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0 pointsstahtops1y ago0 comments

Let me help explain, some left handed people can hear and are not deaf. Objectively that is how deafness is not the same as being left-handed.

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alexey-salmin1y ago

Well thank you, but the question is why one needs "fixing" and the other doesn't. Parent comment made an argument that being gay is like being left-handed so it doesn't need "fixing". That's fine with me, but I don't see how the same logic doesn't apply to deafness.

Many deaf people enjoy their life as it is and don't welcome your attempts to "fix" them.

stahtopsOP1y ago

I didn’t attempt to “fix” anyone. Everyone has to do that themselves.

What about the deaf people that don’t enjoy their life as it is and do welcome the opportunity to hear?

alexey-salmin1y ago

> What about the deaf people that don’t enjoy their life as it is and do welcome the opportunity to hear?

I would be happy if they had such an opportunity.

The question, once again, was different: should the hereditary deafness be eradicated in childhood by gene therapy once advances of medicine allow that?

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alexey-salmin1y ago

Many deaf people enjoy their life as it is and don't welcome your attempts to "fix" them.

stahtopsOP1y ago

I didn’t attempt to “fix” anyone. Everyone has to do that themselves.

What about the deaf people that don’t enjoy their life as it is and do welcome the opportunity to hear?

alexey-salmin1y ago

> What about the deaf people that don’t enjoy their life as it is and do welcome the opportunity to hear?

I would be happy if they had such an opportunity.

The question, once again, was different: should the hereditary deafness be eradicated in childhood by gene therapy once advances of medicine allow that?

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