American sign language.
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You can do it that way as well, but remember it's more of a gesture than an actual sign in sign language.
For me personally, I have no issues with you as well as anyone else doing this but I don't represent the deaf community and the deaf community may have an issue as they always have an issue with "made-up" signs. They're a finicky bunch lol.
So, let them be offended, they are very good at stopping us from making any sort of hand sign, yet they can flash the devil horn sign whenever they want. It is so simple if you don't like it don't do it, do your own thing. No one totally represents the deaf community, they are all different, just like the rest of us with whatever problems. Many impaired people enjoy spending time with children, because if they are curious, they ask what happened instead of just staring or acting like they are not impaired. The way society has been indoctrinated to try to ignore or deny an impairment makes helping them a bad thing.
I held the door open fo a guy with a walker, and some idiot screeches at me "he can do it himself". I told her it didn't hurt me one bit to be nice and make someone else's day just a little easier. This was in a busy little store full of migrant and other farm workers, and she stuck out like a sore thumb. Most everyone had a chuckle and shook their heads when she stomped out.
Lol yeah I would just say fuck them if they're offended, but I was just simply setting that warning out there in case anyone trying to do it differently, would get an earful (no pun intended) from the deaf community for doing it differently. Even I, as a deaf person, get corrected on some of my signs and I'd go, "Who fucking cares? You understand what I said? Good!" but then they'd be yelling at me and nagging me til I correct it but I just walk away.
You're right on the indoctrination part, the deaf community has been conditioned to the point where they actually believes the Democrats are helping them and I'd say 95% of the community is pro-Dem. I said this in another comment to someone, but it's just that they were led to always listen and believe people of higher authority (i.e. their parents, teachers and mentors and yes that also includes the government) so if you tried to tell them something different from their conditioning, they'd argue or ignore you.
Not only are they deaf, but they're also blind.
As far as politeness goes, just keep on doing what you've been doing but yeah that's a very, very tricky area to understand what you need and need not to do. But fuck that, just do what you think is best and if you get yelled at, they're just jealous that you're politer than they are.
ThanQ, Deaf_MAGA_Pede! I can’t say I don’t blame them! Cheers!