That's the term I couldn't remember, visually challenged. I think that, that
guy thought Bill Clinton was a Liberal which he was not, let alone , not
leftist or whatever. He thought that everyone had to be careful about what
terms they used with a liberal president in office. Visually challenged,
Bullshit!
Miriam
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I remember meeting someone once in a bar. Like I said, since I became blind the
number one topic of conversation when I meet someone new is my blindness. He
made a point of calling me visually challenged. He then followed that up by
saying that now that Bill Clinton is president he felt like he had to use that
phrase. I have no idea what he thought who was president had to do with it. I
had a bit more eyesight then than I do now, so I suppose I was technically
visually challenged, but I said to him, "Bullshit! I'm blind."
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Emmett F. Fields “ Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not
exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an
attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly,
always trying to understand all things as a part of nature.
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On 2/8/2021 9:38 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
For a brief period of time, there was a term that sighted people were
using to avoid using the word, "blind". I don't remember the precise
phrase, but I do remember this weird incident. I was attending a
platform address at the Long Island Ethical Humanist Society. I don't
remember anything about the talk that was given, but I do remember
that the guest speaker used that blindness avoidance term during his
talk. So at the end of his talk when we all had a chance to speak with
him individually, I told him that as a blind person, I wanted him to
know that I, and the many blind people whom I knew, did not resent the
use of the word, "blind", that is an honest, straightforward description of
our disability, and we are not ashamed of it.
I wanted to reassure him that it is perfectly OK to use the word, "blind".
Amazingly, he did not accept what I said, but instead, he gave me some
rationale for refusing to use the word. I was furious. Here was a
person saying that he didn't wish to disrespect a group of people and
he then disrespects a member of that group by refusing to receive
feedback on his decision.
Miriam