Blind activists plan protest of movie 'Blindness'

Blind people quarantined in a mental asylum, attacking each other, soiling themselves, trading sex for food. For Marc Maurer, who's blind, such a scenario -- as shown in the movie "Blindness" -- is not a clever allegory for a breakdown in society.

Instead, it's an offensive and chilling depiction that Maurer fears could undermine efforts to integrate blind people into the mainstream.

"The movie portrays blind people as monsters, and I believe it to be a lie," said Maurer, president of the Baltimore-based National Federation of the Blind. "Blindness doesn't turn decent people into monsters."

Yeah, nothing cripples a movie's chances at the box office like a boycott by blind people.

And how do they know the movie is offensive to blind people? It's not like they saw it.

The organization plans to protest the movie, released by Miramax Films, at 75 theaters around the country when it's released Friday. Blind people and their allies will hand out fliers and carry signs. Among the slogans: "I'm not an actor. But I play a blind person in real life."

At least that's what they think the signs say... no actual way to know, right?  Unless they are in braille. (Is anybody offended yet?!??)

Listen up, blind people (not that you have too many other options): not every depiction of blind people can be about your adventures as a super hero or how you can solve murders by smelling the crime scene.  It is a metaphor.  

Seriously, blind people? A movie boycott? Good idea: here are some other things you can boycott:

Museums

They don't let you touch the exhibits! You are supposed to look at them.  But you are blind! Museums are racist against blind people.  Blind is a race, right?

Superman

Heat vision? It's bad enough he can see through things - nobody likes a showoff.  But shooting lasers out of his eyes? That's hitting a bit close to home.  After all, lasers getting shot into eyes are the number one cause of blindness.  I assume.













BB guns

You know why.