Marlee Matlin has a professional point of view, and if I understand her POV correctly she is able to do a separation that most people are incapable of... She does not see someone making fun of her voice as making fun of her.
In order to take this leap she has to see herself as a whole person with many parts, some of which are funny, or funny to some, or funny at times.
As someone who enjoys being a clown I can appreciate this view of oneself. In fact I admire it.
Does not mean that I believe everyone should or can adopt this view.
I also recall a man I knew who did not see the humor in the things he did and said: All he knew was that they made others laugh and that made him feel good so he continued to do them.
I also know that comedy routines get boring after you have done them enough. I suspect Rodney Dangerfield might be sick of the line "I get no respect" but as long as audiences keep laughing and keep paying him to say it he will.
To me this guy is just somebody who found a market for his routine and now he has a job.
Kokonut says he is promoting the ability to see and understand things from different points of view, other than our own. Under normal circumstances I would say this is laudable and one I myself espouse: But seeing and understanding does not mean embracing. People here may see and understand the audist point of view, but few if any, Deaf/deaf or hearing, are going to embrace it.
And this is what I believe Kokonut's objective is; to have people here accept audism as a belief system equal to Deaf Culture.
