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Posted by Ed Seedhouse on 06/05/07 13:44
On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:56:00 -0400, Ed Mullen <ed@edmullen.net> wrote:
>> She was born deaf, she IS deaf. She didn't learn American Sign Language
>> until she was in her 20s. That fact, and charges by students of her
>> being "autocratic" led them to charge that she is "not deaf enough" and
>> to the protests and her ouster.
>>
>
>And I forgot to mention that her husband and children can hear. More
>ammunition for the "not deaf enough" charge.
I was making no comment, one way or the other, on the merits or demerits
of their case. I was merely pointing out that the reference to the
incident seemed to be conflating two or more incidents. As to whether
they are "right" or "wrong" to protest I have an opinion, but I am not
coming down on either side here and I decline to state it.
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