Editoral Cartoons in Wake of Deaf Sex Abuse Scandals

There are numerous "specific" references in editoral cartoons to the Catholic Church's latest sex abuse scandals against 200 deaf boys at several parochial schools for the deaf across America -

The Scranton Times Tribute local newspaper of Scranton, Pennsylvania (PA) published John Cole's cartoon in regard to the recent sex abuse scandals and church's dismissive attitudes toward deaf sex abuse victims - http://blogs.thetimes-tribune.com/johncole/?p=1205

We ought to question whether this enclosed cartoon (above) to be approriate or fair to the deaf sex abuse victims or not. Is the cartoonist, John Cole being rational or a bit mockery of deaf sex abuse victims? You, the readers decide!

No questions about the Scranton Times Tribute newspaper being very familar with deaf people due to the fact about the Scranton School for the Deaf located in very same city. Is the newspaper treat deaf people fairly?

Other editoral cartoons had field days with the Catholic Church's latest sex abuse scandal blow-ups -http://www.cagle.com/news/PedophilePriests/main.asp

ASLize yours,

Robert L. Mason (RLM)

RLMDeaf blog

FLASH NEWS!! LARRY KING LIVE INTERVIEW WITH 3 DEAF FORMER SEXUAL VICTIMS

There will be the Larry King Live interview with three deaf former sexual victims and OPEN QUESTIONS FROM you, deaf viewers on CNN broadcasting.

TONIGHT, MARCH 30th AT 9PM (EASTERN TIME STANDARD) , 8PM (CENTRAL ZONE)!

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/

Show our solidarity for our deaf sexual victims tonight on CNN!

Many thanks to Karen Kingrey, the proud graduate of the WV School for the Deaf for submitting the info on her Facebook "Wall to Wall" posting.

ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason

Marlee Matlin Said Publicly "Grateful for Being Deaf"

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20355491,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29

ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog

'Miracle Worker" Broadway Play FLOPS!!!

Remmy Barb DiGi's past vlog postings about her eyewitness of the "Miracle Worker" Broadway play audition for the Helen Keller role. DiGi was very shocked to learn that the producers of "Miracle Worker" play CHOSE the hearing girl to play Helen Keller, not any top-notch and capable young deaf actresses. SEE THAT????? Karma is BITCH!

Here is the link to the recent breaking news - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/28/abigail-breslins-miracle-_n_516554.html

ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog

Count Yourself Deaf and ASL for the Census Day, April 1st

The first of April 2010 is the official U.S. Census Day (Thursday, April 1st) across the United States.

Let's count ourselves as DEAF and our primary language usage, the American Sign Language (ASL) publicly on the U.S. Census Day (April 1st). That is NOT the April's Fool Day stunt!

We could simply wear the message on our shirt and front yard sign and white poster inside your car and apartment window - "Hey, PLEASE COUNT ME IN FOR THE U.S. CENSUS 2010 AS A PROUD DEAF PERSON AND AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) USER!"

Karen Kingrey, a deaf activist and retiree living in the state of Texas. She had a good talk with her elected representative what Karen could do to identify herself as a proud deaf person and her language usage.

Here is her Facebook posted message with the permission granted -

Deaf FB members, I spoke with US Census rep. on phone. They will send us the short forms. They random to send the long forms. If you receive a short form from 2010 US Census, you can put DEAF on "other" on short form. We can push our Congress to write a new law about adding DEAF on the short form with the questions for... 2020 US Census. We do need Deaf to be counted for the future grants.

Please ask your Children of Deaf Adults (CODA) , Kids with Deaf Adults (KODA), hearing relatives and friends and neighbors and former hearing schoolmates and whoever use ASL partially and occasionally and frequently to identify themselves as the ASL users themselves on April 1st. THAT IS REAL IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY TO SHOW OUR SOLIDARITY as DEAF PERSON AND ASL USER!

Go to the local media and launch the impromptu protest in front of the television station and newspaper office and any media outlets to declare yourself as a deaf person and ASL user which our federal government never formally declare our own existence as a cultural and linguistic minority and protection of minority language from any kind of societal oppression.

Wear your "I'm Deaf and ASL User" shirt to your workplace, shopping and wherever you go!

ASLize yours,

Robert L. Mason (RLM)

RLMDEAF blog

In One Week, Forces Within Turn of Events Before Our Deaf Eyes

Many of us, Deaf America witnessed riveting forces in turn of events with the celebrity's deaf newborn son and unimaginable sex abuses against 200 deaf boys at the deaf school in just less than one week (March 21-27th 2010). Our reactions varied within the following events lately.

More than hundreds pluses of deaf people made the history of being involved in the public participation via comments regarding the celebrity's newborn deaf child. Deaf people finally could influence the public opinion in very direct way without any media filters and distortion what Joe and Barrett McIntyre ought to do for their newborn deaf son with 180 comments on People.com - http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/03/26/joey-mcintyre-introduces-son-rhys-edward-and-opens-up-about-his-severe-hearing-loss/

The revelations of deep secrets against 200 deaf boys out in the open which led to the gutsy calls for the resignation of Pope Benedict around the entire world for his questionable handling of internal church affairs in concerns of "too many" sexual abuses within the Catholic churches and schools.

We finally get the whole world to see the real existence of audism affecting the lives of deaf people everywhere by the unseen forces. We know about audism pretty long before the society at large seen the extent of it.

We still see the troubling pattern of audism within posted comments by audiologists and pro-cochlear implant (CI) supporters and defenders on People.com web page with the high-spirited article on Pop Singer Joe and his wife's deaf newborn son, Rhys. Audiologists and pro-CI defenders surely refuse to quit their lucrative and greedy and selfish agendas of their own to instill the forced CI surgery on deaf babies and youngsters without the consents of involved deaf children.

Luckily, many of us, deaf people keeping fight for the best interest of deaf children everywhere with the solid foundation of language and intellectual development and ASL-centered education with Joe and Barrett McIntyre's deaf son, Rhys.

We, the Deaf America aren't quite surprised about the common attitudes within audism by the hearing people on the matter of "could be avoidable" sexual abuses against 200 deaf boys at the St. John School for the Deaf, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (WI) spanned more than fifty years (1950 til present include dismissive and prejudiced attitudes).

Sadly, the Vatican and Catholic Church chose to see deaf people as some kind of disposable and expendable human beings below the worthiness of humanity in the form of audism.

One of the anonymous commentator left hir own comment on another blog posting of mine about ONLY ONE DEAF PRIEST ORDINATED, Father Thomas Coughlin in the entire North America with the once largest body of religious followers around the world -http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14275a.htm. Father Thomas Coughlin often faced the problems of audism with the Catholic Church hierarchy regarding his pastorship and recruitment of new deaf priests in footsteps of Coughlin. He once quoted ""We are not the problem. We are the solution!" http://www.angelfire.com/blues/tissa/cardinal.html

Unknowingly how many number of ordinated deaf priests over centuries. The poor-kept records by the Catholic Church on numbers of deaf nuns except Teresa de Cartagena as philosopher and writer in the 1400s.

Ironically, the very first documented records of formal schooling of deaf youngsters were done at the Catholic church in Spain - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n
It led to the creation of formal education of the deaf in other countries like France and England and America.

Both historically-based "The Devils" film and "The Godfathers" comic book are the sure things for endless bashing of the Catholic Church after the news reports of sex abuses against 200 deaf boys and unreported incidents among deaf victims -

http://www.answers.com/topic/the-devils-film

http://www.catholicleague.org/rer.php?topic=Miscellaneous&id=135

http://www.chick.com/catalog/comics/0114.asp

http://www.chick.com/reading/comics/0114/0114_allinone.asp

ASLize yours,

Robert L. Mason (RLM)

RLMDEAF blog

Another NTY Article Imply Audism Within the Vatican

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/us/27wisconsin.html

The Vatican chose to keep Father Murphy cuz he was a successful fundraiser for the Church. It chose to ignore the pleas from deaf victims for years. Murphy was a school prinpical himself.

ASLize yours,
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
RLMDEAF blog