[Blindtlk] Extremely! and I do mean, ex, tremely! offended by a comment on NFB Talk!

[Mike Freeman]

All:

Part of the reason Diane reacted as she did is that, for better or worse, we
get asked whether we see colors and such in our dreams *all* the time. Most
of us find this question *very* old and, indeed, annoying, since it assumes
that there is, somewhere in our brains, a perception of a reality that, as
Jude says, we have never known. If one uses a bit of common sense, one
realizes that any other conclusion implies that there is something special
about the sense of vision -- something I admit many people believe but which
has no basis in reality.

Anyway, that's why the reaction Chris got was as it was.

Mike Freeman


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly
Mihalakis via blindtlk
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 8:28 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List; David Andrews via blindtlk
Cc: Carly Mihalakis; Christopher-Mark Gilland
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Extremely! and I do mean, ex, tremely! offended by a
comment on NFB Talk!

Evening, Diane,

Your advising Chris to quote unquote get a life, I find to be awfully 
rude, particularly when it sounds like he approaches this question 
from a place of genuine sincerity and interest.
C'mon, Diane. You're making us totals look bad!
Car  At 08:58 PM 5/21/2015, Christopher-Mark Gilland via blindtlk wrote:
>David, I hate putting you in this position, but if this isn't dealt 
>with accordingly, I'll be leaving the list for good!
>
>Did you see Dianne's message in response to mine?  I asked a very 
>very simple question.  OK, the second part of it was very very very! 
>far stretched, I'll admit, but on earth, being I've all my life had 
>a little vision, it's something I don't know how to relate to, and 
>figured I would ask.  So again, when totally blind with no vision at 
>all, I ask, do you see in your dreams?  Dianne wrote back and all 
>she says is, Get a life?  Excuse me?  Yet another reason I don't 
>post to the list.  I found that incredibly! disrespectful, when I 
>was asking a very sincere genuine question.
>
>Again, I don't mean to put you in a tough situation, but please! 
>please! will you send an admin message letting people know that on 
>this list, it is asked for all to be respectful of one another as a 
>gentle reminder?  Frankly, if I was a mod of a list, and I got a 
>report of that type message, and I saw it go through, that party 
>would be on moderated status quicker than you can say lickity split!
>
>I'm honestly speechless, not to mention utterly appalled!
>
>Chris.
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