Best and Worst Responses for 2010, Part 1 of 4.

Here's my latest review of responses from my blogs where I choose some of the best and worst responses (and some in-between) that were said in 2010. It’s up to you to decide which ones are the best and worst responses. I have done previous "Best and Worst Responses" in 2006 and 2007 but never did it for 2008 or 2009. I figured its time to do it again. Click on the links and see who said what. Perhaps you'll recognize your own response! Some of the names you’ll recognize while many others came from anonymous people. Some comments were like what a “hit and run” driver would do and be like a coward. But there were many names who were quite courteous and well behaved. A mish mash of comments to read and laugh over. Or frown fretfully over them.  I’ll put out 4 different "Best and Worst Responses" blogs from January through March (Part 1), April through June (Part 2), July through September (Part 3), and October through December (Part 4) in order to break them down into a more readable format that's not too lengthy. Here’s Part 1 (January through March). I’ll put the rest of Part 2, 3 and 4 over the next several days. Enjoy!


January 2010
Excellent post, Mike. It disgusts me, how people are buying into this, and especially how Gore is making money from all of this. Not to mention all the money we're pouring into "100-year-fixes".
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/01/are-deaf-people-more-prone-to-believe.html


February 2010
I wonder if RLM realizes that he did the exact opposite of his intention? Rather than getting people to think about A*dism (I hate that term) he made the whole Deaf Community look like intolerant jerks. That helps nobody.
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/02/nfl-cochlear-implant-story-continues.html

(e, surprised? I'm not. It's not surprising that there's a lot of ignorant people in this world. Lots of idiots too. ;)
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/02/is-mike-mcconnell-anti-deaf.html

I think you're going to confuse the guy when you say you'll talk with him over the phone even though you are deaf. To me, the ability to use the phone is the line of demarcation between being deaf and not being deaf. How can someone who can understand another person's voice without any visual cues be considered deaf? I went deaf slowly over 15 years and the day I made my last phone call was the day I went deaf.
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/02/is-mike-mcconnell-anti-deaf.html

I wouldn't be surprised if that happen someday. Some Deaf people are simply mentally unstable. Pink rooms for them.
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/02/deaf-group-attacks-stem-cell-researcher.html

I love it! Other blogs pale in comparison to yours and frankly they are dry..dry...dry!
And thank you for coming back on DeafRead!
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/02/why-do-you-like-to-read-kokonut-pundit.html

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http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/02/deaf-on-deaf-hate-crime.html (Reason number one to keep an eye out for spams).


March 2010

I'm glad I read this post. It makes your other posts much easier to read. I can actually see your point.
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/03/dangers-of-using-wikipedia-to-look-up.html

You were banned for asking a reasonable question? Unbelievable!
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/03/baby-born-deaf-deaf-members-celebrate.html

You remembered "My plan is working flawlessly."!!! *putting his little fingernail to his gold tooth, glint*
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/03/baby-born-deaf-deaf-members-celebrate.html


That's why I prayed and hoped that the birth of my kids would come out all intact with all 5 senses working.
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/03/baby-born-deaf-deaf-members-celebrate.html

.... and imagine what it's like being the ant in between the manure and the grass. being culturally Deaf, going blind.
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/03/baby-born-deaf-deaf-members-celebrate.html

Karma is real bitch for what will do to Rush if he choose not to donate his $$$ to the Deafhood Foundation.
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-hope-deafhood-fails.html

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?
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-hope-deafhood-fails.html

Deafhood already failed. The proof is in the pudding!
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-hope-deafhood-fails.html

Even Olise made lot of hate speech against deaf. WAKE UP!
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/03/breaking-deaf-hate-speech-found.html

Been arrested yet on Deaf hate speech charges? Lol.
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/03/breaking-deaf-hate-speech-found.html

Whenever they disagree with others' opinions at either ASLrocks or DVTV, they would call them "hate crime/speech".  I honestly don't believe them at all.
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/03/breaking-deaf-hate-speech-found.html


Flouride is good for your teeth.
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2010/03/when-piano-dieshorribly.html

The Paotie Complex Response

Intellectual Humor. Especially when it's a dry or wry humor that comes with an intellectual twist makes it even more funny. If you ever listened to Steven Wright's dead-pan comedy skits then you'd might understand how that works when it comes to wry humor. A way of playing with words that many people find riotously funny. Like my own joke I made up a few years ago, "Why do they call it “manual alphabet”? Is it labor intensive or what?" Just not what you say but how the delivery of that joke is made is just as important when it comes to humor.

People generally like humor but not all humors are made equally. And not all humors are humorous to all people, generally so. Just humor me for a moment here. I like people with intellectual humor along with a good philosophy about themselves and about life. Just as I liked some of Barry's own philosophy, outlook on life and his love for nature in his The Holism blog. He find his own brand of humor that suits him and anything that tickles his funny bone just like the rest of us. Though I'm pretty sure he's a fan of the Monopoly game just as I am although I would win. But for Barry he's certainly not of the "Napoleon Complex" variety seeking control as some people would try and say. Rather I see him seeking equilibrium in life more than anything else. He's more grounded than most people would give him credit for. But to say "Napoleon Complex" is regarded as a derogatory social stereotype. An expresssion meant to be personally mean and petty. People who say those things for that just purpose might want to look into their own mirror the next time.

Now, this brings me to this complex condition called, "Paotie Complex Response." It is definitely a knee-jerk response condition. It is an automatic reflex. Sometimes it's a gag type reflex for some people while for others it's like eating succulent Kobe steak. Yummmm. A "Paotie Complex Response" might sound really bad if you're already a paranoid person but then again to be diagnosed with PCR might proved curative and rejuvenating for the more enlightened people. Which condition of PCR do you have?

First and foremost, what or who is Paotie? Easy, he's the guy behind the green curtain hitting the control buttons and levers while saying "Gawwwrsh!" in a deep, trembling voice. No. Just kidding. Really, who is he? Well, I...don't know. He's just....well.... Paotie. You know. Just...Paotie. That guy with the green moldy couch thingy on his blogsite with a bunch of stale crumbly stuff underneath the cushions. You have to read his old blog pieces in order to understand the humor and the intellect this guy brings to the table. And when he writes a piece, the paranoid, er, upset people usually come out of the woodworks and react irrationally to his writings. Things like.... well, you probably can already imagine it. It ain't pretty!

Because of that some 3 years ago I (and many others) recognized the fact that some people were willing to squelch other people's blogging style on what they should or should not write just because they disagree or don't like? Thin skin anybody?

But to promote or instigate for the limitations on the free exchanges of ideas and concepts just because people happen to not like what’s being discussed sets a dangerous precedence.

Indeed it would set a dangerous precedent. Although by saying "Gawwrsh!" in a humorous way is certainly not harmful. Kicking a stone in mock disappointment is a harmless thing. Saying "DBC sucks!" should not trigger an apoplectic fit except for the most criminally insane people who don't bother to look before leaping. Or by giving an alternative meaning to "deficit thinking" as oppose to those who say it is more about people who do not properly speak of Deaf culture do they get supremely upset when people are told it's really double speak to mean “not Deaf enough." Even that shouldn't be justification to somehow censure the blogger.

Today, even speaking remotely "negatively" on anything Deaf related is almost criminal..... to some of them that is. Not all of them but some of them. Of course, all this is a bit of humorous hyperbole and a stretch there but you get my drift. Yada yada yada. But having an opinion contrary to what other Deaf people say isn't about hating the Deaf community. It's about.... surprise.... having an opinion. And when humor is employed in the whole scheme of things to make a point do some people get all "Deaf-uppity" (word is copyrighted by this blog owner, please send check or cash for literary license use of the word) or, to move toward to a more politically correct word, really, really uptight. So tight the spincter actually disappears inward which will take a proctologist days to find. Spelunking would take on a new meaning here.

Either you have a good case of PCR or you have a bad one. Make the best of your funny bone. Just don't go all freaky on us and fall apart like some zombies. We, "alternative bloggers," do have valid opinions. Just not the mindless ones.....(that was supposed to be a zombie joke...you can laugh now).