StSapphire
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Besides, a majority of people wouldn't know that when Lane make comments like "deaf mothers want deaf babies", he's only talking about the "Deaf". They'll probably just assume he's talking for or about "all of the deaf people".
Those people would simply be wrong for failing to actually read his writing, rather than assuming they know the full depth of his understanding from a short interview.
Also, having read the initial article as well as the response, it's striking that the original article made a very strong distinction between "hereditary deaf" (ie Deaf) and late-deafened (ie deaf), while the response does not make this distinction. Looks like a case of "not understanding the initially intended message", combined with a predisposition to viewing deafness as a defect (due to having had access to it for the rest of his life).