Gruesome. Thomas Simich, Jr, a 46 year old culturally deaf man who cannot speak or hear at all, does not wear a hearing aid or cochlear implant and has history of mental illness while growing up with his deaf parents just upped and killed his deaf sister and deaf brother-in-law with a rifle blast to their bodies at close range. Thomas was living with his deaf parents at the time of the killing.
More postings on the brutal double homicide are found here, here, here, here and here.
Several years before the killing he began to act strange which lasted for several years. You have a mentally disturbed person living with his deaf parents. What caused Thomas to snap? What caused him to be mentally undisturbed? Was it because of the deaf family environment? Why make up stories of talking voices inside his head (as opposed to "talking hands") and blame it on his own psychosis for the killing? Was he a product of bad deaf schools with ASL only programs? Bad English programs? Bad advices from deaf counselors? Bad deaf teachers? Bad deaf parents who refused to speak or encourage Thomas to learn how to speak? Bad deaf parents who decided against use of hearing aids and AVT since after all he was hearing voices in his head which perhaps signal a longing desire to speak and listen? Bad medical industrial complex, the pharmaceutical companies and the medical community that influenced Thomas to take his medicine even though it probably didn't help? Maybe he was a product of a bad ASL environment? Maybe he was a product of deaf bullies while going to a deaf school growing up? Whatever it was, those silent murders took place in a town, ironically, called Freedom. Nothing funny about it.
Please calm down, folks.
And, oh, yeah, that crime took place eight years ago. He's already in jail in Pennsylvania for those murders. And, yeah, I made these assumed over-generalizations by blaming certain things on purpose just to make a point.
9 comments:
That a prove you are a target on "deaf" beacuse you are deaf hater. how pathetic you are, Mike. You are definitely need help.
8 years ago? laff! You are upset that many deaf individuals are on the hot topic about Dylan Quick, but you created twisted a story that you gave the deaf a black eye from the past. That a revenge issued. Mike, you are definitely sick sad puppy.
Anony @ 10:03 AM,
What you are saying does not make sense. I am only a target by those who disagree with my opinions and what I provide in my blogs. Saying "deaf hater" makes no sense at all. I have deaf and hh people on both sides of the aisle who agrees with what I write and those who disagree. How can I be a "deaf hater" if I have Deaf, deaf, and hh friends?
It's people like you, the cowards that you are, to come in here anonymously to target me because of my strong opinions. I can easily turn this one around on you and call you a "deaf hater" because you've targeted a deaf person, myself, with hateful words.
Do us a favor. If you want a challenging debate, make yourself known instead of hiding behind a curtain, afraid to show your face.
I know that the hate and vile from those who disagree with me would happen because it comes with the territory on being a blogger. What I don't do is make things personal in such a hateful way. Nobody is forcing you to read my blogs.
Anony @ 10:19 AM,
There is a difference on discussing a topic versus making unsubstatiated claims on why it happened.
Black eye? Again, there is a huge difference when some people in the culturally deaf community prefer to hide a serious problem rather than discuss it openly. The only "black eye" is the constant shooting themselves in the foot again and again. Using me and my blog as a scapegoat in the effort to hide your problems in the deaf community is a very telling thing.
Ad hominem attacks as an anonymous person is a sign of a coward.
Word to the wise to anonymous(es), grow up! And Mike is right. You guys are cowards.
Word to the wise to anonymous(es), grow up! And Mike is right. You guys are cowards. It was your commentary Mike.
wow
Why do some deaf people jump to conclusion like that? Oh yea, it happens to hearing people too...
Do they not see that you're not saying these were the things that caused that deaf cultural person to commit these crimes.
These anonymous do not know what Mike is saying. Maybe they're not that bright? I dunno. But, clearly Mike is trying to show that just because someone harmed or murder someone does not mean it is because they're deaf, can sign, has cochlear implant, is oral, is ASL user, etc.
Surely, it is obvious that why that deaf cultural person killed has nothing to do with his being deaf or being part of deaf culture
Just as much as why Dylan harmed the students had nothing to do with his cochlear implant or oralism.
duh.
duh.
duh.
Thanks for the laughs Mike and it's even doubly funny to see these anonymous' comments combusting big time. How silly.
I suppose it is okay to talk shit about someone who has a cochlear implant and spread lies about CI causing people to kill
but, it is not okay to do that for a culturally deaf person.
Okay.
Here is a question, hopefully they can answer:
Why does a deaf cultured person kill?
Other people who have attempted to comment in here, please follow the rules on commenting. And if you are going to call names or do ad hominem attacks, don't be a coward by posting your comment anonymously.
Candy, You're absolutely right. Some Deaf people find it much easier (and desirable) to talk nonsense and provide disinformation about cochlear implant or place blame on just about everybody except themselves.
As to your question, why does a deaf cultured person kill? Could be lots of reasons. I provided some possibilities.
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