[BlindTlk] {Spam?} Re: {Spam?} RE: {Spam?} Re: My outburst towards Raymond Foret and staying focused.

Fri Mar 12 20:52:08 UTC 2021

That depends on your sources, how legit they are and what their agenda/political leanings are. I don't buy this trying to discredit BLM. It's just another way, IMO, to keep those who are marginalized just that...marginalized.

So, no offense, I'd want to know who your news sources are first.

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> On Mar 12, 2021, at 11:36 AM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> It's not the black lives matter movement that I am against, not in the least.  What I am against are the real people now behind the movement, not like when it was first started, and their agenda isn't about black lives mattering, as it should be.  I believe it is the Socialists that are really now running what's behind that, I can show documentation, as I listen to news other than the mainstream who will not broadcast other than their party line.  
> 
> Anyone interested in links and such, you are welcome to write me off-list.   But the narrative that's out there isn't really what's going on.
> 
> Judy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [BlindTlk] {Spam?} Re: My outburst towards Raymond Foret and staying focused.
> 
> Agree.
> 
>> On 3/11/21, Alan Wheeler via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Judy,
>> To you and all individuals espousing this "all liives matter" idea, I 
>> say if that is so then the Black Lives Matter movement wouldn't be a 
>> problem for you, and it would be defended and supported instead of 
>> vilified. That's all I am going to say on that as I can already tell 
>> we'll need to agree to disagree.
>> 
>> Other than that, as I have stated elsewhere, issues facing the blind, 
>> no matter what kind of issues they are all demand equal attention. No 
>> one issue need take priority over another, in my opinion.
>> 
>> 
>> "If you want to practice anything, practice knowing you can do 
>> whatever you set your complete mind to." Victor Wooten "The Music Lesson"
>> 
>> My blog: http://doingitdeeper.blogspot.com/
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Mar 11, 2021, at 4:53 PM, Judy Jones via BlindTlk 
>>> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, Alan,
>>> 
>>> I am a conservative, and I am a Christian, but when I first saw the 
>>> Black Lives Matter slogan, to me it's obvious, of course they matter, 
>>> all life does, as it should.
>>> 
>>> But the movement's initial agenda has been hijacked by those with 
>>> deeper socialist agendas, that keep people busy chasing their tails, 
>>> while work is done behind the scenes, and I do have documentation.
>>> 
>>> Meanwhile, My bigger concern is what is happening to our 
>>> constitutional republic now.
>>> 
>>> That's another topic, though, and if we all stay focused on issues of 
>>> and for the blind, our course, as an organization will stay true.  
>>> There will always be people out there, losing their vision, or new to 
>>> the organization that need to know about security, equality and 
>>> opportunity for blind people, changing what it means to be blind, and 
>>> to live the lives we want.
>>> 
>>> Conservative or liberal, regardless of race, creed, etc., we all have 
>>> being blind in common, and as an organization, we need to continue in 
>>> solidarity.
>>> 
>>> If we are going to do the work we need to do, we can't afford to 
>>> factionalize, which takes time and energy away from constructive 
>>> forward momentum.
>>> 
>>> Judy
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Alan 
>>> Wheeler via BlindTlk
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2021 5:33 AM
>>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Alan Wheeler <blindsticks at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [BlindTlk] My outburst towards Raymond Foret.
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "If you want to practice anything, practice knowing you can do 
>>> whatever you set your complete mind to." Victor Wooten "The Music 
>>> Lesson"
>>> 
>>> My blog: http://doingitdeeper.blogspot.com/
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
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