[nfb-talk] NFB and ACB

[David Andrews]

Joseph:

Some of us in the NFB aren't above a little ACB bashing on occasion, 
however, I think it is more common coming the other way.

You are probably right about younger people not wanting to join 
things as readily.  For many of us, an organization like the NFB 
takes on true meaning when we suffer discrimination ourselves.  I 
don't think there is any less of it today, but it is probably more 
subtle.  There are definitely more products, services, and a sense of 
entitlement then we saw back in the 60's and 70's.  So, if you don't 
notice, this stuff may give the illusion of no discrimination.

Hope this all makes sense.

Dave

At 04:39 AM 11/25/2007, you wrote:
>David, you point out that their membership is waning.  The problem is that
>ours is as well.  Maybe not as rapidly or as remarkably, but particularly
>in Western states (Colorado excepted), we really don't have the kind of
>support we once had.
>
>I think your assessment of the reaction younger people have to the ACB
>applies also to the NFB.  A lot of people my age and younger just do not
>want to get into this big battle over who did what to whom and when.  I
>think Corey was expressing precisely that frustration.
>
>Granted that is not the only thing affecting our ability to attract the
>younger generations.  We talked about the problem just a few weeks ago
>that people today seem to be more interested in what we can do for them
>than what they can do with us.
>
>Fewer today are willing to become active, plain and simple.  Neither we
>nor the ACB can afford to scare away potential new members by continuing
>this feud.  We're modern-day Hatfields and McCoys here, and nobody really
>cares about the pig or the hen anymore.
>
>
>On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 12:05:11PM -0600, David Andrews wrote:
> > The other thing I would say is that the organization is slowly
> > dying.  I wasn't able to make it to NFB convention this year, and
> > since ACB was here, I went over to check it out.  One of the first
> > things you notice, after seeing how small their convention is, is
> > that there are very few young people or kids there.  It is the older
> > persons, the NFB haters, who are there.  They aren't attracting new
> > people in large numbers because younger people don't care what
> > happened between them and us in the past.  Unless they get some new
> > dynamic leadership soon, then they will eventually go away.
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