rustypants speaks

good news as gallaudet continues to move more aggressively towards the spoiled children shutting down the campus - any congressional investigations launched yet?

i received an IM from a deaf studies major whose fiance is deaf asking me to show some respect despite my lack of support for gallaudet - my response was and is: “opinions are like buttholes - everyone has one and thankfully, we’re allowed to express em as we please. Gallaudet is a massive waste of space and money and is unable to carry out the “mission” they desire to carry out. it’s more of a cultural (if there were such a thing as a deaf culture) mecca. if it would stop pretending to educate, i’d be better able to stomach the institution. it’s not an issue of “respect” or “disrespect” - that would be the same as saying, ‘well, i don’t support the regime of Darfur, but there must be some innocents among them, so please continue your operations as always!’ some things need to stop.”
there doesn’t seem to be any intelligent conversation coming from students on this issue, but this is the kind of argument to expect: “She is not willing to come halfway,” said protest leader Delia Lozana-Martinez, saying Fernandes wanted to talk to the students only about opening campus. “It disappoints and disgusts me. I don’t think it was productive at all.” see, “halfway” doesn’t really mean halfway - it means “step down or else no deal” which would be…. all the students’ way?

more to come this next week, i’m sure.