[nfb-talk] Stupidity running amuck on the Colbert Report!

[Buddy Brannan]

I can’t believe you’re bringing the cane vs. dog thing into this…wait, yes I can. 

It would help, however, if you actually knew what you were talking about, which, clearly, you do not. 

Suffice to say, in the getting from here to there department, I’m still ultimately in charge, I still plan the routes, I still have to figure out how to get around obstacles that my dog is unsure of, I still have to find the alternate routes, determine where we are, and where that is in relation to where we’re going. It’s true the clues and landmarks we use are different for guide dog users, bu that doesn’t mean we don’t use them. Nor does it mean we just “pick up the handle and go”. 

Except that I, and other guide dog users, have said this over and over again, and certain people refuse to be educated, preferring instead to stick to some thing you supposedly learned somewhere. You cn’t educate the unwilling. Ignorance is fixable, stupidity is not. And all the rest. 

FWIW, I am both an excellent cane traveler and an excellent guide dog user. And I don’t really care how that sounds, if you want to know the truth about it. I choose to work with a guide dog, and by no means has it made me less independent. I, at least, have the ability to do my own thinking. 
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Nov 17, 2013, at 1:20 PM, Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu> wrote:

> We've discussed this on another list!
> You're more independent with a cane, because you're responsible for finding clues, and things like that, but when you have a dog, you're depending on the dog's sight, to get you where you need to go.
> Blessings, Joshua
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> Preferably a cane?  According to whose preference and why should it matter
> to you whether someone uses a dog or a cane to get around independently?
> Isn't it enough that said hypothetical person travels about?
> 
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> Lester
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> Correct!
> I'm proud of Mr. Carter's responses about it, but I want to know, as I
> posted before, why doesn't he use a cane or a dog?
> All of the blind boys are putting their hands on the shoulders of the
> sighted guys in the band, so they can be led on stage!
> #1, that's empropper sighted guide, and #2, they need to use a cane, or a
> dog, but preferably a cane, to get around!
> Blessings, Joshua
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> All I will say is that racism should be considered ridiculous and stupid
> regardless of whether one is blind or dighted.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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> Two nights ago, my friends, the Blind Boys of Alabama were guests on Stephen
> Colbert's show on Commedy Central.
> Colbert had the nerve to ask Jimmy Carter, (the leader of the group,) a
> stupid question.
> "As a blind person, does racism seem ridiculous to you, since you can't tell
> what race somebody is?"
> What's next?
> Not only is the question offensive from a racial standpoint, but it's
> offensive from the blindness perspective!
> I would have asked to have my group removed from the show, but Jimmy
> educated Mr. Colbert, and handled it with grace!
> There's a link to this ignorance on the group's Twitter page.
> http://www.twitter.com/blindboys
> Blessings, Joshua
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