[nabs-l] Public humiliation because of blindness.

Sun Oct 21 22:34:20 UTC 2012

Good morning, Kurt,

All those examples of when laughter is not a best course of action I 
thought, were a given. WWhat does it say about us to nnot be able to 
distinguish when making light, even laughter is not appropriate? I 
mean, c'mon, Kurt. What are you, sighted?09:55 AM 10/21/2012, you wrote:
>Karlee,
>   Problem is it's not always a joke.  When it's funny, I'll laugh
>along with everyone.  (just a couple days ago I got on a bus and I
>wasn't really using my cane all that well and I accidentally sat on
>someone's lap.  I appologized and then couldn't stop laughing because
>it just seemed comical to me.)  But having your child taken away
>because you're blind isn't comical.  Not even being considered for a
>job because you can't see certainly doesn't seem funny to me.  When my
>aunt, who our family was visiting, suggested my parents put a tracker
>on my phone so they always know where I am and I don't get lost, it
>was meant in all seriousness.  True, many minorities have been
>socially descriminated against throughout human history.  What happens
>to us as blind people is minor when compared to the holocaust, forced
>physical slavery, being targeted by biological weapons, and the like.
>However, that doesn't make the descrimination and hostile attitudes we
>sometimes face somehow excusable or "okay."  We often have the
>responsibility to stand up, speak up and make sure people understand
>we are capable and deserve to be treated as equal members of society,
>with all the rights and responsibilities that go along with such a
>claim.
>   Yes, sometimes raising hell about something won't get you anywhere.
>Still, and I bet we disagree on this one and that's fine, but I think
>sometimes raising hell about injustice is the only correct course of
>action.  Knowing when to do it is a challenge.
>   Best,
>Kirt
>
>On 10/21/12, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Good morning, Chris,
> >
> > Perhaps, if you feel your ego, your particular social standing is
> > threatened, so is in need of defending. Yet,  it Seems to me, if you
> > just consider the multitudes who have been socially slited over the
> > millennial, you could see that our personal slight is but a drop in
> > the slighting, bucket not in need of such ardent, defense? Fact is,
> > we are not completely, whole at least by mainn stream, standards. For
> > this reason, I think we have a certain mystique, made more pronounced
> > by our being obligated to take so much shit from society. Also, you
> > could try smiling, laughing at the slights. If regarding the world
> > with a smile, and a laugh, they have not killed your spirit. Make it
> > a big joke, disarm people.  rtain
> > Car 10/21/2012, christopher nusbaum wrote:
> >>It's not easy for all of us. We're told to "pick our battles, "but
> >>that's easier said than done.
> >>
> >>Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>On Oct 21, 2012, at 12:41 AM, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Carley,
> >> >  You make a lot of sense.  People who take the total opposite
> >> > position make, in my mind, just as much sense.  Finding a balance
> >> > between fighting battles when I need to but, as you said, rolling with
> >> > the punches when fighting would be counterproductive, is one of the
> >> > hardest things I'm trying to figure out in my own life right now.
> >> > It's not easy.
> >> >
> >> > On 10/20/12, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net> wrote:
> >> >> Good morning,
> >> >>
> >> >> Can't we cut the uninitiated a little slack? A state of ocular
> >> >> Blindness ought not impede our remaining selective about our battles,
> >> >> rolling with the punches. People's intentions, I'm sure aren't to
> >> >> demean us. If we., as a people freak out over every little slight, or
> >> >> what we deem an injustice, it seems it will further alienate us from
> >> >> the mainstream, reducing us to reactionary and  unintelligent enough
> >> >> to identify a meaningful, struggle. Furthermore, ocularly blind folks
> >> >> are not the only ones to get slighted, or demeaned. If you haven't
> >> >> figured out yet this one is a rich, tradition of not treating folks
> >> >> perceived to be abnormal as aliens, unequal and not entitled to basic
> >> >> dignity?  Who can cry for the rest of this culture's, whipping boys?
> >> >> that we're not intelligent or perceptive enough to know when action
> >> >> is a best course?
> >> >> Letting it go, I believe, sends the message of not wanting special
> >> >> treatment because of our blindness, a helllovva lot more than some
> >> >> inservice about treating folks with ocular, blindness.
> >> >> So, good on you for not being so reactionary!
> >> >> Car
> >> >>> You might want to write them or give them a call and talk to them
> >> >>> about your concerns. It might not do anything for this year, but at
> >> >>> least it will prepare them for the future. I think they need to know
> >> >>> about this.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Oct 20, 2012, at 7:37 AM, John Moore <coasterfreak88 at me.com>
> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> Hi guys. I'd lke to point out a few things. Brandon, you
> >> >>> mentioned being willing to sign a waver. This particular midway is
> >> >>> not run by one company. Various carnival providers bring in there
> >> >>> best attractions, and the midway is what is known as an independent
> >> >>> midway. I do not think they even have those wavers around anywhere;
> >> >>> I have never been asked to sign one, nor have I even heard of
> >> >>> people doing so at this fair. The guy in question was hired
> >> >>> locally. I can guarantee you that if any of you go through this if
> >> >>> it is at a fair near you, you will not encounter him. I found out
> >> >>> later that he is a part-time paratransit driver for the Dallas Area
> >> >>> Rapid Transit system. I'm going to just let it go. THe fair ends
> >> >>> tomorrow, so nothing much could probably be done anyway. Finding
> >> >>> out who specifically to contact is also a challenge and I have
> >> >>> other things I need to do that are more important. i appreciate the
> >> >>> advice, however.
> >> >>>>
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