Peace or hypocrisy?

 Ok. My countdown has begun. See the countdown clock on the upper left side of my blog. Click on the link for more info on why and you'll understand, and why comments are no longer allowed for the time being.

I'll make this here simple and succinct. I'll present two videos. You decide. Here's a video of Ella just recently.



Here's mine I made back in April.



You tell me, peace or hypocrisy?

Funny thing is that she talks of "groups" ("Deafhood" vs "anti-Deafhood") while I and many others see this:

The overlapping of people with hearing loss from a wide variety of background, experiences, amount of hearing loss from mild to profound, onset of hearing loss and communication preferences. Each of us touches or overlaps with other people with hearing loss based on similarities and experiences. In some circles people experience more discrimination while others not so much but we are more or less all on the same boat.

Which is why people like Ella and many of her cohorts get it wrong time and time again. There are those of us who don't care for "deafhood" or "Deafhood" That is not the equivalent of "anti-deafhood" or "anti-Deafhood." It's like this.  We don't care for broccoli. Are we out to stamp out that vegetable? No. Are we trying to stop other people from eating it? No. It is just that we don't like the taste of broccoli and so we decline and say, "Broccoli? No thanks."  We have no need to put broccoli on a pedestal thinking it's the king of all vegetables and force people to eat it. Simply put, it's just that whenever we see or eat a broccoli it leaves a bad taste in our mouths.

We do understand that there are plenty of vegetables out there to choose from since a broccoli isn't the only vegetable around.  And so we desire not to have any association with broccoli. And for good reasons, too. Mostly it leaves a bad taste in our mouths.

We have our own opinions. There is no conflict here if we agree to disagree.