[MatthewS]

Originally Posted by smudgie

He shows that being deaf does not make you stupid, and that ignorant people DO think this.
Dexter is a prime example, he really thought he could twist stuff Sam had said, Sam remembered exactly what he said, yet the fully hearing Dexter supposedly misheard what Sam said.

Come on man, you're implying that Dexter believes Sam is stupid because he's deaf, and has decided that he's going to exploit that for his advantage.

All of this because Dexter paraphrased Sam's comments as "Don't talk to me because Callums left", instead of "Don't feel you need to talk to me because Callums left", or something like that. They're essentially the same thing, the schematics are just slightly different. You're trying to turn this into Dexter taking advantage of Sam because he's deaf and therefore, Dexter must think he's stupid. That's a GIGANTIC reach...