Integrity? Ethics? HA!

Barry Sewell and his followers talk repeatedly about the need for integrity. Well, remember how Karen Mayes said that she saw something about letters being sent to DE's and Barb DiGi's bosses on DBCFacts.com, but that info disappeared within a few hours? She was telling the truth.

A friend sent me this e-mail that contained what was posted on DBCFacts.com Tuesday morning:

Breaking News

Letters are being submitted to California School for the Deaf and California Department of Education regarding CSD's Principal who made inappropriate comments in a meeting held by DBC core group. The comment clearly showed disrespect for cochlear implant community, especially deaf children who uses cochlear implants and hearing parents who choose to use it on their deaf children. The group of concerned citizens felt it was highly inappropriate for this CSD staff to use violent language such as 'strangle them' with a scarf and felt it offered warning signs.

Letters are being submitted to Rochester School for the Deaf and New York State Education Department regarding one of their staff who publicly announced views against cochlear implants and oralism.

Letters are being submitted to California Association of the Deaf and National Association of the Deaf regarding ethics and conflict of interest involving an individual who serves on the board of CAD, operates DBC and owns Deafhood Foundation. This individual serves on CAD Board and makes a profit through CAD's support for DBC in order to promote her Deafhood Foundation.

DBCfacts.com is working diligently to secure copies of these letters and hopefully they will be available. When and if it happens we will post them here as soon as they become available.

THEN this is what is on DBCFacts.com as of now:

Reports were made to U.S. Dept. of Ed., CA School for the Deaf, CA Dept. of Ed, Rochester School for the Deaf, NY State Dept. of Ed, CA Assoc. of the Deaf and National Assoc. of the Deaf regarding concerns for depredatory comments made by DBC core group, some of whom works for these agencies.

Wow. You people really went that far??? Congratulations. It's a witch hunt. Don't you realize this could have horrible repercussions for both schools? This isn't just about individuals, it is about all the employees and children. You may have just handed the states of California and New York the chain to pull the plug on schools in those states. This could be the end of state schools for the deaf. Many students could be without a good school and many fine teachers, administrators, and other staff members could be out of a job. 

*Note: Comments closed again.

*Note 2: Find Karen Mayes' comments here: (Thank you, Karen) 

http://blog.deafread.com/pote/2008/07/14/im-outta-here-adios-and-be-well/

Thank You, Crabs!

I'm in shock. Patti Durr has left DeafRead. A kind, gentle, and reasonable person that never left her principles has decided to stop blogging because of all the hate in the Deaf Blogosphere.

The rhetoric has grown more and more heated and angry. People like Dan are screeching at the top of his lung about DEAFHOOD CULTS. (Dan: a cult is not a person. It is a group/organization/society. You may be trying to say cult member, maybe? It doesn't matter. Your anger- and hate-filled rhetoric does no favors to anyone, least of all yourself.) 

DrDonG tried to tell us all to STOP THE INSANITY yesterday. People who don't like him jumped all over him, saying mean and awful things. Observer said: "People, you're bashing someone for saying, 'Let's discuss this without name-calling, insulting, or being mean to each other.' I'm confused. Are you saying you WANT to be mean?" Very good question. 

Candy called the people she didn't like assholes then when someone said something about that, she said something like "They started it." Other people in the group are doing the same thing, saying, "They did it first so we can do it too." So what? That doesn't make it okay. Paotie, Dan, Candy, and other members of a small group are insulting others, putting other people down, and criticizing people. They don't care about really talking about this and listening to other people. They just want to force their opinion on everyone and hurt people. 

There are some commenters who don't like DBC and Deafhood, but they are being much more polite. MishkaZena is saying she doesn't like what she thinks is happening inside DBC, but she stays with the issues and criticizes actions, not people. That's the healthy way to give feedback. Focus on what actions you think are wrong and offer suggestions for improvement. There is no reason to tell people to go fuck themselves, insult them, or BS like that. Give them constructive feedback and discuss actions, not insult people.

I am not going to call individuals names, but I will say something to the people who started this whole thing against DBC and who are fanning the flames: Congratulations. You're damaging DBC, the Deaf community, the Deaf Blogosphere, and DeafRead. Your actions have done so much damage, it is far worse than anything I've ever seen. 

*Note: Comments closed. It's not safe to let people comment on your blogs lately. There are many other blogs where both reasonable people and destructive people can say what they think.