>It’s cruel and ridiculous to suggest all Deaf people should just learn to lip read. Yet you seem to think everyone is obligated to learn sign language... >Sp

>It’s cruel and ridiculous to suggest all Deaf people should just learn to lip read. Yet you seem to think everyone is obligated to learn sign language... >Spanish is easy enough to learn for your trip but ASL is too difficult to learn? Spanish is NOT "easy enough to learn"; perhaps some basic phrases for tourists, but certainly not fluency. It takes years to master a new language for most people, if ever. Spanish is relatively easier for English speakers than many other languages, such as Japanese, but it's not something you're going to become conversational in quickly unless you're gifted at language learning. The idea that people are somehow "cruel" and "narrow-minded" for not learning a particular language that isn't the dominant language in their region is the most ridiculous thing I've read all day, and that includes the comments from North Korea supporters here.