[nfb-talk] Check Out This Link On Rush Limbaugh talking about blind justice

T. Joseph Carter carter.tjoseph at gmail.com
Sat Aug 14 20:58:30 UTC 2010


Bigotry implies understanding.  Limbaugh is speaking out of 
ignorance.  The guy with the most listened to show sure does sound 
dumb when he speaks from a position of ignorance!

Another conservative who thinks Rush isn't so hot.

Joseph

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 02:44:03PM -0700, Michael Hingson wrote:
>I agree, but he did also take a swipe at the NFB and blind people by even
>using this as an example of why he thinks Obama's people are bigoted.  It
>sure is a reach, but I do not think he can consolidate the Kindle issue with
>his views of Obama's supposed bigotry.
>
>If he is bashing the DOJ for its stand on the Kindle issue then who is the
>real bigot?  If he says he supports the rights of blind people and their
>right to access then how can he bash the DOJ?
>
>No, Rush is demonstrating more bigotry than anyone else in this case.
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 1:44 PM
>To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Check Out This Link On Rush Limbaugh talking
>aboutblind justice
>
>I interpreted his diatribe as calling Obama's people bigoted morons, not
>NFB.
>
>Mike Freeman
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:23, Ray Foret Jr <rforetjr at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Oh no I won't.  I was offended that he called us a bunch of "bigoted
>morons".  I was offended that he, and too many of his kind, do not seem to
>want to understand the NFB position on this matter.  I could ask why you
>decide now to be so ugly about this; but, I will refrain.
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>>
>> A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!!
>>
>> E-Mail:
>> rforetjr at comcast dot net
>> Skype Name:
>> barefootedray
>>
>> On Aug 12, 2010, at 2:03 PM, John Heim wrote:
>>
>>> Your disappointment with Rush Limbaugh aside, what's wrong with what he
>said?I mean, specifically, where do you disagree with his comments? Because
>I don't think you can disagree with him without trampling on several sacred
>cows of the conservative point of view.
>>>
>>> Are you in favor of the Justice Department telling Amazon how to run
>their business? If you don't like it that Case-Western University is giving
>out kindles, go somewhere else. Go to UCLA or the University of Wisconsin.
>Or go to Case-Western and opt out of the kindle program. Where is it written
>that government is responsible for making sure that everything is fair? I
>don't remember seeing that in the Constitution.  If the kindle isn't
>accessible, why don't you invent your own kindle-like device that is
>accessible. Amazon didn't exist 15 years ago. They built that business up
>from nothing. If accessibility is so important, why don't you get out there
>and build your own Amazon that is 100% accessible and put Amazon out of
>business? Otherwise, stop holding everybody else back just so you can make
>it in this world. Or are you one of those guys who thinks everybody has to
>win? You think that if Little Johnny comes in 87th he should get a pat on
>the back, told he did a good job,
>>  and get handed an 87th place medal he can have framed and put above the
>fireplace?
>>>
>>> Boy, I'd better be careful here. Next thing I know you'll change your
>mind and side with Limbaugh after all.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Foret Jr" <rforetjr at comcast.net>
>>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 12:15 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Check Out This Link On Rush Limbaugh talking
>aboutblind justice
>>>
>>>
>>>> I believe that everybody on this list knows of my political affiliation
>with the conservative side.  Let me say something about this Limbaugh piece.
>I find it extremely offensive.  I have never felt so betrayed by someone who
>was supposedly one of my own!!!  It's quite clear to me that there are many
>issues which this brings up; but, I will touch on only one of them here.
>Sadly, it is the case that many political conservatives and Republican party
>mouth pieces will not understand our point of view.  Note that I did not say
>do not understand; rather, I said "will not understand"; big difference.  I
>first began to see the sad truth of this back in 2005 when the secretary of
>education, Spelling, wanted to cut out individual rehab services offices.  I
>dare say we all remember what happened in consequence of that.  Joanne
>wilson resigned her position and became a private citizen.  I believe that
>was when the light really went off in my head about the truth of what was
>really
>> go
>>>> ing on.  Small wonder that we are in the situation we are in.  The
>trouble with political conservatives is this.  Many of them say words that
>they know that the true conservatives want to hear, and, maybe some of them
>even believe those words.  The trouble is this.  They are saying those words
>for the sake of political expediency.  Now, on the other hand, my personal
>life experience has taught me that it just doesn't work that way. When
>people like Rush Limbaugh make statements such as he made in this piece, he
>only serves to hurt both the blindness cause, and also, the conservative
>cause also.  I want to say something else for the record. There was a time
>when I did used to listen to him; but, over the course of the past five
>years or so, I ceased to listen to hymn; especially after Hurricane Katrina.
>I felt that he was no longer what he once had been, and, I felt that he had
>lost focus.  Frankly, as a blind conservative, I find myself very much
>offended by what Limbaugh
>>>> says here because what we have is a fundamental lack of the will to
>understand our point of view.  To put it bluntly, he's going for
>sensationalism and not much if anything else.  Be that as it may, words mean
>things.  The way people use words also means things.  I cannot help but
>wonder how this effects other blind conservatives; but, that subject matter,
>I forbear to enter.  Doubtless, blind people on the other side of the isle,
>(so to speak) are wondering why, in the face of Limbaugh's tirade, we can
>still feel as we do.  I will not discuss this except to say that we who are
>blind conservatives do not need Limbaugh to tell us what to think.  I feel
>as I do and think as I do and have done so long before I ever heard Limbaugh
>for the first time.  Sadly, this recent event more than confirms something I
>have long thought.  But, that is a subject which does not directly touch the
>blindness factors, and so, I will leave it to another group or time.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>>>>
>>>> A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!!
>>>>
>>>> E-Mail:
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