[nabs-l] negative traffic

[clinton waterbury]

O yay, so first we're the cause of the origon audit, second we  
shouldn't exist, thard we're on the wrong side of about every issue,  
and finally...  We're probably operating illegally?  What the hell is  
the matter with the guy running things over there as the president?  I  
think we should go ahead and not even mess with the ACB untill they  
get a president who actually doesn't want to slander us for no damned  
reason other than to frther their own agenda!On May 19, 2009, at 12:23  
PM, T. Joseph Carter wrote:

> Sarah, would you honestly like me to forward the hate and rage that  
> was directed at me while I was on their list?  I've got hundreds of  
> messages collected in just a few weeks.
>
> According to the current, sitting ACB president, the NFB is not a  
> consumer organization.  It is a rehabilitation agency and sales  
> organization fraudulently pretending to be consumer driven.  It is  
> on the wrong side of just about every issue, because being on the  
> right side hurts its profits.  It should not exist, and is probably  
> operating illegally.
>
> We call that a non-starter.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 07:30:23AM -0400, Sarah J. Blake wrote:
>> Joseph,
>>
>> I regularly attend ACB conventions and would take exception to  
>> your  assertion that 3/4 of ACB traffic is negative toward  
>> anything. That is a  pretty negative statement in itself. I wasn't  
>> going to comment on it; bt  this is the kind of un-constructive  
>> comment that prevents dialogue. I see a lot of NFB members emailing  
>> with the signature, "We must be the change we wish to see in the  
>> world..." Why not put it into practice...? Then again, maybe the  
>> division doesn't bother you. If you like it, put it in positive  
>> words for us. I disagree with Arielle's points, but I appreciated  
>> her positive spin on the benefits of having two organiations.
>>
>> In reality, whenever you put thousands of people together, many of  
>> whom are over 55, there will likely be a good deal of negative  
>> energy unless there is a concerted effort to build positive energy.  
>> The very nature of dealing with blindness issues is that some  
>> negative energy must be dealt with. Regardless of how many  
>> blindness skills we have, how many gadgets we have to enable us to  
>> do xxx, or how accessible the environment is, things will take  
>> longer and be more cumbersome and we will always battle negative  
>> attitudes; and it is a pain in the behind. Part of what happens at  
>> conventions is that people realize, "Hey, someone gets it." Part of  
>> what happens is that someone will confront someone about the fact  
>> that they need to grow up and stop being such a whiner because we  
>> all live this. Part of what happens is that we wrangle about what  
>> on earth to advocate for--and we can't agree because despite having  
>> blindness in common, we all cope just a bit differently. It does  
>> create negative energy, regardless of which organization a person  
>> belongs to. I suspect there is negative energy in every advocacy  
>> organization in existence. In fact, I took a leadership course this  
>> spring in which there were only six participants. We did mock  
>> controversies; and you would be amazed at the negative energy that  
>> was generated!
>>
>> Sarah J. Blake
>> Personal email: sjblake at growingstrong.org
>> http://www.growingstrong.org
>>
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