slow-dog.entry21.03.2002: "Deaf not Def"

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An interesting article about a subject I was mostly unaware of: deaf activism. It seems so silly to me, but apparently it's got a following. The author doesn't agree with it either, as summed up in the conclusion:

But aside from the question of what the government should do, there is no reason for the news media and other cultural institutions to be deferential toward crackpot beliefs that come with the cachet of "diversity." Perhaps the best way to learn something from the Deaf Pride movement is to see it as a reductio ad ab-surdum of modern identity politics.

11:03 AM PST