EXTERMISM - Who is really extreme when it comes to the ASL Deaf world and what do we do about it?

IEXTREMISTS - is a label that has become more and more popular to throw at folks or groups who challenge with love oppression, status quo or bad practices. Usually when someone pulls out the extremist jargon and throws it at a peceful group, they forget that they themselves have three fingers pointing back at themselves. They also dishonor the folks who have been harmed by true extremists. This vlog examines ENGLISH extremism (anti-ASL) and the extreme steps taken by any means necessary to achieve an English linguicism over any natural sign language. What do we do about these extremist and exclusionary anti-ASL practices? help!

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• ASL
• Deaf
• extremism
• extremists
• English
• linguicism
• oralism
• cochlear
• implants

[Hartmut1940]

Oralists and linguicists (or monolingualists) are extermists by definition! They operate exactly on the one end end of the continuum of possibilities of human existence.

Alexander Graham Bell along with all the yes-voters at the 1880 Milan Congress are an arch-extremists!

[jarhead1050]

What dodo? Use the word "extremism" as a weapon!  Labeling the adversaries of ASL-English bilingualism of extremism each time you have the opportunity.

[gcoolmanern]

thank you for explain this. i did told to ab 2027 talk about language.

[Banerika]

I hadn't seen this vlog of yours! What can I say, I feel exactly the same way.

[LSmae2]

Nice to re-visit this topic. Thank you.

[Salticid68]

It's a beautiful vlog!