That commentor was one of the “deaf culturists” who feel threatened that cochlear implants will cause the deafie ASL-based subculture to die out.
There’s been some documentaries made about the issue. The deaf-since-birth people consider themselves the cream of the deaf world and fear they’ll all die out if cochlear implants keep improving.
Perhaps you recall the grotesque strong-arming tactics they used in 2007 over the succession struggle at Galludet U. Steve Hayes of the Weekly Standard wrote a great piece at the time.
Thanks for that, I was trying to recall where it was they made a fuss about the president or dean of a university somewhere who could hear.