And by the way, if you’re going to stab people, at least have the dignity not to hide behind a fake name.

And to further my point, you now know what I look like.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ketchamized

Personally, I don’t give a rat’s ass who you are or what you look like. Just wanted to point out that you seem to make assumptions about me when you don’t even know me.

I make assumptions on things that you do. And so far, you’ve made libelous statements about me while hiding behind a screen name modeled after a pre-teen character on a has-been show. And you condone audism and probably participate in it too. Now, I know enough about you not to like you.

Have a nice day.

Erick Ketcham

I do like hearing people, I just don’t like audists. Just wanted to clear that up.

Audism is as bad as racism. Yet, many deaf people are willing to take it up the ass. Why? I don’t understand it.

Ever heard of the Judenrat? During WWII, the Nazis employed Jewish workers to calm down other Jewish people being collected to be shipped off to a concentration camp. The Jewish people HATED those Jewish people that worked for the Nazis. Why? They betrayed their own people.

That’s how I see deaf people that just take it up the ass and play Uncle Tom. Don’t you think it’s enough, and time to fight for respect?

I took it up the ass all the way until my wife and I had a Deaf baby son, b. Sept 2005. Since then, things have changed.

I don’t like the thought that my son will experience the audist crap that I dealt with my whole life. And that is what fuels my fight against audism. Only a Deaf parent of a Deaf child would understand. (In addition to Deaf people that has some common sense)

“uhhh…”,

You forgot to mention my wife as an “extremist” as you call it. Her name is Michele Ketcham, formerly known as Michele Westfall and as Michele Listisard. If you guys want to point out so called “extremists” in the Deaf community, then you might as well add her name to the list.

To others,

I know many deaf people that feels the same way I do. So, they’re out there. But they are not brave enough to stand up and say “screw audism” and make it a point.

And as for my article, the whole point of the article was to show how negative the word “audism” is. It shows how negatively audism affects Deaf people. If certain people interprets it otherwise, then I think that person needs more lessons in creative writing. (And reading)

PunkyBrewester, still sore? Wow… I haven’t even thought about you since that day we had that “discussion”, and you’re still obsessing about me? Wow… I’d rather be thought of as a sadist rather than a stalker. At least I don’t go around making libelous statements about you.

Have a nice day.

Regards,
Erick Ketcham

I have a friend who is a Native American, and he has mentioned this very fact a couple of times himself - “It used to be that Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans seemed to be along the lines of “the only good injun is a dead injun.” Now it’s improved slightly…we’re allowed to live, but we’re alcoholic trailer trash.”

As for the Wiccan part, I don’t think the religion is very well understood. People keep confusing it with Satanism and in general, any religion other than Christanity doesn’t count.

Hollywood has never been good at portraying minorities, really. They have never have been truly inclusive. It’s too bad that the majority in general don’t really recognize that.. I don’t think people realize how much of an impact television can have on the masses. I learned a lot about the black community by watching “The Cosby Show” in the ’80s. Not that everyone is like the Cosbys, but it did show that there’s diversity within the black community.

That’s why I thought the Law and Order episode was a step in the right direction. It’s a cop show, but they showed things that has pretty much never been aired on television, such as being sensitive to deaf handcuffed in the front, interpreting ethics, cops’ walking all over deaf people’s rights…

It’s next to impossible to have a perfect television show that’s fair and balanced representation of a minority group. The only time that’ll happen is when the people behind the scenes are very inclusive, like the L Word is, and like the Cosby Show was.

I’d love to catch up, so shoot off an E-mail to me. josh.allmann@deafdc.com

Depends on which day of the week it is.

Hand over that dime.