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Originally Posted by VamPyroX
Well, his beliefs were based on his lifetime... not ours.
Years ago, a lot of people thought that deaf people couldn't do anything. Do we look at those people and degrade them or protest them in every manner possible? No.
We do look back and laugh... while applauding ourselves today for where we are.
There's no need to suddenly attack someone today for something that happened years ago. NTID was founded 35 years ago. Why wait 35 years to say something today?
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But the organization that carries his name continues to promote discriminatory practices against the signing deaf today. He may be dead, but his philosophies live on.