[nabs-l] Ending the NFB/ACB feud

[T. Joseph Carter]

Aziza,

If you think the NFB members aren't willing, you should ask the ACB 
what they think about us.  You'll likely be met with sarcasm, 
disdain, rage, and personal attacks.  I was--and I was AGREEING WITH 
THEM on the very issues they were at odds with the NFB about.  And 
yet, my affiliation with the NFB was enough to make me a target.

It's not the entire ACB, but a good number of their ranks (including 
their leadership) hate, despise, and want to completely destroy us.  
It's really hard to cooperate with people whose stated goal is your 
destruction.  There's not really any room for compromise--either you 
continue to exist, or you don't.

Joseph


On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 09:18:41PM -0700, Aziza C wrote:
>Jedi,
>I understand the historical problems between the two organizations,
>but I still do not understand why some NFB members are unwilling to
>try this out.
>
>This may be a far fetched example, but here goes nothing. Blind people
>were once put away because we were different, never saw the classroom,
>or the work force. Someone wanted to change that, so he made Braille
>for all of us to read, from there things picked up, and even now we
>make progress. There is a long history betwenen blind and sighted
>individuals, philosophically, politically and others, and yet, we
>strive to make ammends, teach, compromise, understand and be
>understood. If we can do this with the sighted, why not attempt to
>with our own kind... other blind individuals?
>
>It does not hurt to try.
>
>Aziza
>P.S. Thank you for that explanation, it did answer some of my
>questions about the fued it self.