You are now putting words in my mouth. I said the quoted text was stupid. The stupid part was the statement, that framing deafness as a problem to solve is somehow hurtful and wrong.
Since you are very eager to police what I can or cannot do, let me return the favor: you can stop projecting beliefs you are angry about on other people and you can stop fighting those people over those projected beliefs.
No, you didn’t say the quoted text was stupid. If you feel you have been misunderstood try reading your own words and figuring out why you don’t even like them yourself.
You didn't quote anything. It's right there to reference:
What is particularly striking to me is bundling of two factors here:
- Loss of hearing
- Identity built around loss of hearing
To me these two are distinct. I don't value people based on their disabilities or lack there of. So for me the ability to fix a body's physical deficiency is always a good thing. It makes life better for the person inside the body. These arguments, that I called stupid,
Since you are very eager to police what I can or cannot do, let me return the favor: you can stop projecting beliefs you are angry about on other people and you can stop fighting those people over those projected beliefs.