Tea & Theatre: (Deaf relevant) Why I will never be flying United or flying into/out of Louisville ever again.

brain-confetti:

wookiee71:

Airlines everywehere should dry up and fizzle away. This one first. Down with United!

teaandtheatre:

(TW for audism out the ass)

As we were leaving the NAD convention in Louisville, Kentucky, I had on the following shirt I got at the convention:

It was a very public week-long event downtown, make no bones about it. As such, the shirt very clearly identified me as deaf.

Unfortunately this is not a rare story. 

I’ve seen this sort of idiocy first-hand, and every time yet another asshole somehow equates my brother being hearing impaired with my brother (or any other deaf person) being mentally retarded, I want to punch a hole in the wall. It’s not handicap-porn, it’s me being a defensive big sister.

This guy has asked for less attention because of the weird masturbatory way people on the internet take up causes, and I can see his point. But if you’ve never actually known a deaf person, you should read this, as this is just a fraction of the stupidity they have to deal with their whole lives.

Source: ihavenoidea28

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