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Zeroing in on side issues and small details blurs the "big picture"

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Hi Everyone: Praise and hallelujah! .... Praise! praise! ...... (end sarcasm).... Sigh... Once we ask for donations, somehow someone wants to label us as being like religious fanatics... I find amazing that some Deaf people are unable to see the forest for the trees and they spend all their time debating little side issues rather than looking at the bigger picture. There are many organizations and movements which request donations to help with overhead expenses, including rent for the facility of the venue, expenses for flyers, honorariums for presenters, etc., including, for example, the Red Cross, the NAD, GLAD, Art and Video Foundation, Deaf Hope, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the IFC (Independent Film Center)--and also my future film project. Just because any or all of these groups asks for money, should that mean they should be automatically labeled as being like religious fanatics? Of course not. It is normal for groups hosting workshops to make a request for donations to pay for rent for the facility and overhead expenses. And the donation that was requested was not made at Ella's request. The hosts of the workshop were the ones who made the request. Sharing a helpful proverb is a very common thing to do for many people that were inspired by the presentations and to be shared with the rest of those in attendance. A proverb (according to Wolfgang Mieder) is a "phrase, saying, sentence, statement, or expression of the folk which contains above all wisdom, truth, morals, experience, lessons, and advice concerning life and which has been handed down from generation to generation." I find it awesome to read what Paddy Ladd wrote in his Deafhood book that so eloquently describes what is going on in the Deaf community. My question: Is it because the medical-audiology-education establishment has spent enormous amounts of time focusing or zeroing in on the ear, this perhaps explains why we adopted the habit of focusing on tiny details, rather than looking at the bigger picture? I wonder what would have happened had the establishment viewed us Deaf people as being whole human being since birth. Would we have instead adopted the practice of looking for and seeing the bigger picture?