were not allowed a chance to respond. Audience members erupted in cheers and hollers and soon thereafter walked out. Their anger is understandable, but their actions led to naught.
Unity you say?
As I have said before this "Tent city" is more like a slum city. Are students really protesting? The semester is over and finals completed LAST WEEK! Students who are camped on the lawns of Gallaudet University are not really protesting according to Kaftan.
The Tent City Farce:
Students, alumni, children, cats and dogs are gathering on the front lawn of Gallaudet in an impromptu protester community. Are they protesting? No. They’re playing video games, cooking out, dancing, chatting, checking the internet on laptops hooked up to University facilities. There’s even an entertainment committee. Adrean McCann has just published a cartoon (www.signupcomics.com) that depicts Tent City as a fun vacation destination. “Meet courageous people, collapse empires,” it exclaims. The circus atmosphere at Tent City totally undermines the seriousness of the protest.
And now, on a rainy and chilly day in DC, Tent City is practically abandoned. Yet another reason to question the Tent City community’s real reasons for camping out.
Plus, Gallaudet turned off the electricity? So, no more televisions or laptops and yet they complained about it? Read what Kaftan have to say about that in the Tent city remark.
Unity you say?
And then we have Bridgetta Bourne-Firl in a video over at Joey Baer's ASL blogsite that Kaftan brought my attention to where Bridgetta goes on record saying that a Gallaudet University president need to be more "Deaf-centered." And all along I thought this was NOT about Deaf culture and ASL native signers? (note the sarcasm and rhetorical remark).
Unity you say?
And finally, it's all about facts. FACTS! And only the facts, ma'am. Not rumours. Not conspiracy theories. Not about slinging mud at IKJ (whose 18 years of good leadership will now be forever tarnished), JKF and the BoT just so protesters can feel better and very smug. It's about being honest of the things that have gone on. No protest is ever perfect. In fact, I received so much flak about my own personal blog piece "The Unspoken Side of Deaf President Now Protest" last year that many were calling me a "traitor." Why be called a traitor when I point that laws were broken several times such as the one time when student protesters broke into a yellow school bus, which is a federal property, hot-wired it, hijacked it and have it placed in the front gates with the tires deflated in order to stymie the DC police, staff and other people from entering the campus.
Unity you say?
Thank you, Kaftans, for presenting the unspoken side of RDPN protest at Gallaudet University. As I have said before, there are two sides to every story. And this is one story that the other side didn't want to present the ugly and realistic side of the protest.
Protesting is fine. As long as it is done right. Done wrong and the whole thing will simply disappear like a bad memory.
There are lots more on the Kaftan's piece "The Gallaudet Community Shoots Self in Foot." A very good piece that gives you an idea on what have been going on the dark side of the protests.
Previous blogs on Gallaudet University's selection of Dr. Jane K. Fernandes.
Associated Press Delivers....More Media Cover Gallaudet Protests
Hearing the Other Side
"Vigilant Ally" for Deaf Culture Dominance at Gallaudet?
Not Acceptable! When Protesters Terrorize other Deaf People
Unity for Gallaudet? For Whom?
RDPN Protesters Continue to Grasp Straws
Deaf Protest Soon to Turn Violent at Gallaudet University???
Doh! Is Washington Post Clueless - electronic petition has value?
Washington Post Live Chat with Dr. Jane K. Fernandes
Deaf Quote Heard Around the World - "She doesn't say 'hi'."
IKJ Supports BoT Decision, Student Protesters Get Bogged Down Again?
A Real Deaf President Now Protest Continues....
The Selection of Dr. Jane K. Fernandes - a Rush Job?
Did the "Really Deaf President Now" Protest Fizzled Yesterday?
We Must have a Really, Really, Really Deaf President Now
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