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

[Mark Tardif]

I also think that to take stands as an organization on other issues would 
cause us to digress from our primary purpose, which has to do with doing 
what we can as a collective body to improve the chances of blind people to 
achieve total integration into society and be able to obtain, security, 
opportunity and equality with the sighted public around us.  That doesn't 
mean, of course, that we can't individually take stands regarding other 
issues and join other groups, for that matter, that promote these stands. 
For example, I might as well acknowledge here that I am also a liberal 
Democrat who has developed an interest in the fight over gun control.  I 
have called our congressional reps here in Maine about it.  However, I do 
not think it would be appropriate for me to talk about how I feel about the 
National Rifle Association on this list or stand up at a national or state 
convention and give a talk about my views on the NRA or gun control in 
general.  That is not in line with our primary purpose as an organization 
and Ithink we probably are more effective because we try to stick to our 
primary purpose.

Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: David Andrews
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 8:04 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Adjustment to Blindness Training, NFB Centers or 
Not?

Peter, you are making a generalization about ACB and NFB, and the
political leanings of NFB members.  Not being a member, I would say
there is no way for you to know this.  Here again you are
generalizing to the whole group from some of your individual meetings.

I am a member and I will say that we have members who are
conservative, members who are liberal, and people who are
moderates.  Is it balanced, or do we have more members who lean one
way or the other.  I don't know, but it is my feeling that we have
more members who are liberal or moderate, but who knows.

A large part of the reason that we don't take stands on non-blindness
issues is because we have a range of members and don't want to split
the organization over non-blindness-related issues.

Dave

At 06:39 PM 3/23/2013, you wrote:
>     I'm astonished cause the vast number of NFB members who I met are
>definitely conservative. The vast number of ACB members throughout the
>U.S are moderate to liberal democrats that is just my opinion. The
>whole moto of NFB has an affect that if one person who's blind can do
>it that all blind people can do it or should do it. The one size fit
>mantra is personal responsibility that rubs me the wrong way. Lots of
>other things go into a persons success, so feel like they are
>inadaquately addressed by the NFB.


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