[Ct-nfb] Futuristic Article

[Elizabeth Rival]

Justin, everyone makes mistakes and I will not be one to throw stones your
way. You try very hard, and I for one am proud of you for being active.
Beth 

 

From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Justin
Salisbury via Ct-nfb
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 12:07 PM
To: 'ct-nfb at nfbnet.org'
Subject: [Ct-nfb] Futuristic Article

 

Federation Family:

 

I recently posted an article on this list to give everyone a depiction of
what can happen if SB 234 passes as written. I did it with the assumption
that subscribers to this list were reading and keeping up with messages
about the bill. To those who were, it was obvious that the article was
hypothetical and futuristic. It appears that I had applied this assumption
too broadly, though, and I am sorry to have made this mistake.

 

For what it may be worth to you, the plan was to give people a concrete
depiction of the threat that the current bill poses. I had planned to give
people a few days to let that article simmer and then refocus everyone on
how that article is not reality yet, using that as a platform for a surge of
activism.

 

Well, anyway, that approach worked very well with some affiliate members and
not so well with others. At first, I received messages from people who had
been staying on top of the legislation and thanked me for the time and
creativity to compose the article. Many of these folks even wrote to their
state senators again with new inspiration, which I loved!

 

Then, I started getting messages from people who had not been on top of the
legislative work that we’d been doing. Life gets busy, and unread messages
sit in our inboxes; it happens. For these members, it had not been obvious
that the article was futuristic and hypothetical. I had posted the article
on our Facebook group, as well, which is where I really learned that we had
people seeing the article without knowing any background. I am sorry for
leaving room for that confusion to occur.

 

Then, I started receiving a volley of harsh personal attacks. I must admit
that I was not prepared for the absolute hatred that I was receiving,
sometimes from people I had never even heard of. 

 

I am hoping that my next seven years of participation in our movement can be
as full of growth and warmth as the first seven years were and that the
acute pain that I have experienced over the past 24 hours will be only a
blurred memory. I am sorry for inciting the immense hostility that I have
brought upon myself.

 

Have a good one.

 

Justin

 

 

Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix

Graduate Student

Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness

Louisiana Tech University

Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu

Twitter: @SalisburyJustin

 

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a Socialist. 

 

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— 

Because I was not a Trade Unionist. 

 

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— 

Because I was not a Jew. 

 

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. 

 

Martin Niemöller

 

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