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re: Trump admin fights to bar ASL interpreters from press briefings. Says it hurts his image.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 6:51 pm to CapnKangaroo
Posted on 12/14/25 at 6:51 pm to CapnKangaroo
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Honestly, who gives a frick?
deaf people?
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Posted on 12/14/25 at 6:55 pm to beaux duke
quote:pretty small demographic. Not worth making any noise over honestly
deaf people?
Posted on 12/14/25 at 6:56 pm to CapnKangaroo
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Not worth making any noise over honestly
i'll keep quiet about it
Posted on 12/14/25 at 7:34 pm to LSUTANGERINE
I dunno about the whole "hurts image" thing but they should've been done away with a decade ago. We don't need to have someone who looks like they are having a seizure just to satisfy a tiny tiny number of people who can also get a decent enough message with closed captioning. At this point, its just virtue signaling to have them up there.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 7:49 pm to VOR
Good little comrade
Posted on 12/14/25 at 7:52 pm to DawgCountry
if they can read ASL, why can't they read closed captioning .
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:07 pm to SallysHuman
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Anywho- most of us have likely seen stories of highly unqualified translators used in government messaging.
I know it shouldn’t be a laughing matter, but these stories always crack me up:
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Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:08 pm to Toomer Deplorable
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I know it shouldn’t be a laughing matter, but these stories always crack me up:
It is tragically hilarious.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:10 pm to Trevaylin
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if they can read ASL, why can't they read closed captioning .
I have **always** wondered that. If you can see one, you can see the other.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:25 pm to SallysHuman
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It is tragically hilarious.
I know it is deeply wrong but since the legitimate gestures already are so animated, it often looks like a parody as it is.
That woman from Tampa was especially memorable.
An actual ASL speaker watching the press conference said she knew something was amiss when the imposter started doing exaggerated warm up exercises with her fingers that the ASL speaker had never seen before:
This post was edited on 12/14/25 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:27 pm to Toomer Deplorable
Wasn't this one, or another Florida one, especially egregious as there was bad weather brewing?
I'll take CC, thank you.
I'll take CC, thank you.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:28 pm to SallysHuman
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If you can see one, you can see the other.
virtue signaling and no wants to be the person who suggests they don't need to be up there.
"why do you hate deaf people?" "shouldn't deaf people have the same basic rights as non-deafs?" "why do you want deaf people to die"?
Which, btw, I am expecting to see CNN, CBS, ABC, ect to all interview deaf people who are on the verge of tears because orange man bad.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:31 pm to Turnblad85
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Which, btw, I am expecting to see CNN, CBS, ABC, ect to all interview deaf people who are on the verge of tears because orange man bad.
I would watch it.
Then we'd need a reverse translator.. it'd be fun!
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:35 pm to SallysHuman
yeah immediately after I wrote that I was wondering how that interview would work.
I'm sure they'll have someone on talking about Trump's "constant attacks" on the disabled.
I'm sure they'll have someone on talking about Trump's "constant attacks" on the disabled.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 8:45 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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They are close captioned. The argument is that there can be inaccuracies and delays in closed captioning. I think we’ve all seen those.
Some deaf people are also good at reading lips.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 9:12 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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The argument is that there can be inaccuracies and delays in closed captioning.
A couple of years ago, there was a rash of signers that got prestigious gigs, and they turned out to be unvetted, total frauds.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 9:15 pm to VOR
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he'd like t eliminate all press other than the sycophants...
That’s why he takes questions from the press nearly every other day. If he wanted, he could disappear for months at a time like Sleepy Joe.
Posted on 12/14/25 at 9:15 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Could ASL interpreters even handle a Joe Biden speech?
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