[nabs-l] Of Things that matter

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Jamie,

You bring up a very valid point.  Just as we should not criticize
sighted people or question their motives, we should not assume a blind
person has good intentions, or our best interest in mind.  In
everything-- school, work, activities, etc.-- we need to have an open
mind, but always ask questions and view each situation with equality.

Bridgit

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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 23:12:36 -0500
From: Jamie Principato <blackbyrdfly at gmail.com>
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Wait, so even if his opinion is the same as it was yesterday, the fact
that
he's blind now makes him trustworthy enough to *not* receive such harsh
criticism? That looks like a terrible bias to me, and in my book, no
different than a sighted person discounting your opinions when they
suspect
you're blind, only to change their minds after realizing you and your
affiliates might have some vision. The fact that he is blind shouldn't
have
any weight here. A blind person can have misleading conceptions about
the
blind community as easily as a sighted person can, even if they are
due-paying members of the NFB. Don't trust or distrust him based on
that.
Bias against sighted people is just as bad as bias against blind people,
and
both will feed into one another.