[BlindTlk] My outburst towards Raymond Foret.

[Alan Wheeler]

Hello everyone,

I would like to apologize for my outburst towards Mr. Foret. I admit to speaking out of anger. While he is free to believe whatever he believes, I see his beliefs as antithetical to the philosophical foundation of the federation. Discrimination, whether towards someone who is blind, or who has a different skin color is inherently wrong. I wonder how people such as Mr. Foret feel when they are treated by people regarding their blindness in much the same way black and brown people are treated for the color of their skin.

How can they, reasonably, consider one form of bigotry and prejudice wrong, and another similar one perfectly fine? How do you reconcile these, apparently, differing beliefs? 

Yes, what Mr. Foret wrote deeply angered me, but it would probably have been best if I had gone to him privately instead of publicly chastizing him. For being so public I do apologize, but I do not apologize for my strong beliefs that all men are created equal, whether black or white, blind or sighted, male or female, straight or gay. Whether Mr. Foret likes it or not, that equality is what this country was founded on. I can only pray that he, and others like him, come to see that the inclusion for the blind they fight for must, by its nature, include those of color.

Alan Wheeler

 

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