Comments on: Respect and Boundaries

By: Jose S.

Jose S. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:13:59 +0000

Excellent post! Thumps up!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:17:32 +0000

Amy, you have got to see this bit of news that was posted on Yahoo. It is about “The Miracle Worker.” All I can say is – WOW! A must-read!

By: Sherlock Steve

Sherlock Steve — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:30:27 +0000

Amy,
Nice guidelines! DeafRead editors could have used them ages ago to control Ridor (Ricky Taylor) when he was WAY out of control on DeafRead. He was too hot and very confrontational. He gets upset when someone blogs something about him and resorts to bully / legal tatics to get that person to back down. He always wants to be right as he is. (put that under unfair tatics too!).

Since Ridor’s departure for deafvillage and his own personal blog space, DeafRead has matured and grown in some ways. We’re still fighting in the deaf blogsphere, but there is a day we’ll come together and come up with some agreement to work as one community again. That is my hope and dream.

By: deb ann

deb ann — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:22:23 +0000

Well-said, I’m so impressed! Each one needs to be respected as well.

By: Anne Marie

Anne Marie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:13:46 +0000

One thing I have been wrestling lately..trying to be like Gandhi, MLK, etc while oppressions from top to down is still very much embedded, I know it is not in my or others’ head. No. I really struggle with that.

I may be off the point here, I am pointing this out because what has been happening stems from this and it leaves me and others having to be cognizant of all this before saying something. Sometimes it slips. (shrug shoulders)

By: Tami

Tami — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:01:18 +0000

Amy
Thank you for this post. I wish that comment
#1 would have been moderated as it is an example
of what you are asking people to steer away from. The
comment had no relevance to your message and
takes away from the beauty of your post.

Usually people who are passionate about an
issue, are actively involved in an organization
that advocates on that issue. Typically those
people have experience and expertise in that
area. Therefore, I personally am careful to
weigh my comments on issues where I have
had no experience or knowledge of the issue

There are some really good, active, and well versed
people working hard to bring awareness to bilingual/ASL
and English, discrimination and prejudices of
audism, Deafhood and analysis of identity issues,
civil and human rights, etc. They all have websites
to learn more about what they are doing. I try to visit
organizations’s websites when I really don’t have enough
knowledge of the issues. This has helped me so I don’t
jump into making comments without the background to back
them up.

I am typing this on my iPhone so forgive my
typos.

Bottom line, opinions are great…keeps the world
going round. But negative blogs and comments that
attack people are what takes us 100 steps backward

So again thank you for the reminder to show respect.

By: Dianrez

Dianrez — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:40:29 +0000

Excellent guidelines! I wish everyone would read this before each time they post a blog or response!

By: Karen Mayes

Karen Mayes — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:23:17 +0000

Hey, hey, WG!

Women do smoke cigars… remember the actress Demi Moore smoking cigars a few years ago? ;o)

By: White Ghost

White Ghost — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:50:36 +0000

Well said.

I’m waiting for Russell E. to give me a cigar!

Nothing wrong with a cigar *if* I were a woman.

By: Karen Mayes

Karen Mayes — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:31:06 +0000

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You said it very well.