I don’t feel a need for an alternative word for it and most don’t. I’ve been attacked for being deaf, it’s been on record and on UK police files too. This is what annoys many at deaf.read the suggestion if you don’t agree with something then YOU are some ‘audist’ or other, or ‘hate’ deaf people, or….. fascism started much the same way in Germany.

Today deafhood has spawned a form of ‘terminological fascism’, and yes, both terms exist in a dictionary. I’m none too sure deafhood actually does either. It probably won’t be for a while because clearly you are still debating what it is… I’m wondering who is in denial here….

Good reason why any isms should be avoided. You can try to discuss this issue without getting into all that isms. It is not getting anyone anywhere. Nikki originally did this linguicism series in response to a sign that an ASL student used which this student also challenged her on. In no way was she using it between deaf.

Keep things simple. If you felt you have been oppressed, say oppressed. This will more likely garner more discussion that might enlighten people rather than offend and who knows..you might get more out of it this way.

I suspect that you will actually be UNABLE to find any such v/blog.

When we share our experiences and yet, they criticize our experiences. Yes there is something wrong with the picture. I can’t fathom their mystified attitudes and preplexed views.

I wouldn’t say unconscious, but subconscious would be a better choice to describe what’s happening. Yeah, I know semantics, semantics. But your suggestion for oppression as a term to be used… well, oppression is such a broad term, and we need to get specific if we are to change the status quo. Martin Luther King could have cried OPPRESSION instead of RACISM. But it was RACISM that was raised. Oppression encompasses so many types of behaviours, and it is easier to ignore specifics.

But, you’re correct: quibbling is one way of sweeping things under the carpet. There are those who will remove the carpet, and examine issues. I think that is the way things have always been since recorded history. There are people who prefer to keep the status quo and refuse to examine issues, while there are others who confront issues head-on and press for changes for the better. This shakes people out of their comfort zone for sure.

Dysconscious may not be a dictionary word yet, but unconscious is. If you like this word better, then use it instead of quibbling. We need to recognize what it means. Same for audism, if you don’t like that word, then use oppression. The concept is still there, as ugly and it needs to be dealt with.

Picking on the semantics is a tired old way to sweep things under the carpet.

Many Deaf Brits already recognized the concept of Deafhood — why do you think they protested to the government to include BSL as an official language in UK?! The bottom line is that you are not being heard nor read in UK, you had to harass someone else somewhere else.

Again, DeafRead is pretty limited to certain few. Which is why DeafRead & DVTV are *dead* these days with less-than-quality vlogs/blogs.

Audism exists. Autism was a term that did not come in the picture in early 1900s! And your point is? The truth is that you … are afraid of the inconvenient truth.

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Just because there is no official recognition of a term doesn’t mean the phenomenon doesn’t exist.