You know, that's a good point, and it hadn't occurred to me.
For the overwhelming majority of blind people, language like "looked at" is just metaphorical. I mean, all language is symbolic anyway. The map is not the territory and the menu is not the dinner.
Some of us are taught very young to use common terms like look in that kind of a metaphorical way.
Partially so that we fit in and are comfortable with the rest of sighted culture.
And then once in a great while, we get condescended to for it. There's a really good example of this in the second season episode of DS9, The Alternate.
```
ODO
It was a dilemma for me. I'd never
seen anything like these creatures
either.
MORA
"Seen" isn't really an appropriate
description. He had no eyes per
se...
ODO
I was only trying to describe it in
simple terms...
MORA
(ignoring that)
He had never perceived anything like
us before... go on...
```
I can pretty much guarantee that every blind person has had a condescending, patronizing douche canoe like Mora in their life at least once.
``` ODO It was a dilemma for me. I'd never seen anything like these creatures either.
```I can pretty much guarantee that every blind person has had a condescending, patronizing douche canoe like Mora in their life at least once.