I just read this message posted to the Student Loan Justice yahoo group. I couldn’t agree more with Naida and her points concerning the most recent post by Yahoo Group Moderator Holli Kerr. I’d like to say that Holli’s original message surprised me, but I have read enough from that group to know how they act and how most think. It really makes me happy to know that not all the members of Student Loan Justice are like Holli or Alan Collinge and actually are looking to make sensible changes to the laws governing student loans and the repayment of them.
As much as the SLJ members would like to believe that I am some Student Loan “shill”, the truth is that I am really just a person who happens to think that Student Loan Justice is a ridiculous group dedicated to furthering only the members desire to weasel out of the student loans they signed up for. I find their tactics, beliefs, and lifestyles so ridiculous that I figured I would do my best to expose them for who they really are.
So here is the response letter from Naida to Holli Kerr:
Holli
You said:
“Get mad and get EVEN, that’s the only way out of this crap.”
My response:
I am not interested in getting “even.” I am ONLY interested in fairness and
justice.
You said:
“Honestly, I don’t care if YOUR issue is resolved, so long as MINE is. If
everyone took this frank approach and acted upon it, we might actually
achieve something.”
My response:
It is that very attitude that got us into our situation in the first place.
The Student Loan Industry was only concerned about themselves, not about the
students whose lives they were destroying. I will not lower myself to their
standards.
You said:
“I am aware that there are mo’ betta ways to have said all these things, and
that I probably sound rude, especially to those who are new here. I have no
apology for this.”
My response:
I am not new here, and I find your attitude rude and insulting to the very
people from whom you want cooperation.
I will not apologize for demanding respect and civility.
You said:
“This list is for ACTIVISTS. If you are not an activist, not interested in
sticking up for yourself, not actively trying to defend your own self from
the abuse of the student loan industry, and instead just watching from the
sidelines, then I’m sorry. This list is not for you.”
My response:
Just because I am not YOUR style of activist, does not mean I am not an
Activist. I am too busy writing and calling and attending meetings with my
local legislators to waste my time reporting to you and hoping for your
approval. I don’t need it.
You said:
“Please leave.”
My response:
Gladly. You are as abusive as the Student Loan collections people we are all
dealing with. Fortunately, in this case, I can demand that you not contact
me again and expect that you will comply.
Remove me from the SLJ email list.
~Naida
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