"Deaf Children are Victims and Abused by Parents"
"Leaders: Beware of Assumptions" I decided to redo vlog this morning.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Aidan: Beware of Assumptions
"Deaf Children are Victims and Abused by Parents"
"Leaders: Beware of Assumptions" I decided to redo vlog this morning.
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Yeah, I noticed that. I left a comment, addressed to the leader, but I see you decided not to approve it.
The job of the leader is to acknowledge people's voice without belitting them, even if one disagrees with them.
You are doing just good.
Brave of you! You apologized!
You deserve respect! But your argument on THEIR assumptions STILL stand, don't apologize for that. It is fair and true.
I'm really impressed with your vlog.
-Ben
Karen: I was focused on making vlogs this morning. Thats why I hadn't publish your comment until now. :)
Ben: My argument about the assumptions still stand. I apologized for the part that I assumed Barb would labeled my father as abusive or no good because he didn't sign.
Don't we all...to varying degrees.
That was very big of you to apologize.
It is not that I dislike those leaders, not at all. Just offering my perspective and interpretations of what I saw.
In my opinion, Barb is one leader who is willing to listen to different views and those with different backgrounds and different communication backgrounds. And I have seen her demonstrating respect towards those people.
That's why I was surprised to see her reaction and thus my reaction.
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I really like how Barb approaches people and to follow up and start a dialogue if there is something wrong. She is a rare kind. Most people would just fume inside and avoid the wronged person. I'm glad Barb took the time to talk to you and that all is well.
I breathed a sigh of relief! For a minute, I thought you were converted and joined the anti-Deafhood/pro-CI group. It is easy to make assumptions. It takes guts to apologize. Thank you.
JD
Hi Aidan,
Thank you for taking the time to clarify about your standings and your apology. I understand where you are coming from, really. It is humble of you to do this.
Being on the rally stand may bring out the emotions of me and I can't describe it. It was my first experience doing such thing and you can say I learned a lot from it. Choice of word vs. body language and expressions is what I found out that most people really pay attention to making it easy for my presentation to be misinterpreted.
IamMine: Thank you for your vote in confidence in me. I am human and make mistakes but that doesn't mean I will not improve. It is a learning experience for me and I will continue to do my best to engage in healthy dialogue.
Ben, you made assumptions about me but that's ok, I don't expect your apology. I have seen your vlog and thank you for sharing your concerns.
One thing for sure that we all have in common is that we all care about Deaf babies and children. I look forward to work together on this.
Barb: Totally agree! :)
Yes it is quite different at a rally and I can understand that because of the concert experiences I've been to - "You had to be there to understand" type of thing. It is very easy to flow with the emotions of the crowd and then feeding off from there.
To the outsiders of any sort, they raise their eyebrows. All they care is what they saw - how and what the leaders are saying. The crowd does not really much pay attention because they were into it.
As a leader, that is a huge task and I thank you for taking our inputs and perspectives!
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