[IL-Talk] Let's Remember Who We Are

Thu Oct 9 23:16:25 UTC 2025

We can be informed without commenting on the President. 

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-----Original Message-----
From: IL-Talk <il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Robert Hansen via IL-Talk
Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2025 1:12 PM
To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Robert Hansen <hansen.robert70 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [IL-Talk] Let's Remember Who We Are

It's going to be real hard to avoid. These funding cuts are not a good thing. So I don't know what we're supposed to do and how we're supposed to be informed about things if we don't step in it a little bit. You know it's hard enough as it is in life these days. Life's just gotten to the point where it's brutal out there. So we know we might have to step in it once in awhile. I mean that's all I'm saying. I'm glad bill posted this article.
And I think it's very informative. Thank you Bill for posting the article.
It's just one of those topics that's unavoidable nowadays.

Robert Hansen
Hansen.robert70 at gmail.com

On Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 12:54 PM Leslie Hamric via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> good call. My suggestion would be for our members not to post anything 
> politics altogether. But that's just my two pennies worth. I could 
> definitely see how these funding cuts would affect blindness educatio 
> and I suspect the member who  posted just wants to keep us in the 
> blind community informed.just to be on the safe side, we probably want 
> to repair pain from posting anything political altogether.
> Leslie Hamric
> Cello and Braille Music Teacher
>
> > On Oct 9, 2025, at 12:15 PM, Robert Gardner via IL-Talk <
> il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello, those on our state list serve, Il-Talk
> >
> >
> >
> > I know are emotions are running high these days when it comes to 
> > politics and everything about them. I personally am among that group 
> > also. But remember that Il-Talk is a list serve with a mission to 
> > discuss issues
> that
> > concern blindness.
> >
> >
> >
> > As your Moderator for the list serve, I usually stretch that mission 
> > statement to include personal and family issues among our members 
> > like births, deaths, and health issues. Postings like that help to 
> > keep us together as an NFB family.
> >
> >
> >
> > But we definitely are not a list serve to discuss politics. If you 
> > have views on that subject you wish to express please find another 
> > list serve
> or
> > chat group that has been created to discuss such issues.
> >
> >
> >
> > We are not going to allow a political fire fight among our members 
> > on Il-talk. Those who post blatant political messages will be 
> > removed from Il-Talk at my direction by those heading NFB.Org.
> >
> >
> >
> > So far I have not seen such messages that go over the line when it 
> > comes
> to
> > expressing personal political views, but a few that come close. 
> > Please be careful about what you post to Il-Talk and we should be okay.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Robert Gardner
> >
> > Il-Talk Moderator
> >
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