Having an apoplectic fit over "ASL failed."

It's one thing to have a discussion about Barry's "ASL failed" vlog or ScorpionAZ's vlog on the merit of the topic itself by delving deeper to understand why and how ASL or sign language "failed" and how it could be improved versus using the opportunity to make personal attacks against that person instead. You have two line types of crowd of people. One type of crowd is the kind of people who leave open the possibility for improvement or that such examples of "failures in communication" or misunderstandings do exist. Another type of crowd is the kind of people who would rather attack a person just because they don't like the analysis that was presented.

I understood where Barry and ScorpionAZ were going with the whole "ASL failed" topic when I watched both of their vlogs. I never once considered that they were attacking ASL with the phrase "ASL failed" but saw as how they noticed problems with ASL instead. I also noticed that they are ASL signers, too. It'd be quite unconvincing for someone to tell me that they were actually attacking ASL. We should know better.  Yet, and with no surprise, many people used the opportunity to personally attack Barry and ScorpionAZ in their vlogs rather than discuss the merit of the topic itself, and not about the person. Some attempted to do so under the guise of an "objective intellectual discourse" but their body language and sarcastic tone say otherwise. It's not end of the world when someone says "ASL failed." Learn to get past the "ASL failed" discussion and go a bit deeper in what they were trying to convey. We all fail at one time but only to dust ourselves and keep going.  At the very least attack the topic being discussed (or better yet simply disagree) instead of personally attacking the person who brought up his/her own points based on his/her observations. Disagreeing is one thing and that's acceptable but to make personal attacks is entirely a different matter. Doing so is example of an infantile behavior at work.

I have a good friend who is deaf and is quiet fluent in ASL. He grew up signing in SEE and later in life transitioned over to ASL without any problems. Yes, ASL. Not PSE. Although he has no problem doing that, either. One time during a court proceeding an ASL interpreter (Level 5 RID) was voicing what he was signing. He said "I did not mind" to the judge but the interpreter said "I don't care." He caught her saying that and made clear to the court that he didn't say that. With the intricacies of English, context is everything, especially in court. And in ASL a simple "I don't mind" was horribly mangled and translated into as "I don't care" to the judge. Both phrases are not the same thing on what he tried to specifically express to the judge in court. Context is everything.

More on that later but it won't be coming from me. You'll see.