NASHVILLE, Tenn, (WKRN) — New legislation passed by the House Health Subcommittee aims to use more inclusive language in the state of Tennessee.
State Representative Darren Jernigan introduced House Bill 1670, which calls for Tennessee to replace the term “deaf and dumb” with “deaf or hard of hearing” in the Tennessee Code Annotated, which outlines vocabulary used in state laws.
Lawmaker wants ‘deaf and dumb’ removed from TN code (wkrn.com)
I believe the use of the word “dumb” should be applicable only to politicians and in combination with the word “motherfu**er” immediately after it.
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Right on!!
I suppose this politician doesn’t know that the proposal completely changes the meaning, because “dumb” is not a synonym of “hard of hearing”.
I believe the word they are looking for is “Mute”.
We live in the world of the ignoramus.
Disagree. I view the world as full of “ignoranuses’.
Ya know, dumbasses.
And the ignoranus. That being: both stupid, AND an asshole.
You and techie beat me to it.
Yeah, “deaf and dumb” doesn’t mean what he thinks it means.
Don’t be so charitable to assume they were being well intentioned. I mean, Heinlein’s Razor says one should never mistake for villain that which can be adequately explained by stupidity… But, well, you all know they’d never give us the benefit of the doubt in a similar situation.
So, obviously, we must treat this as a blatant ableist attack on the mute community. Probably fueled by white supremacy.
Amazing how ignorant our Elites are.
What does Dumb mean? Dumb is the Old English word that means “mute, speechless,” and itself came from an even older word dheubh meaning “confusion, stupefaction, dizziness.” Today, dumb still means “unable to speak,” but it doesn’t have anything to do with intelligence.
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/dumb
In libtardian world, it’s meaning is “unable to speak intelligently”.
For everyone pointing out that Dumb is a synonym for Mute, not Hard of Hearing: Jernigan is not ignorant here.
Jernigan is in a wheelchair as a result of a traffic accident when he was in college. He has used his “differently abled” status to shield himself from criticism on certain things and also presents himself as a champion of those with disabilities.
Additionally, he holds a degree in international health, has worked for the VA, and works closely with the state medical association to get their bills passed.
There is no possible way he doesn’t know that these two things are different.
So the question really is “why is he replacing mute with hard of hearing?”
Mental masturbation.
No one posted he’s ignorant, I understand he is f-ing stupid and has an over edumated peabrain.
Edumacated
Okay, I couldn’t let it go.
So it turns out that the phrase “deaf and dumb” only appears three times in the Tennessee Code. Each instance is in reference to witness statements for criminal proceedings.
In context, this actually makes less sense. He should just strike the words “and dumb” instead.
https://advance.lexis.com/container/?pdmfid=1000516&crid=5d27600c-da6d-424f-b6c9-eb7a2395a19b&pdtocsearchterm=dumb&pdtocsearchoption=docsonly&pdsearchterms=&pdtypeofsearch=TOCSearchDoc&pdfilterstring=MTA5MTIwMA&pdsearchdisplaytext=TN+-+Tennessee+Code+Annotated&pdcontextvalue=statutes-legislation&pdtocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Ftableofcontents%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A8001-XKW0-Y907-33PJ-00008-00&pdbcts=1643833328909&config=0151JAAwMDE1NjllYS02MjE1LTQyYjYtOWU4YS0xOTEwNDg1NzgyOTQKAFBvZENhdGFsb2dnw6sFEQKF0E34FcRC39gu&ecomp=_g1_kkk&prid=c65857e1-8a06-4e87-b032-4a453f75838b
@pkoning: What I came on to say. Thanks.
There is also a difference between deaf and hearing impaired, too.