"Fiver!" - Who is this guy? A threat to Deaf culture??

I received a comment from an unknown commenter today in my blog "Deafhood? No Thanks." A blog piece I did a few months ago. This anonymous person says that he/she is from "within their ranks" of other Deaf people and are on the "inside." Not sure if this is true, bogus, or somebody making an exaggerated claim. You decide. Who is this guy? 

Remember this one? "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers." Especially when they have some support from the Government. Deafhood is not merely a movement, it's a hideous, dangerous and counter-productive ideology. Many of the people associated with Deafhood are mere followers, they really have no idea just how destructive this movement/ideology is. This "thing" has destroyed and alterered terribly the lives of many already, usually those who cannot stand against them and succumb. Among them are young children whose parents unwittingly commit them to deaf schools where those pushing Deaf Culture and Deafhood assimilate them into "Deaf Culture" as a source of raw recruits for future members. Deaf Culture is dying, yet they're trying to revive it. These children are shut out of the usage of speech and hearing as much as they can possibly be, without raising suspicions and creating a conflict with state authorities. Deafhood has expanded it's control of state schools for the deaf and enforces it's Deaf Culture and ASL-only doctrine as the only mode of communication. I have witnessed the repudiation of "SIMCOM" or "Total Communication" where any staff member using this means faced discipline and termination. NO speech is allowed, ASL only! Turn off your voice! The parents of these childern unwittingly placed within those cultures have no idea what their child is being subjected to. The Deaf deny them that right to know, going so far as to use speech during parental visits, but speech ends as soon as the parents are gone!

State lawmakers need to investigate what is going on within government funded schools. These schools do not belong to the Deaf! These schools are publicly funded schools for all of society and have been hijacked.

I am going to stop here but will be posting more in the future. My pseudonym for this forum: Fiver. I fully expect the Deafhood "leadership" to start looking for me now, as I am within their ranks, the most dangerous threat to their plans.

I am: Fiver!

And this person raises an important question from me. Are those things really happening or have happened? Or maybe this is all a sick joke? Plus, I noticed this ominous "warning" this mystery person said: "I am within their ranks, the most dangerous threat to their plans."

A Critical Analysis

Self explanatory.





My Response:



Insert pinky finger to lips.......

Facebook "Deafhood? No thanks" membership soars!

The new Facebook "Deafhood? No thanks" group has rapidly grown over the last few weeks, especially over the last 7 days. People are delighted to see new members join this group. Yet some are calling this new group a controversal one. But it shouldn't be controversal at all when members simply go by the concept of respecting everybody no matter what a person's background or communication preferences. There is no need to surreptiously attack hearing parents for their decision to implant their deaf child. There is no need to surreptiously attack parents on their decision on how best to proceed with the educational and communication aspect for their deaf/hh child. Yet we see this happen on a daily basis.

My recent blog, "F*ck You, Deaf Community!" highlighted a discussion forum frequented by hearing parents of deaf/hh children. They voiced their frustrations and disgusts and recount stories of someone from the Deaf community who attacked them for their decisions on how to raise their deaf/hh child, or the fact their child has a cochlear implant. This isn't nowhere near what "deafhood" is supposed to be like but all about hate.

"Deafhood" leaders, as far as I can tell, never made the effort to condemn those people for their actions of hate. What I saw on Jamerica's video blog and how some of the leaders of "deafhood" responded to one fervent follower of "deafhood" simply begs the whole agenda and effort behind this so-called "deafhood" movement by leaders, including some of their close followers. I see more red flags than honest efforts to accept people for who and what they are, and mend fences along the way.


This Facebook group began on May 18, 2010 and as of today it has reached 297 members so far. It has averaged about 23 new members each day while on some days they have seen jumps of 50 or 60 new members in one day. These new members simply do not want anything to do with "deafhood" and with the current leaders of "deafhood." Many agree that the best approach would be a more neutral-positive approach than to attack, label, villify, and go after people who may simply disagree or have a different way of doing things. This "Deafhood? No thanks" Facebook group simply do not desire to be a part of such selfish acts and dishonesty.

The new army of "Deafhood? No Thanks"

Here they come, marching, marching to the sound and feel of the glorious drumbeats from a 100 foot tall drum as they yell across the landscape in unison while throwing their fists and waving hands into the air.

Rahhhh!

Rahhhhhhhhhh!

Rahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

They march toward the distant horizon of the rising sun while the ground trembles beneath the thundering feet. Locked in arms are the young and old who wear cochlear implants, hearing aids, or none at all. They are the hard of hearing people, hearing people, deaf people, Deaf people, CODA people, late deafened people, and parents of deaf and hard of hearing children. Their backgrounds are varied and rich by those who grew up signing, speaking or listening. They went to mainstreamed schools, deaf schools and regular public schools. They are all walks of life. You cannot pin them down. Do not judge them for what they do or say. Do not define them in order to satisfy your own selfish agenda and to make a buck or two. They are who they are. Do not doubt them.

Want to join a Facebook group called "Deafhood? No Thanks," or DNT. Then go here and join and be free from the pressure, the ridicules, the attacks, and the name callings simply because you disagree or have a different outlook on life. And get away from the microscope of people who label you or the attempt to categorize you with such absurdity as being part of a Deaf hate group. Or worse be called a Deaf hate criminal simply because you have a different philosophical point of view. DNT people are one. They are all. They are part of the larger open society where interactions with everybody else are free, fluid and unrestricted without fear.

This new open society group started but a few days ago has now grown to over 115 members. They include hearing, deaf, hard of hearing, and Deaf people. If you want to join, please do. But do not join in the attempt to spam or cause trouble. You will get kicked out. We do not want trouble makers but people who understand where we stand and have no desire to be associated with "deafhood." Enough with the continuing labeling.

Enough!

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