Your deaf/hh identity is not my deaf/hh identity.
Each of us has an identity that we can relate to each other but just because you have a particular viewpoint doesn't mean all must have that viewpoint. While one viewpoint can be considered extreme, others may not see it as so. And so the story goes.
I much rather see that each individual succeed on his or her own terms using the preferred approaches when it comes to communication and language choices. Even if it means using a variety of technologies to help improve our face to face communication with hearing people. Each of us interact differently based on our upbringings, amount of hearing loss, our experience with people, our comfort zones, our personality, our educational background, our preferences, our preferred use of a technology and so on. Just because you have one view of things at the pulpit doesn't mean all others must follow or agree with your viewpoint. Some of us actually do have a mind of our own.
