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Not sure how I feel about Cosby wanting leniency due to blindness (self.Blind)
submitted by RogueCandyKane
Part of me thinks that being blind doesn’t mean you can’t be a criminal. So you do the crime, you do the time. And I’m a little insulted that it’s being used as a reason for leniency, along with age. Being old doesn’t mean you don’t deserve justice.
The only leeway I might have some cause to question is if the state facility he is placed in cannot accommodate his disability. But I would hope that the state facility can accommodate a visually impaired inmate. Otherwise all blind or disabled criminals would be on house arrest and that seems unlikely
The only leeway I might have some cause to question is if the state facility he is placed in cannot accommodate his disability. But I would hope that the state facility can accommodate a visually impaired inmate. Otherwise all blind or disabled criminals would be on house arrest and that seems unlikely
BlindGuyNW 15 points 4y ago
Yeah, I can definitely understand feeling insulted. I personally feel a little sick. Cosby wasn't blind when he assaulted his victims, so the argument seems to be pretty disingenuous.
The topic of blind inmates in the prison system is another matter, but I don't have enough knowledge to speak to it.
The topic of blind inmates in the prison system is another matter, but I don't have enough knowledge to speak to it.
coffeeorigami 11 points 4y ago
Personally, as someone who is blind, a woman, and a decent human being - I find Cosby’s pleas for leniency due to visual impairment not only pure bullshit, but an insult as well. Vision loss is not a get-out-of-jail-free card. Furthermore, where was Cosby’s sensitivity and mercy when he repeatedly raped women he had drugged? Where was the leniency when his victims could not see during his malicious assaults upon their persons? Cosby certainly didn’t give a shit. Being blind doesn’t negate his maliciousness or the fact that he’s a raping piece of shit; I see no logical or legitimate reasoning that justice should be tempered to Cosby’s preferences just because *now* he’s blind. Perhaps he’s scared, which I find to be quite pertinent to this situation. Karma’s a bitch, and now it’s Cosby’s turn.
KillerLag 7 points 4y ago
Here is an article from 1986 about the blind in prison.
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm86/bm8605/bm860507.htm
I know of two coworkers who have done O&M and taught Braille in the prison system (but this is in Canada, so the system may be different in the US). My coworker who taught the O&M said the client was allowed to use the white cane (not sure if aluminum or graphite), but there were restrictions on allowing other prisoners to touch it. I don't know as much about the coworker who was teaching Braille in prison, but she's done it for a few years (and is blind herself, so I believe a guard goes with her).
https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm86/bm8605/bm860507.htm
I know of two coworkers who have done O&M and taught Braille in the prison system (but this is in Canada, so the system may be different in the US). My coworker who taught the O&M said the client was allowed to use the white cane (not sure if aluminum or graphite), but there were restrictions on allowing other prisoners to touch it. I don't know as much about the coworker who was teaching Braille in prison, but she's done it for a few years (and is blind herself, so I believe a guard goes with her).
BlindGuyNW 1 points 4y ago
Thanks for this. I really hope the situation has improved in the years since, but am skeptical. I don't know how I'd survive if I had a brailler but no training in how to use it.
Laser_Lens_4 2 points 4y ago
Blind people can be assholes too.
As long as he is getting accomodations strictly for his blindness then I'm fine with him getting what's been coming for him for the past 4 decades.
As long as he is getting accomodations strictly for his blindness then I'm fine with him getting what's been coming for him for the past 4 decades.
RogueCandyKane [OP] 1 points 4y ago
Yep that’s it. I’d be gobsmacked if a governmental facility wasn’t providing accessibility. Surely it’d be against their own laws to be inaccessible,
Absolutely, blind people can be assholes too. That’s what’s kind of insulting - it’s patronising to try and foister this “poor old blind man” as a weak character to be pitied, and also promote to some charitable, saintly figure because of disability.
Nope. Blind people are not weak or saintly. We obviously have the same character flaws as anyone else.
Absolutely, blind people can be assholes too. That’s what’s kind of insulting - it’s patronising to try and foister this “poor old blind man” as a weak character to be pitied, and also promote to some charitable, saintly figure because of disability.
Nope. Blind people are not weak or saintly. We obviously have the same character flaws as anyone else.
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