Let me borrow one of the most recognized phrase of the time from one of the most famous deaf man ever to be on the radio where he discussed about the policies of Obama that continues to hurt the people of the United States. Rush Limbaugh said these famous words, “I hope Obama fails,” over a year ago on his radio much to the delight of conservatives everywhere. And let's change that phrase to:“I hope deafhood fails.”
I bet Rush Limbaugh would probably say along the line of those words to RLM once Rush finds out about his recent blog in the hope that Rush would donate some money to the Deafhood Foundation organization (*insert canned laughter here*). But that won’t happen, especially not if Rush hears how RLM bashed Rush in a sick way wished that he had died on the operating table during his CI operation or that he would lose his voice, and last year in RLM’s blog he felt the need to try and encourage people to defile Rush Limbaugh. How do you think Rush would respond?
Rush: “I hope deafhood fails.”
But what does that suppose to mean? Is it the personal journey concept of a deaf/hh person that he hopes it would fail? Or the fact that people have used the deafhood mantra as a weapon of choice? I think it’d be more like the latter, not that I care about the word which I find already divisive. And it's being used as a political tool among some Deaf people that has already alienated many deaf and hard of hearing people, not to mention parents of deaf/hh children.
So, in following Rush Limbaugh's step, I hope deafhood fails.
Rush Limbaugh is a part of the deaf and hard of hearing community whether you like it or not. He participates in his own community in his own way and make use of his time when necessary. His journey is his own and doesn’t need the word “deafhood” to define his journey for him, nor have any Deaf organizations define him for who he is or what he should or should not do or what he ought to become. It’s really none of the people's business. And it makes no sense to bash Rush and then ask him to donate money afterwards. All in all, Rush will certainly not make that kind of donation for reasons only known to him.
My advice to Rush about donating money? Makes sure the money goes to a more deserving organization like this one as seen in this news story. Just don't sweat the small stuff.
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Oh, Rush L. has a cochlear implant and is a millionaire.
What if Donald Trump happens to get a cochlear implant for a particular reason and is a millionaire or billionaire.
Would both men understand and appreciate the Deafhood Foundation (DHF) and its journey?
No, I don't think so. Know why? Don't forget the 33 seconds in the DHF's video we saw. If these two men found out about the economic exploitation against the CI corporations, they would feel offend to learn about this.
Both men would appreciate the medical technology that includes the CI corporation to provide anything for us. They are grateful to have CI that saved their "hearing's life." They, of course, will donate to the CI corporations, *not* the DHF.
So, DHF will have to clean up their thoughts.
White Ghost
Why can't Rush Limbaugh being generous by donating his 3/4 profit from the NYC apartment sale to the Deafhood Foundation?
Deafhood Foundation make the right step by bringing the light to the evils of economic exploitation toward deaf people in many ways.
Rush and other Republicans always preach, preach, preach the virtues of charitable causes, not government handouts.
Why should the CI corporations and other audists organizations deserve any further donations from Rush Limbaugh?
Karma is real bitch for what will do to Rush if he choose not to donate his $$$ to the Deafhood Foundation.
In reality, I did write this blog as some kind of satire and mockery toward Rush Limbaugh and Deaf Republicans.
How stupid of Mike McConnell and Deaf Republicans took the bait! *stifled laughter*
Oh boy, the Deaf Republicans surely conduct the witchhunt and smear campaign against Rush haters!
RLM
RLM
It's a sad thing when people wish for the death of Rush Limbaugh such as you have done whether it's joke or not it's all the same thing. Bait or no bait you wished for the of Rush Limbaugh.
Rush donates money as he sees fit. Not you or anybody else. At least he donated millions to the Hearing Ear Institute. And that's a good thing.
RLM,
Rush Limbaugh isn't one of my favorite people to listen to, but for you to wish his death on the operating table during his CI operation is a rather sick joke really. To wish anybody's death because of the choices he made doesn't even fall into the category of satire.
As for Deafhood, it's been twisted into a psychological weapon against any d/Deaf person who chooses to use speech and hearing technology, never mind that that person probably may also use ASL and come from a Deaf family, for example. Oralism, speech, and hearing technology are the latest taboos, according to a few Deafhood activists. And thru Deafhood Foundation's associations with DBC and AFA, one can only wonder what next?
Whatever happened to the self-help concept of a personal journey to understanding the POSITIVE attributes of being d/Deaf? I believe the American version of Deafhood lost sight of that concept, due to the very people who teach those Deafhood seminars and have politicized the concept into something almost unrecognizable from Ladd's original book.
Ann_C
Mike: "Or the fact that people have used the deafhood mantra as a weapon of choice? I think it’d be more like the latter, not that I care about the word which I find already divisive."
Using the title, "I hope Deafhood fails" is pretty divisive and shows that you kinda care about the word...
Just saying....
Good to have you back, Mike. LOL!
Like I said, I hope deafhood fails.
Just saying...
Oh, you are back on DR ;o) What made you to decide to come back?
Hmmm... about deafhood. Honestly, I don't have a problem with this concept. I understand the goals of Deafhood Foundation, which is mostly to promote empowerment of deaf people. I just don't agree with their approach, against oralism and hearing aids/CI technology. My son has a CI and yes, it's very expensive, but thank goodness for the health insurance which covered most of it. The cost of it has me questioning where the money go, to be honest. But then all the medical problems are to be treated for monetary gain, leading to better research and more publicity. However, the costs of CIs AND hearing aids could be lower, in my opinion.
Deafhood... is just a concept, an idea, to empower a certain minority. Look at ERA, inspired from feminism/womanhood. Etc.
I take care not to talk about it in public because it's a relatively new concept, up for grabs, same goes for audism.
Anyway, good to see you back.
As for cost of hearing aids going down, it'd be nice but it's becoming all digital and the amount of research that goes into it takes up resources. I think analog hearing aids, the cheaper version, have already been phased out or about to.
What they need to do is acknowledge the valuable contributions and benefits that CIs and hearing aids have for people who use them. Otherwise, they'll risk the continued alienation among Deaf, deaf, hh, and hearing people with that attitude.
Just saying..
Deafhoodfoundation.org uses the word "NEO=EUGENICS" therefore I hope it fails, too.
Yeah, well if people in general just go about doing their own thing and respecting the other perspective, there wouldn't be any need wish anyone failure. So, if RLM says he hopes Rush fails then he has to respect that there might be others that wishes deafhood fails.
I have no problem with DH being in existence. It's the message they're spreading that is so wrong.
Deafhood already failed. The proof is in the pudding!
I failed to say why deafhood already failed so I'll state my reason here.
They are the secondary source right behind the book itself therefore they will never have the mandatory that they seek.
Barry
Barry, thank you but could you elaborate some more on that? I know you're talking about Paddy Ladd's book. Maybe explain it more fully in your next blog/vlog on why you think "Deafhood" failed.
Thanks.
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