Comments on Banjo's World: Don't You Dare Question Me

Oh my god...I desperately want to believe she was ...

2007-05-02T16:23:38.207-04:00

Oh my god...I desperately want to believe she was a troll. I really want to believe it was just pretend, she was just making it up. But...I don't think she was. And that is SAD.

I think that maybe it is possible that over the ye...

2007-03-28T18:54:43.583-04:00

I think that maybe it is possible that over the years his mother un-consiciously picked up enough ASL from her son to be able to understand what CC was saying. I don't think this is a troll and I think this is a real life mother because some mothers are alocholic and very controlling and I was reading the mother's comments. It struck me that she may be an alocholic. I don't know but I can understand his mother wanting the best for her son and I think this is a natural desire of mothers everywhere to want the best for her children. It sounds like the Deaf son has already been all grown up and chances are that I am not too surprised that he is probably not living with his mom to avoid conflict. I also agree and dis-agree with some of the things that were said on Signcasts. At least somebody's mom was brave enough to say what she really thought and the Deaf community could take a few good pointers from all of this, Deafies backstabbing, the fighting in public places and all of that is something hearing people normally do not do. It seems to be more normal and commonplace in the Deaf community and I think we as a Deaf community have a long way to go before we can really know how to live in peace and leave another Deaf people alone when it comes to conflicting issues in the Deaf community. Myself, I was shocked when I first read the mother/son comments but then I stopped to look at it from the Deaf perspective then the hearing's perspective too. I think I can understand why on both sides of the Deaf v.s. hearing debate.

After viewing the vlog for abt 30 seconds, it hit ...

2007-03-28T12:59:56.710-04:00

After viewing the vlog for abt 30 seconds, it hit me -- how the hell does the mother know what Chris was talking abt? His signing was rapid-fire. The mother was expounding on how wonderful SEE is. It's a definite troll.

Yes, it's sad that there *are* people like the mother.

Mommie Dearest screamed at her Deaf son,"NO WIRE H...

2007-03-28T02:46:55.767-04:00

Mommie Dearest screamed at her Deaf son,

"NO WIRE HANGERS!!!!"

I TOTALLY agree with Jimm. This letter writer is a...

2007-03-26T18:38:06.439-04:00

I TOTALLY agree with Jimm. This letter writer is a troll. And probably enjoying every second of all the hoo-ha he's stirred up.

Boy.....The mother will wonder why she was accusin...

2007-03-26T16:23:37.461-04:00

Boy.....The mother will wonder why she was accusing the deaf community....

Hey Mother of this deaf son you cant blame the wor...

2007-03-26T13:12:44.519-04:00

Hey Mother of this deaf son you cant blame the world for ur failture with ur deaf son . Ur son is the ones who decides using the drugs and his choice of sexual orientation. It is nothing do with his involement at Gallaudet Univ .U need to love and support ur son no matter if he is deaf or hearing and be there for him go through turmoil and difficult time. You need to be open communicate with ur son and understand his views on Life . Life is too short for remaining a bitter person . Pls forgive ur deaf son for his mistkaes on his life . he will grow to be a better person .

Why don't you, hearing parents get involved gettin...

2007-03-26T13:00:57.877-04:00

Why don't you, hearing parents get involved getting more resources for hearing parents with deaf children? We, deaf people can't do all work ourselves. We need teamwork.. That deaf son must act out because he must have serious problems with his hearing family. We can't believe you, that hearing mom because that deaf son has not told us his side of story.
Now you, hearing parents should do something about getting resources, jobs, housings, etc for your deaf children. Do not leave all responsiblity to deaf communities.
Thank you, a deaf Mental Health therapist

Sure sounds like my mother, if not that I know she...

2007-03-26T11:24:07.871-04:00

Sure sounds like my mother, if not that I know she doesn't have sons! I have a different perception on that mother that I read on here. I suspect that she may have Narcisstic and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders. Having a parent with NPD and OCPD, it would be a NIGHTMARE for a deaf child (or any disabled child) because no matter how the child tries, the mother WILL always favor one child above the other; expecially if there is a hearing child and a deaf child. In my opinion (and experiences in both personal and professional), it won't matter if the mother is familiar with the deaf culture or not, she will ALWAYS see it as a flaw.

This mother is not very smart thing to do. She ha...

2007-03-26T08:15:13.166-04:00

This mother is not very smart thing to do. She have judged on deaf community, cultures, and so on too much.

Obviously, I can see that this mother did not show her love for her deaf son.

This mother KNOWS that she did NOT doing her great job raising her deaf son, but she won't admit it.

This mother is VERY defensive and have judged between her hearing and deaf sons' abilities.

This mother is an evil person overall.

White Ghost

http://aslisrisen.blogspot.com/2007/03/response-to...

2007-03-26T07:18:36.327-04:00

http://aslisrisen.blogspot.com/2007/03/response-to-banjos-blog.html

Cy, this is just wild, which lead to various inter...

2007-03-26T01:22:47.765-04:00

Cy, this is just wild, which lead to various interpretations. This person attacked everybody, the deaf, asl, gay, etc. This looks like it came from a creative and vindictive person. It's a wonder how a child "on drugs" can even manage to enroll in college after living with such parents. No parent should ever discount their own child like that in a public forum, it's not the norm. I see red flags instead. What is it like in real life, I suppose we hear some horror stories.

Banjo, at first I thought someone was dissin' you from subject line and I'm like, "What the..", but it make for an eyebrow-raising read anyway. Tasteless. Karma will take care of it for this person I guess.

The mother shows intolerance to anyone who is diff...

2007-03-25T23:44:07.562-04:00

The mother shows intolerance to anyone who is different from the norms, including her own son who is deaf, ASL user, and gay. Her hatred blinds her to the fact her son has needs not being met by the hearing world. Instead of looking in herself and the hearing world, she blames the deaf community.

Let's hope she is bogus.

Drmzz,Gotta admit I never thought the mother might...

2007-03-25T23:11:38.105-04:00

Drmzz,

Gotta admit I never thought the mother might be a bogus. I know there ARE parents with grudges against deaf communithy when they percieve their deaf children as failures. Rather than placing fault within themselves, they feel they must place burden of fault upon someone else - in this case, the deaf community.

Yeah. Her understanding Chris Corrigan is suspicious but she did not say she understood what he was saying. All she said he signed in "dirty" ASL. That says she perceives ASL not as a language but a destruction to her son. It is not known if she understood Chris. She only understood he didn't use SEE.

But then, "dirty" does not fit with the context of that sentence. The more appropriate word would be "filthy." So it may be a deaf person masquerading as a hearing mother with a personal vendetta against Chris, Gallaudet, and deaf community at large.

I guess it doesn't matter - what does matter is there ARE parents out there just like this "mother."

The Mother is beyond stupidity! She should NEVER s...

2007-03-25T22:50:56.181-04:00

The Mother is beyond stupidity! She should NEVER slap her deaf son's face at all. My parents always slapped my face for no reason. My parents had no clue how to "communicate" with me because of my deafness. I wish I could slap thier face to see how they feel. My parents and I have a very bad relationship. They disowned me because I am gay. It is thier problem. The mother is predjuice person. She should not have judge about gay people.

I am proud to be deaf and gay! There is nothing wrong with it. It is better to tell the truth than hide in the closet.

Sabotage, pure and simple.

2007-03-25T22:37:36.087-04:00

Sabotage, pure and simple.

Deaf Pundit, it just struck me because the usage r...

2007-03-25T22:28:26.221-04:00

Deaf Pundit, it just struck me because the usage reminded me of some south Asian non-native speakers, but a person with that usage pattern wouldn't know about SEE or know enough about ASL to even consider it "dirty." The attitudes espoused in the screeds (which seem like very homegrown American caricatures to me) don't fit with the speaker's story and language usage.

I do think it's bogus in retrospect. I agree with Banjo that it's still an attack, but it's a more complex one that it appears to be.

I won't even comment on that mother's messages. It...

2007-03-25T22:06:53.612-04:00

I won't even comment on that mother's messages. It's just too insane and upsetting. I also do wonder if she's not really who she claims to be? Who knows.

However, i saw some comments left by angry deaf people saying how they have a hard time finding jobs due to the fact that they graduated from Gallaudet. That makes me nervous! I want to attend Gallaudet so much and have been working toward that goal, i don't want to end up in a situation like that. How unfair that would be :(

Bogus or not, it's certainly an attack on the deaf...

2007-03-25T21:53:31.435-04:00

Bogus or not, it's certainly an attack on the deaf community and the culture.

Banj, i think the woman is bogus. See how she uses...

2007-03-25T21:49:15.103-04:00

Banj, i think the woman is bogus. See how she uses the capital D for Deaf? This is written by either a deaf person or someone very knowledgeable of Deaf culture. Well, anyhow, that's my interpretation.

Anonymous, deafread is moderated to an extent, sin...

2007-03-25T20:41:52.634-04:00

Anonymous, deafread is moderated to an extent, since not all bloggers blog about deaf stuff all the time (only about half my own posts make it to deafread) and that's fine with me.

You can get the complete feed using the DeafRead Extra which is completely unmoderated.

ANyway, Im not sure why you think the post was not put on DeafRead.com. Signcasts is indeed on deafread.com.

Go to www.deafread.com and search (upper right hand corner) for signcast in that box. You will get a page, scroll down a little bit and you will see:

Another Incident with DPS...
SignCasts - Mon, Mar 05 2007
read more [...]

That is the post which contained the mother's hateful comments.

Hmm. It's hard to say if it's a deaf person writin...

2007-03-25T20:39:22.826-04:00

Hmm. It's hard to say if it's a deaf person writing that or not. The English's not perfect, but many hearing people's English aren't perfect either.

I do question however, the mother's ability to understand Chris Corrigan's vlog. He signs ASL fluently, and rapidly at that.

Something's not right about this. But if that's real, the mother's an emotionally and physically abusive person. Yikes!

Hmmm ... it could definitely be someone faking. B...

2007-03-25T20:23:30.056-04:00

Hmmm ... it could definitely be someone faking. But if it were faked by someone who dislikes Chris, why make him the victim of an attack by such a hateworthy fake villain? That would make Chris seem like the good guy. Might it be a supporter?

However, in retrospect, I think you're right. I was assuming that "her" English was that of a non-native speaker since it's marked with some non-standard uses. They might be markers indicating that "she" is a Deaf person masquerading as hearing, someone inside of the conflict ... ?

Maybe it's in her bad genes LOL

2007-03-25T20:23:06.414-04:00

Maybe it's in her bad genes LOL

Me thinks this mother is someone who has a grudge ...

2007-03-25T20:06:48.175-04:00

Me thinks this mother is someone who has a grudge on Chris and me thinks this mother is not even a mom to a deaf/hearing son. It sounds like someone who was involved in scuffle = dps/dps spouse/who knows!!!

Similar writings on several posts. Just my opinion. Why isn't signcasts on deafread? is deafread moderated?