Cathy Young has a fantastic piece in Reason about the militant fringe of the deaf “culture,” in which she takes particular aim at those in the deaf community who combat cochlear implants on the grounds that the technology is a form of cultural genocide:
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Dwarf coloring?!?
No good, Ted?
Tell me, what are the swingers doin’ these days for fun, then? My parents used to go to the warehouse district and paint them up some dwarves.
Sensibly, I wasn’t permitted to go with them, being an impressionable child and all.
I thought swingers, ummm, swing? Dwarves get tossed – except in Florida – and towns get painted – preferably red – don’t they?
Obviously I missed something here. No one ever keeps me up-to-date on these things. A handicap, no doubt, deserving of special protection.
Up with ignorance!
Myria
Okay. So I admit, I made up the dwarf coloring thing.
Just kinda liked the image…
You worry me, Jeff…
Myria