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Because I don't think that it's fair to compare the two movements that way. People don't pass for hearing because they fear for their lives and safety.

"Effortlessly" as in, if I want to say: Where is the bathroom in this restaurant? Do I need a key? I can do that without spending ten seconds remembering the word for 'key'. Kids are fluent in a language by the time they enter kindergarten. It's about that kind of effort, I think, that Grendel...

Please do not equate the civil rights movement with Deaf issues.

They won't. There's no evidence that supports their testimony well enough to do so. The DA is done.

Most states do this, but there are plenty (myself included) who aren't getting any public assistance and think it is very backwards and rude people have issues with not having my son's father on his b/c. I'm thinking of all the things I've done in his life that would've required his...

The world wanted to convict Anthony because they thought she was a bad mother. Yet no one was paying attention to Anthony before her daughter died, so again, I say: I'm glad that the American justice system does not favor lynch mob mentality.

I love curly hair, but if you want a mid priced flat iron, go Chi. :) Anything below $45 probably isn't going to do it for ya. (But really, get a brazillian blowout!)

It's kind of sad that people let this thread get so personal that we can't even talk about science. :(

NO. Racism is racism. Black people can be racist. Chinese people can be racist. Whites can be racist. Whatever. Black people can even be racist towards other black people (e.g., lighter colored blacks versus darker ones or 'colorism'). Stuff like 'reverse racism' makes it sound like you...

A black man's version of success is not a gangster. That is the white man's version of a black man's success.

I think what she was trying to say is that, well, hearing people look down on other hearing people for 'bad grammar' and 'bad English'. I mean, Academic English is used by what? 5 per cent of the population? Standard English is maybe half or so...most hearing Americans can't even write a proper...

Thinking I just had a date with a nice Israeli guy but I still am in love with Wills. And Will sent a text during the date. :o

Someone made that comment on another message board, saying that if we could magically cure deafness with a pill, all deaf people would be cured within two months -- and I spent 6 pages telling him how wrong it was. :o

You're friends with Steve Jobs? And I'm not sure HOH adults is what the OP was talking about...not that I want to give credence to the OP's post.

I threw out my first thought. I'm allowed. Calm down, Reba.

Curious: If there were some kind of magic pill that 'cured' deafness before children were even born, would the Deaf community oppose? (Obviously that's medically impossible, but just for the sake of argument.)

Even if it were possible to cure deafness, it's not something that needs a 'cure'.

That's your opinion that is in no way reflective of the American Constitution or concepts of liberty and law. Having a father not listed on a birth certificate no way infringes on my child's rights.

*frustrated* That was supposed to be my point!

The discussion started to veer towards accents and 'deaf' accents, so that's why I mentioned it. I already know that accents aren't a part of fluency.