:thumbs up: New York

[Asher]

Uh, deaf and dumb? Are you seriously saying that people don't use deaf as a pejorative?

I've heard "are you deaf?" when someone can't hear something...

Yeah, that's totally on par with "gay" as an insult.

Like I said you don't have a clue what you are talking about and are actively dismissing my opinion. As usual.

Because the opinion is patently absurd and offensive.

Boo hoo, you're deaf. Your real problem is you have the IQ of a lab rat. Focus on your real disabilities.

[Al B. Sure!]

Uh, deaf and dumb? Are you seriously saying that people don't use deaf as a pejorative?

Like I said you don't have a clue what you are talking about and are actively dismissing my opinion. As usual.

Christ do you see a 'deaf' pride parade?

deaf and dumb refers to people who are deaf and can not speak (mute). How is that an insult?

[Ben Kenobi]

I just don't see how deaf people could possibly suffer the derision of their peers to the level that homosexuals experience. Who picks on deaf people? Who chants that God hates deaf people? Who beats to death deaf people?

Lots of people do and did. Maybe I should quote what Darwin said about defectives? Not being fully human? Plenty of people believe that deaf people are cursed, and do what they can to avoid them.

What you don't really see, in the media, is a portrayal of deaf people that really has any understanding at all. You don't. But you see plenty about gay people because they are the cause celebre.

Let me ask you, besides Children of a Lesser God are there any other movies that you may have seen that talk about this at all?

[Asher]

I'm trying to find the suicide rate of deaf teenagers, but apparently it is such an alarming problem everyone offs themselves before publishing anything about it.

[Ben Kenobi]

deaf and dumb refers to people who are deaf and can not speak (mute). How is that an insult?

Because speech and hearing are linked, albert.

[Asher]

I'm with Ben. If gays can't marry, nor should deaf people.

[Ben Kenobi]

I'm trying to find the suicide rate of deaf teenagers, but apparently it is such an alarming problem everyone offs themselves before publishing anything about it.

Which says it all. Thanks asher. People publish stats about how gay people have it so bad, about their suffering, how if only people cared about them more then about everything published concerning deaf people in a single year.

Obviously nobody cares.

[Al B. Sure!]

Christ do you see a 'deaf' pride parade?

Yes.

[Asher]

Which says it all. Thanks asher. People publish stats about how gay people have it so bad, about their suffering, how if only people cared about them more then about everything published concerning deaf people in a single year.

Obviously nobody cares.

Yeah, that must be it.

It's a silent epidemic.

[Asher]

Yes.

Is this a white deaf pride parade? So many white people.

[giblets]

Is this a white deaf pride parade? So many white people.

Just so Al realizes it's a joke:

[Al B. Sure!]

Is this a white deaf pride parade? So many white people.

It's in Nepal.

[Asher]

Nepalese are Asian! But they look white...

[Hauldren Collider]

fvck you

If they do, it's often not because they're gay....

Homophobia is of course still an issue but it's not like gay people are being lynched.

[Asher]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bashing

Every day, teens face harassment, threats, and violence. In the US they hear anti-gay slurs such as “homo”, “******” and “sissy” about 26 times a day or once every 14 minutes,[clarification needed] according to Mental Health America.[4]

About two-thirds of gay and lesbian students in Britain’s schools have suffered from gay bullying, a survey by the Schools Health Education Unit found. Almost all that had been bullied had experience verbal attacks, 41 percent had been physically attacked, and 17 percent had received death threats.[5]

There is a high rate of suicide among gay men and lesbian women. According to a 1979 Jay and Young study, 40 percent of gay men and 39 percent of gay women in the US had attempted or seriously thought about suicide.[6] In 1985, F. Paris estimated that suicides by gay youth may comprise up to 30 percent of all youth suicides in the US.[6] The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has found that gay, lesbian and bisexual youth attempt suicide at a rate three to six times that of similar-age heterosexual youth.[7]

There are still quite frequent gay bashings, both in the US and Canada.

http://www.gomag.com/news/gay_bashing_on_the_rise_i/

An FBI report released Monday indicates that not only have documented hate crimes increased in the United States, but that crimes targeted against gay people has increased from 14% in 2005 to 16% in 2006. Bias-related hate crimes increased 8% in the same time period. Crime related to one's sexual orientation ranked third in frequency behind race and religion.

HRC president Joe Solmonese issued a statement following the report, stating that "This FBI report confirms what the Human Rights Campaign has known for over a decade -- that hate-crimes protections for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community are long overdue. We urge Congress to send this legislation immediately to the president’s desk, and for the president to sign it into law."

In May of this year the House of representative passed the bill known as the Matthew Shepard Act, which, if approved will give the federal government more jurisdiction to prosecute hate crimes based on sexual orientation.