[nfb-talk] what sometimes happens to new federationists

Ray Foret Jr rforetjr at att.net
Sun Apr 24 04:47:26 UTC 2011


Okay.  Perhaps it is time to change the subject line.

Jeanette, in your message, you say, in part, "instead of being happy for folks who have the opportunity to gain vision it seems sometimes folks are angry about  it acting like it is a slam to blind folks".  

	Aint that the truth.  To speak frankly, I think it's the consequence of missplaced anger.  That's the very same missplaced anger that makes some federationists say that blind people, (or sighted for that matter) shouldn't laugh at anything blindness related.  Shouldn't laugh?  That's not normal; and, that's another discussion too.  It's one I tried to start some time back; but, as I recall, no one wanted to touch the subject.  Don't know why.

Well, let's be honest with ourselves and each other shall we?  The simple truth is this.  When some people, (not all mind you), find the federation, they are so relieved, they begin eating, sleeping and breathing it.  The federation becomes the very defenition of their lives.  They take themselves so seriously that they lash out at anyone who doesn't immediately adopt their thinking.  Those poor souls who get the short end of that stick realize how much the blind person in question has changed and no longer want anything to do with them.  So, what happens is that they then break off.  That's how new federationist tend to lose friends.  I know.  I saw it happen.  It almost happened to me that way.  Then, what tends to happen with the new federationist is that they get angry because the world doesn't understand things the way they do.  Mind you, not every new federationist goes through this; but, some do.  This anger becomes badkly misplaced and they take themselves so seriously that nobody wants even to be around them anymore.  
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On Apr 23, 2011, at 5:49 PM, Jeanette Fortin wrote:

> instead of being happy for folks who have the opportunity to gain vision it seems sometimes folks are angry about  it acting like it is a slam to blind folks




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