Patrick.Gormley@f432.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Patrick Gormley) (11/17/90)
Index Number: 11765
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david they're more of us out there that agree with you than you
realize. I've been a Federationist for 16 years and my wife's been
in for 4 years. I can tell you that even though there's no such thing
as a perfect organization, it has done a lot for both of us personally.
In fact, I don't Tina and I would be married today if we hadn't had the
strong NFB philosophy underpinning our relationship.
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Internet: Patrick.Gormley@f432.n109.z1.fidonet.orgGary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Gary Petraccaro) (11/17/90)
Index Number: 11787
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-> In a message to David Andrews <11-05-90 13:05> Patrick Gormley wrote:
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-> PG> david they're more of us out there that agree with you
-> PG> than you realize. I've been a Federationist for 16
-> PG> years and my wife's been in for 4 years. I can tell you
-> PG> that even though there's no such thing as a perfect
-> PG> organization, it has done a lot for both of us personally.
-> PG> In fact, I don't Tina and I would be married today if we
-> PG> hadn't had the strong NFB philosophy underpinning our
-> PG> relationship.
Patrick,
The only problem with that message is that if I didn't know what
organization you meant, I would have suspected you were a Scientologist.
The NFB'ers here want to feel rejected and hurt, that's quite clear. The
problem is that no one has rejected the philosophy so much as the lock
step. We as blind people have enough trouble with a habit of mind that
insidiously prompts us to defer to sighted people. This habit limits our
feelings of self-worth and our acting as autonomous human beings. We don't
need to teach ourselves any more how to group think.
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Internet: Gary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.orgDarrell.Shandrow@f7.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Darrell Shandrow) (11/20/90)
Index Number: 11866
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You have to admit that most of the philosophy of the organized blind
movement is only reasonable and common sense. Mutch of it emphasize the
fact that the blind should have rights on a par with the sighted person.
This doesn't always happen and we need the nfb to help make thinngs happen
more in favor of the blind competing on terms of equality with the
sighted.
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