Oh come on, Hillary Clinton!

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I’m on Hillary Clinton’s mailing list and I get email from her and her supporters all the time.

Today I got an email from Rob Reiner saying he had answered Sen. Clinton’s call for volunteers by putting together a little movie.

I clicked the link to see the movie, but it was not captioned and I quickly clicked it away.

Sadly, from past experience, the lack of captions surprised me as much as the sun coming up this morning.

Without further ado, here is the email I promptly fired off to Clinton campaign headquarters:

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Dear Hillary ..

I am deaf, as are millions of other Americans. How are we supposed to understand your campaign videos when they are not closed captioned?

I think it is fascinating that many deaf bloggers have found a way to add captioning to their videos, but you with all your money and clout cannot seem to do the same thing.

Do I need to remind you that 1 out of 10 Americans has a hearing loss?

We have seen some remarkably close elections in recent years. In an evenly divided climate in which a handful of votes can swing an election either way, I think it is a big mistake on your part to ignore the deaf community … no, not “ignore” … ACTIVELY INSULT the deaf community by neglecting the simple and inexpensive task of adding captions to your videos.

I wrote to you on this topic months ago when you announced your candidacy in an uncaptioned video. I am extremely disappointed that this continues to be a problem.

Are you planning to be President of all Americans, or only those who can hear?

Tom Willard
Rochester, NY

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I am long past the point of being polite and respectful and groveling for a few crumbs. Closed-captioning has been around for more than 25 years, and I am incredibly sick and tired of being insulted and abused and ignored by the idiots and morons and nincompoops who put their stuff on TV without closed captions.

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