Word: deaf
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...daring debate, in opposing separate culture for the deaf, upheld "extreme social Darwinism" as his core value...
...Deaf people are a threat to American society," he said. "We must eliminate the deaf. They slow down the p[process of evolution...
Competitors in the Lincoln-Douglas category debated the resolution that American society is well served by the maintenance of a separate culture for the deaf. Lincoln-Douglas, also known as "value" debate, stresses principles such as justice and equal opportunity...
Members of the Debate Council, who have hosted the event since 1974, selected the above resolution. They said concerns that deaf activists would protest the topic proved unfounded...
...Three or four deaf people showed up on Sunday to listen with interpreters, but there were no activists and no demonstrations," said Harvard debate coach Dallas Perkins...