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Sign language on every .gov press conference. WTF?
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:18 pm
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:18 pm
Am I the only one who is completely baffled by this? It’s like they’ve invented a whole new level of fake virtue from liberals that we now have to use a sign language interpreter on tv. They’re pretending to give a shite about deaf people by putting an interpreter on stage that nobody needs anyway.
These morons apparently forgot that we’ve had closed captioning for decades and deaf people are perfectly capable of reading. The interpreter thing is completely idiotic and annoying simply for the fact it’s completely useless.
These morons apparently forgot that we’ve had closed captioning for decades and deaf people are perfectly capable of reading. The interpreter thing is completely idiotic and annoying simply for the fact it’s completely useless.
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Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:25 pm to tes fou
Sir, this is a Taco Bell.
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:28 pm to tes fou
Closed captioning saves my deaf arse.
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:28 pm to Volvagia
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Sir, this is a Taco Bell.
I (actually) laughed out loud on your comment (even though it’s not new). It was placed perfectly.
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:29 pm to tes fou
Is it for people that are actually there?
Or maybe someone in politics needed a job for one of their buddies in exchange for a favor.
Or maybe someone in politics needed a job for one of their buddies in exchange for a favor.
This post was edited on 1/26/21 at 11:31 pm
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:30 pm to tes fou
Jam bands have done this. Creates an even cooler vibe knowing there’s more inclusion for someone not able to do basic things we take for granted.
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:34 pm to tes fou
This is a strange thing to be triggered by...
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:34 pm to tylercsbn9
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Is it for people that are actually there?
mainly yes... but it's also for deaf people that are watching on sets in public places, or even private residences, etc that may not have CC on...
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:35 pm to tes fou
Yeah frick the disabled!
Let’s get rid of Braille while we’re at it
Blind people can still hear
SMH
Let’s get rid of Braille while we’re at it
Blind people can still hear
SMH
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:35 pm to tes fou
You’re really complaining about someone signing for the dead?
I mean of all the bullshite...this I don’t have an issue with
I mean of all the bullshite...this I don’t have an issue with
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:36 pm to tes fou
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Am I the only one who is completely baffled by this?
considering this has been going on for YEARS and is not a recent phenomena, yeah, I'd say you are sailing that ship by yourself, captain
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:38 pm to Travis Scott
Wouldn't it just be easier for them to have the words on the screen? Speech to text is pretty accurate these days.
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:39 pm to tes fou
I think it looks cool
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:40 pm to tes fou
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? It’s like they’ve invented a whole new level of fake virtue from liberals that we now have to use a sign language interpreter on tv. They’re pretending to give a shite about deaf people by putting an interpreter on stage that nobody needs anyway.
This has been a thing for a while. When Jindal was governor and he would speak during prep for an incoming hurricane, he had a sign language dude. And it was hilarious to watch because Jindal spoke about 1000 mph. Sign language baw had to have had arthritis of the fingers when it was all done.
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:51 pm to tes fou
You get triggered by the strangest things...
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:54 pm to fr33manator
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You’re really complaining about someone signing for the dead?
You talking about all those absentee ballots for Biden?
Posted on 1/26/21 at 11:58 pm to tes fou
I still can’t get over those liberals and their virtue signaling handicapped parking spots. And don’t get me started on fricking wheelchairs. What nerve!
Posted on 1/27/21 at 12:01 am to tylercsbn9
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Is it for people that are actually there?
I highly doubt it - what news agency sends a deaf person to a press conference?
While I don’t think this is necessarily a form of virtue signaling, it does appear to have become the “it” thing to do. So it’s either pandering to someone, or it is being used to show some form of “monkey-see, monkey-do” legitimacy.
I also agree that it is wholly unnecessary and is just for show (CC worked just fine for many many years).
Posted on 1/27/21 at 12:03 am to tes fou
So "frick the deaf" is the hill you're gonna die on? 
Of all the things to be upset by, good Lord...
Of all the things to be upset by, good Lord...
Posted on 1/27/21 at 12:20 am to Chucktown_Badger
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Wouldn't it just be easier for them to have the words on the screen? Speech to text is pretty accurate these days.
But what about the deaf people who are also illiterate?
A deaf guy explained in this Washington Post article why cc is not the same:
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The move marks the first time a presidential administration will have regularly accessible news briefings using ASL, a step that was welcomed by the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.?
“I felt a sense of greater equality,” said Robert B. Weinstock, a spokesperson for Gallaudet University in Washington, where all instruction and campus life activities take place using ASL.?Weinstock, speaking through an interpreter, told The Washington Post that the deaf community is happy that the White House is making briefings accessible and that having an ASL interpreter makes watching the news more enjoyable.?
Traditional broadcasts of the news briefings often have closed captions, but Weinstock noted that captions and ASL aren’t equivalent access; closed captions can’t capture the full range of information — and they’re not always accurate.?“If a person’s not familiar with that name, then the person typing out captions or hearing the name might not type it out correctly,” Weinstock said.?“The ASL rendition of the spoken English is more faithful, and more conceptually accurate in many cases than the captions,” he added in a follow-up email.?Weinstock said that interpreters don’t convey just words, but also nonverbal cues like tone and mood which they relay with facial expressions and body language.
This post was edited on 1/27/21 at 12:26 am
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