[stylist] would it?

[Judith Bron]

John, You got it wrong.  If blindness is the default of the person, they 
function in a way that is comfortable, and productive for them, without 
thinking about it.  This is why it is not my identity.  It is there.  Like 
all my other accomplishments and obstacles I have over come.  I don't know 
what social science books you are reading, but I suggest that you read some 
that deal with identity and what goes into that for different people.  You 
might learn that there is more to life than being blind.  Like anything else 
in life, you choose your priorities.  My priorities don't include being 
blind.  No, not denial.  Just reality and not wanting to stroke someone who 
ignores his other talents and emphasizes that which he has chosen to define 
himself.  JB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Lee Clark" <johnlee at clarktouch.com>
To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] would it?


> Judith:
>
> I didn't say that the blind community should be your primary social
> responsibility.  Ii asked a rhetorical question in response to your 
> defense
> of blind people who, for whatever reasons, refuse to have anything to do
> with blindness or the blind community even though we have collectively
> helped them succeed.  I asked what about your social responsibility to the
> blind community?
>
> In your previous message, you seem to support blind people who neglect 
> their
> social responsibility to the blind community.  I did not discuss whether 
> or
> not they should have this as their primary social responsibility.  What I
> asked about was about whether or not they have this AT ALL, whether it is
> primary or not.
>
> If I did say anything about anything being primary, it is about identity. 
> I
> do believe that it is great to have one's blindness play a central role in
> one's identity.  I am convinced that it is the best way to go beyond
> blindness--by going anywhere you want, doing anything you want WITH your
> blindness.  In other words, by having blindness in such an important place
> in one's identity, blindness becomes default, becomes an integral part of
> the whole and complete person, and when blindness is taken like this, the
> person will succeed more at emerging more immediately as a human being and
> blindness becomes an non-issue faster than if you held blindness at arm's
> length or tried to go around it without touching it or tried to repress 
> the
> fact.
>
> John
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