[Blindtlk] Adjustment to Blindness Training, NFB Centers or Not?

[David Andrews]

Since you are a self-appointed critic of the NFB, you are hardly an 
authority on what we think, do or believe in!

David Andrews

At 12:25 AM 3/23/2013, you wrote:
>Mike and all,
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>     I can tell you that I tolerate the NFB propaganda cause I don't
>truly believe that lots of NFB people truly believe in what they are
>told by the NFB. I also think resources aren't geared for only
>specific groups nor should information be contained for any given
>audience but for everyone. The ingreat thing with the internet is that
>it gives mroe freedom, so by that logic that self-empowerment is the
>goal not control. Ultimately trying to control others is vain and
>short-sighted cause you will ingender the opposite of what you
>intented like the prohibition on gay marriage causes a taboo that
>facilitates  more homosexuality in my view.
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>     Secondly, I also believe like a below poster that insulation
>doesn't facilitate criticial thinking on any group not even the NFB.
>My idea on life is to be open minded with a self-critical eye on the
>details and facts not on anecdotes like the former poster as well. I
>can't explain how I feel or think to anybody just can expose you to
>other ways of thinking for yourself. I believe NFB doesn't allow for
>independent thought or room for disagreement just in conformity like
>recommended cane sizes, autonomous strategies or artificially feeling
>that your like the sighted that are not universal facts onto
>hemselves. Your entitled to the opinions not the facts cause that is
>how I view the world. Truly and sincerely the best thing humans can do
>is appreciate and  acknowledge differences as neither positive or
>negative just different that is it. This is my philosophy and how I
>live my life cause I believe in Freedom with certain restrictions that
>are commonsense.
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