Still looking for clarification. . .

I can't help it. I'm still confused. Why? Here's how I see it.


A DeafRead blogger was kicked off DeafRead because she violated a guideline.
Which part of the guideline did she violate?

A highlighted link takes us here: http://blog.sponsoredreviews.com/?p=40 to a site that is NOT EVEN CONNECTED TO DEAFREAD OR POSTED IN THE DEAFREAD GUIDELINES

"6. Disclose professional relationships: if you work for a company or institution disclose it on the “About” page. Explicitly declare that the views expressed on the blog are yours and not the ones from your employer (unless you are blogging for that employer, obviously)."


The blogger was kicked off DeafRead because she supposedly violated this non-existent "guideline" that isn't printed anywhere in DeafRead.

AND in fact-- she didn't actually violate the non-existent guideline at all. Because?? She is not employed. She is a student. She blogs voluntarily for a cause, not for a particular company, and not for money.

Why should she have divulged "professional" connections that didn't exist?? But wait. . . She WAS upfront about the purpose of her blog all along. No one can say she didn't divulge her "connections." Anyone who read her blog knew what they were.

Anyway she didn't have to formally say anything about it, since the above blurb wasn't printed anywhere in the DeafRead guidelines. Right? Wrong!

Nevermind-- not important. Moving on.

Let's look at what it really says in the guidelines.

"6) Commerical Sites
We do not link to commerical sites for the purpose of generating profit, other than our own (we have expenses to cover!). "

Hmmmm. . . So that means commercial sites that exist for the purpose of generating profit are not allowed.

Oh, but wait. Her blog site doesn't generate any profit. It's not a commercial site. It's a personal blog that doesn't have any ads or sell anything, except a book in which all proceeds go to a non-profit organization. All expenses come right out of the blogger's own pocket. Commercial??

Here's a commercial blog that hasn't been kicked off DeafRead--
http://www.i711.com/my711.php?tab=2&article=245

Here's another--
http://www.joeybaer.com/

And another--
http://www.ascdeaf.com/blog/


I'm sure there are at least a dozen more. Why haven't THESE sites been taken down??

Oh well, we've been told, it's OK to blog commercially for profit. In fact it's OK to put ads all over your blog. A person has to make a living, right? The only time it's not OK is if you volunteer to blog as part of a support network for the deaf, then fail to disclose that you're blogging professionally when you actually aren't, since you don't make any money. That's NOT OK!!! Never, ever do that. Never!! Or you will be kicked off!!

And also-- DeafRead can kick off any blogger at any time for failing to adhere to rules that don't exist in DeafRead. deaf people are expected to read ALL rules everywhere ALL over the blogosphere and adhere to every single one. If not, you get the boot. This is called kicking off slimy, shameless, deaf pigs.

And by the way, it's TOTALLY OK to call deaf people names.

Guideline number 8 doesn't apply to Deaf people when calling deaf people names. It ONLY applies when deaf people call Deaf people names. Here it is in full. Familiarize yourself.

"8) Name Calling and Discrimination
DeafRead is enjoyed by all kinds of people worldwide ranging from children to senior citizens. It is also safe to assume that people from all races enjoy DeafRead. We will not post anything that is an attack on a specific race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orienation, age or religion. This offense is serious and the offending blog will be promptly considered for removal from DeafRead's subscription."

So there you have it! Name-calling is a serious infraction only if you're deaf.

You see, it is a great privilege to belong to DeafRead if you are only deaf, not Deaf. Deaf people RULE. They have been more than fair in "allowing" deaf people to post their blogs in DeafRead. deaf people have no business complaining if they get kicked off or aren't accommodated. It is extremely hard to accommodate deaf people since many of them talk, and might have once been hearing people. Hearing people are slime. Long, long ago some of them made Deaf people try to act like seals. That was very bad and all of them are shameless pigs in disguise.

I hear you loud and clear DeafRead editors.